Author: Steve McCabe

Scorpions and Whitesnake announce New Zealand double-headliner show

Get ready for the biggest hard rock tour of the year! German icons SCORPIONS return to New Zealand in 2020 with WHITESNAKE, the legendary rock’n’roll band founded and formed by former Deep Purple singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Coverdale, for…

Lenny Kravitz to bring Here To Love tour to New Zealand in 2020

One of the most successful and best-selling artists of his generation, Lenny Kravitz has today announced that he is coming to New Zealand in March 2020 as part of his Here to Love World Tour. The tour, presented by TEG Live, will be the…

Good Vibes Summer Festival brings the heat this festive season with incredible line-up

Kolohe Kai, Stan Walker, L.A.B, House of Shem, Ardijah, Tomorrow People, 1814, Three Houses Down & General Fiyah, Lion Rezz, Paua, Swiss, Tree After a successful tour across Aotearoa this year, Good Vibes Summer festival will be hitting the sunny coast of…

It’s Time, by Late Model European: a time capsule of an album

The story behind Late Model European’s first album, It’s Time, sets the scene for a rewarding listen. Tones Thorburn and John Nelson, old mates from Scotland, reconnected in New Zealand, got back to their old business of making music, and…

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: too clever for its own good

Sometimes being very, very clever simply isn’t quite enough. Tom Stoppard was undeniably terribly, dreadfully clever when he wrote Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, and it is most certainly a frightfully witty and clever play. But it’s also quite stultifyingly…

Six Degrees Of Separation: everything old is new again

The best stories are the ones that age well. John Guare wrote Six Degrees Of Separation thirty years ago, and while the story wouldn’t work in today’s world—the lies, the deceptions, the willingness to be deceived wouldn’t hold up well…

Billy Bragg returns to New Zealand with his One Step Forward, Too Steps Back tour

Handsome Tours ​is thrilled to announce that ​Billy Bragg​ will be returning to New Zealand with his “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back​” tour. This time, it’s Wellington’s turn, after his sell-out series of Auckland shows in November 2018. Bragg will…