If you can’t find music you like at Laneway, you’re really not trying very hard. Twenty-nine acts across four stages over ten hours is an exhausting but very, very enjoyable day out. Local band Daffodils opened my Laneway experience this…
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators came to Auckland last night, and while Crave! couldn’t get there to review the show — a shame; Myles made it sound like it would be a great show when he spoke to…
By the time you reach 70, you’re entitled to slow down a little. Not that Elaine Paige was ever the highest-octane performer, but last night’s show at Auckland’s Bruce Mason Centre was a genteel, polite affair, a chance for Paige,…
Crave! explores new dimensions with episode 74, our first fully video-recorded episode! Simon and Steve have enjoyed Shania Twain’s first concert in New Zealand, as well as having a lot of very positive things to say about The Children Act,…
A Twenty One Pilots concert is a thing of the most remarkable energy and intensity. On paper, it is a simple affair — Joshua Dun’s drumkit is front and centre on a huge stage, with a microphone stand and an…
Into the second half of Canadian Shania Twain’s first Auckland concert at Spark Arena, and the singer songwriter takes up residence on a small elevated stage in the middle of the seating area. The big show that’s been unfolding on…
Lots of disappointment in episode 73 of Crave!. Neither Simon nor Steve can find a good word to say about The Crimes Of Grindelwald, the latest tiresome instalment in the endless — and there’s only been two so far —…
For the very first episode of Crave!, back in June 2015, Simon and I reviewed Johnny Marr’s show at the Powerstation in Auckland. A fine show, but the highlight came during the encore, when Neil Finn joined Marr on stage…
A return to the music scene in the latest episode of Crave!, which sees Debbie, our Intrepid Guest Reviewer, comparing notes with Steve about Taylor Swift and her Reputation Stadium Tour, which last week arrived at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium.…
I wrote a rather disparaging review of a Passenger concert about four years ago. Since them I’ve seen him a few more times — opening for Ed Sheeran at Mount Smart Stadium, busking in Aotea Square, and in that time…