He’s a lucky man, is Adam Lambert. A runner-up in a telly talent show, he’s now fronting one of the biggest stadium shows in the world. And that quite astonishing climb is, well, somewhat deserved, and last night’s Queen +…
It’s a tough one to nail down, is Laneway. St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival ’20, to give it its full, Sunday-best name, is more than just New Zealand’s leading music festival; it’s also, increasingly, just a fantastic day out, a relaxed,…
Billy Idol at The Outer Fields at Western Springs, Sunday January 19th, 2020 This was a good show. I can tell you that, standing near the front of stage at The Outer Fields at Western Springs, the vibe was relaxed…
A good indication of how well a concert is going is how much the folk on the stage are enjoying themselves. By that benchmark, Carly Rae Jepsen’s show at Auckland’s Town Hall last night was one of the best of…
Kiwis do love a local boy who’s made good. And Neil Finn looked like he couldn’t quite believe his luck as he helped front Fleetwood Mac at Spark Arena in Auckland last night. And so it was only right that…
A Skyscraper Stan show covers a lot of ground. Last night’s performance, to launch Stan’s new album, Golden Boy Vol. I and Vol. II, kicked off with Tango, from 2015’s Last Year’s Tune, a chipper little number that set the…
Steve had seen them before. Simon hadn’t. So both of Crave!’s reviewers offer their thoughts on The Monkees show in Auckland. Steve first, then Simon. STEVE’S REVIEW: On the strength of last night’s show at Auckland’s Town Hall, it’s not…
Post Malone came to Auckland’s Spark Arena last night, and Crave! was lucky enough to have Nikita Weir in attendance to shoot the show for us. Thanks, Nikita!
Review by Simon. Photos by Chris Zwaagdyk The size of an audience shouldn’t really have a bearing on a review, but in this case, it surely does. For on the very last night of their two year tour, Little Steven…
It’s time — finally — for the final series of Game Of Thrones, and so Simon and Steve dissect, in fine detail, the first episode. Steve’s been to the Auckland leg of the Christchurch benefit concert tour You Are Us/Aroha…