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…
It’s a remarkable show that opens and closes with Dave Dobbyn, and takes in Six60, SWIDT and the Dilworth Choir along the way, but, let’s face it, You Are Us/Aroha Nui was always going to be a remarkable show. A…
Ozzy Osbourne couldn’t make it to the Judas Priest show at Spark Arena last night, but Brad Holland was there to shoot the show for Crave! And Halestorm, of course, last night’s opening act.
The Eagles have managed to divide opinion just a little bit. Simon is just a bit more full of praise for what Steve found to be a very slightly dull, in places at least, show. The Happy Mondays at the…
Don’t be fooled by the Happy Mondays. Behind a very carefully contrived image of slack and dissolute, behind album titles like Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out), behind the edifice of a…
Photos by Steve. Review by Simon. First things first: the core of The Eagles have seen a few summers, but they can still sing, and still play. Don Henley told the audience they were about to hear two and a…
Lily Allen presented a pared down show which put the spotlight absolutely on her. There was nowhere to hide. Not that she cared, for this confident and relaxed performer surely wanted no distractions. This concert was all about her songs,…