Vera Ellen – Whammy Bar: July 15, 2022 (Concert Review)
Vera Ellen finally got her It’s Your Birthday Tour to Auckland, after having the original date (Mar. 5) cancelled for the usual reasons.
Vera Ellen finally got her It’s Your Birthday Tour to Auckland, after having the original date (Mar. 5) cancelled for the usual reasons.
New Zealand’s finest come together to pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac and specifically their 1977 multi-platinum album, Rumours.
Emma Dilemma brought her Spit tour to Auckland’s Whammy Bar, but only just barely.
Hiatus Kaiyote sold out their Tāmaki Makaurau tour stop last night. One of the most excited crowds I have seen in a while filled the very hazy Powerstation for the Mood Valiant album tour.
T-Bone burnt up the Tuning Fork stage this Sunday night in a celebration of Americana and folk music, to usher in America’s Independence Day. Swing and spice, crawfish pie and file gumbo. They answer Waylon Jennings’ poser, Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
Punk It Up V at the Powerstation is a tribal, drums-beating cold English blood runs hot call-to-arms for Skinheads, Boot Boys, Boot Girls, Rude Boys, Oi’s, New Wavers and even yer Art-Wank Poseurs. You know who you are. So, the Chosen found themselves hosed down with classic Original Punk, which was never contained in specific […]
Te Kaahu begin their show with a ceremonial homage to the inaugural Matariki public holiday in New Zealand. The winter solstice, where the Pleiades constellation reappears in the sky after a month of hibernation, and which is celebrated by Māori as the beginning of the solar cycle. Life, the present moment. Death, the ancestors stretching […]
Jenny Mitchell was told earlier this morning she has just won the APRA award for Best Country Music Song for 2022. So, she was in Hank William’s Home on High heaven when she started her maiden show at the boutique West Auckland music venue.
Steve Hackett delivers an epic extravaganza bursting with treats at Auckland’s Town Hall. Many fans here have waited almost three years for this experience, amidst the carnage that is the pandemic. They stood to applaud throughout the show. They stood to applaud at the end. Progressive Rock at its most triumphant and indulgent.
Simon & Garfunkel reunited just over 40 years ago and entertained an estimated 500,000 fans at NYC’s Central Park. Last night some of New Zealand’s finest recreated that historic event in front of a much smaller crowd but a much bigger sense of camaraderie and friendship.