Vector Arena is proud to present Aussie veteran of brooding song, Mick Harvey live at The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork this Wednesday 20 May! A founding member of blood-soaked punk act The Birthday Party, a Bad Seed alongside Nick Cave for decades, and a long-time wingman for British goth-ette PJ Harvey, Mick Harvey’s CV […]
Former Kiss axeman Ace Frehley offered up a set of somewhat generic, mildly entertaining, but ultimately unlistenable hard rock to The Studio in Auckland. To be fair, it wasn’t necessarily Ace’s fault that his music was unlistenable… that charge should be levelled directly at the sound man. Don’t get me wrong, I love a loud […]
Bubblegum punk rockers The Dickies tour New Zealand for the first time this month. The 13th Floor has a pair of tickets to giveaway…for any of the four NZ dates. To win, just be the first to name your favourite Dickies cover tune. Click here for more info about The Dickies and their NZ tour. […]
It was bright, it was shiny, it was glitzy and it was slick. Rod Stewart’s Hits Tour rollied into Auckland’s Vector Arena for the first of two shows. And it certainly lived up to its name, with old Rod The Mod cranking out 20 favourites, some his, some originally by others, over the course of the […]
It’s a pretty exciting time of year, with some MASSIVE gigs coming up, and some amazing music sneaking ever closer. This bogan is excited! There has also been some sad news, what with the tour van of KHAOTIKA and WORMREICH crashing with three fatalities, and Scott Kelly of Neurosis fame’s wife becoming gravely ill, so here is a […]
1980’s hit maker Billy Idol rocked a near-capacity crowd at Auckland’s Vector Arena with more than a little help from American power poppers Cheap Trick. First of all, apologies to fans of Aussie rockers The Angels, much as I tried, I was unable to get to the Vector in time to see their set, although […]
Live Entertainment! will start at 3pm with a special performance by SJD, celebrating their new album Saint John Divine on CD & LP. Following this at 4.30pm we are excited to announce an acoustic set from Don McGlashan, whose new album Lucky Stars is released on CD the day before, April 17th. Grab a copy and get them […]
I had a feeling this Beth Hart show might be something special…a preview of her about-to-be-released album, Better Than Home, indicated an artist bursting with talent…but her performance at Auckland’s Powerstation this Friday night was nothing short of a tour de force. Beth Hart has history with New Zealand. She spent several weeks here back […]
13th Floor photographer Michael Flynn has turned in his final batch of photos from this year’s WOMAD Festival, and its a beauty. These were shot on Sunday and feature Sinead O’Connor’s much-talked about set. But, as you will see, there’s much more to see than Sinead. So, click on any image…there’s over 50 of them! […]
WOMAD is a rich buffet of music and dance which is on this weekend, until midnight on Sunday , in New Plymouth. Given the huge array of musical styles and sounds on offer, I thought I would post a summary of some of the daily highlights. Some of these performers are doing two or three […]