Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series: Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Columbia)
This was always going to be a hard sell…hours of previously unreleased live recordings from Dylan’s “Christian Period” when the former Mr Zimmerman preached fire and brimstone from three studio albums between 1987 and 1981.
Watch: Frazey Ford Performs How Can I Tell You at The 13th Floor
Here’s something special, while in Auckland to make her NZ performance debut at The Tuning Fork, Vancouver’s Frazey Ford performing Cat Stevens’ How Can I Tell You for The 13th Floor. That’s Frazey’s neighbour, Caroline Ballhorn, on harmony vocals.
Chris Botti – Jazz Instrumentalist Tour Announced
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 – The world’s biggest selling jazz instrumentalist, CHRIS BOTTI, will make his debut visit to New Zealand in 2018, performing at the Bruce Mason Centre on Wednesday, February 21.
Take That Concert Photos – Trusts Stadium November 22, 2017
English pop group Take That performed at Auckland’s Trusts Stadium last night.
Frazey Ford Concert Photos – Tuning Fork November 21, 2017
Canadian songstress Frazey Ford made her New Zealand live performance debut at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night.
LCD Soundsystem With Nick Murphy (FKA Chet Faker) Announce NZ Show This Summer – Feb 2018
They immediately sold out Sydney and Melbourne dates earlier this year, and now Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce the return to New Zealand and Australia of Brooklyn icons LCD Soundsystem for their biggest headline shows ever this summer – touring February 2018!
Stevie Nicks & The Pretenders – Spark Arena November 21, 2017
Stevie Nicks brought her 24 Karat Gold Tour to Auckland for two shows this week. Fortunately, that also included bringing along The Pretenders.
Stellar Announcing NZ 2018 Reunion Shows
Legendary Kiwi favourites, stellar* have today announced their first shows together in eight years! The multi award-winning group has just confirmed two March 2018 shows in Auckland (Tuning Fork, Friday 9 March) and Wellington (San Fran, Saturday 10 March) to follow their summer festival touring route.
Andrew Strong (Ireland) Performs The Commitments Soundtrack In Full NZ Tour 2018
In 1991, Strong was introduced to the world through his portrayal of Declan “Deco” Cuffe, lead vocalist of fictional Irish soul band THE COMMITMENTS from the film of the same name. Now, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the award-winning film, Strong will tour NZ for the first time ever this March!
Big Boi Announces NZ Shows
Seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist Big Boi is returning to New Zealand for two headline performances in March, 2018.
Ocean Colour Scene – Powerstation November 20, 2017
Twenty-one years after their breakthrough album, Moseley Shoals, Ocean Colour Scene were set to play on Auckland’s Powerstation stage to a veritable ocean of expatriates. I felt I needed a passport to get into this gig, and having never been to England, after tonight I don’t think I need to: England came to me.
Anthonie Tonnon – Freida Margolis November 20, 2017
New Zealand singer-songwriter Anthonie Tonnon is developing a reputation as one of the most impressive performance artists in the country. With his eccentric interactive live show and melancholy folk-pop songs, Tonnon has quickly become a must-see act, with his sold-out series of gigs at Grey Lynn’s Freida Margolis testament to that.
13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Chris Stapleton – Tryin’ To Untangle My Mind
With Volume 2 of his From A Room series due out in a couple weeks, Chris Stapleton has released a new track.
SEPULTURA (With Special Guests DEATH ANGEL) Announce 2018 New Zealand Tour
The Sepulnation is alive and well! Following their crushingly successful 2014 NZ Tour, Brazilian Metal Icons SEPULTURA unleash a heavy metal hurricane upon the Sepulnation in May 2018.
Downtown Boys: The 13th Floor Interview
Political punk rockers Downtown Boys are due to make their New Zealand concert debut on Tuesday, December 5th, at Auckland’s Whammy Bar. They are from Providence, Rhode Island, their most recent album, Cost Of Living, was produced by Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, they’ve been compared to X Ray Spex and they’ve been called “America’s most exciting […]
Ocean Colour Scene – Wellington Opera House November 19, 2017
Ocean Colour Scene are due to perform tonight at Auckland’s Powerstation. The 13th Floor’s Tim Gruar caught the band in Wellington last night and turns in this report to give Aucklanders an idea of what they are in for. The 13th Floor will post a review and photo gallery of tonight’s show tomorrow morning.
Protomartyr Debut NZ Tour
Detroit’s Protomartyr have announced their highly anticipated debut Australia & New Zealand tour in February 2018. With Singer Joe Casey declaring “…we better be touring Australasia sometime in the next year. If it doesn’t happen the band is breaking up.”, the jaded-yet-urgent post punks are set to play intimate club venues across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland […]
BADBADNOTGOOD Announce Wellington Headline Show
Monday November 20, 2017- Wellington, you lucky things. Extraordinary genre-fusing Canadian band BADBADNOTGOOD will take their only break from the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival tour to play San Fran on January 31.
Tour Announcement: Mick Jenkins & The Underachievers
MONDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2017 – Chicago’s finest wordsmith MICK JENKINS returns after a brilliant Laneway Festival set in January, and this time he’s crossed state lines to partner with New York duo THE UNDERACHIEVERS for one massive hip-hop double bill.
Albi & The Wolves – Tuning Fork November 18, 2017
Auckland’s very own Albi & The Wolves moved The Tuning Fork to dance last night with a rousing set of down-to-earth folk and Americana. On a rainy Saturday night they warmed the room with a set steeped in musical communal tradition, without ever feeling stale despite their reliance on familiar folk-rock idioms.