PLAYING THE EPIC “HYSTERIA” ALBUM IN FULL PLUS GREATEST HITS FROM THEIR CATALOGUE THIS NOVEMBER & JOINED BY SCORPIONS ON THEIR DEBUT NEW ZEALAND CONCERT Rock icons, DEF LEPPARD, have extended their 70-plus US and UK tour to run riot Down Under, finally playing their landmark, longest recording in full – 1987’s seminal Hysteria LIVE! […]
Scottish trio Biffy Clyro mixed the sensitive with the seismic as they thrilled fans at Auckland’s Spark Arena last night.
US rockers Sleeping With Sirens are set to return to Auckland’s Powerstation this Sunday night. The band is on the road supporting their latest album, Gossip, which finds the quintet moving from rock to pop. But rockers, fear not! As lead vocalist Kellin Quinn tells The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda, “our next record is definitely going […]
She’s known as “London’s First Lady Of Soul”. She’s recorded with The Small Faces, Humble Pie, Nick Drake and Roger Waters. And she released the original hit version of Cat Stevens’ First Cut Is The Deepest. P.P. Arnold may not be a household name, but her influence and talent is undeniable. Now, the former Ikette, […]
The Killers – Spark Arena April 20, 2018 The Killers, or at least two of them, rocked Auckland’s Spark Arena on Friday night, reminding the nearly-sold out crowd what a killer live act they are. As frontman Brandon Flowers observed, it had been nine years since he and the band had last performed in Auckland. A […]
If you were looking for meaningful music at Simple Plan’s 15th anniversary tour of No Pads No Helmets Just Balls at The Powerstation in Auckland last night, you would’ve been shit out of luck. But that would’ve been completely missing the point of an otherwise fun, high octane evening.
Halsey brings “The sound of young America” to Auckland as her Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour resumes after a five-month layoff.
Friday, March 20- Since the release of her debut full-length Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett has been celebrated as one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in indie rock, a singer-writer who mixes deeply insightful observations with devastating self-assessment. Flipping between the political and personal with face-melting […]
P.O.D.’s rendition of hit album Satellite at The Studio last night was not without flaw, but better than it had any real right to be.
Eb & Sparrow and Carnivorous Plant Society – two of New Zealand’s finest live acts converged at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night keeping fans warm and dry even as the weather raged outside.