After a brief, 30 year break, The Mockers returned to Auckland’s Powerstation, the second stop on their 8-date reunion tour. There was what appeared to be a full house on hand to greet them, cheering and singing along like it was 1985.
13th Floor ace photographer Michael Flynn caught the Gunslingers Ball: Last Minute Christmas show at Auckland’s Wine Cellar last night. The show featured sets from Will Wood, Reb Fountain, Hopetoun Brown and contributions from Dave Khan, Tom Cunliff and Thomas Landon-Lane. Micheal claims the sold-out show had a great atmosphere and the finale was a […]
Luna finally made it to Auckland for their first-ever NZ show. The reunited 1990’s dream-poppers are led by New Zealand native Dean Wareham, and on this night also featured original bass player Justin Harwood who resides in Piha. Fazerdaze The crowd arrived early to The Tuning Fork on this Saturday night. Maybe it was to […]
Despite only releasing one album, albeit one with five singles, 22-year-old Sam Smith played the first of two shows at Auckland’s Vector Arena. Unfortunately the need to accommodate so many fans here trumped his musical needs resulting in his intimate, soulful songs being lost in the big room. But I was possibly the only one […]
There was plenty of love in the house as English heartthrob Ed Sheeran drew screams of delight from the first of two sold-out crowds at Auckland’s Vector Arena. The floor was jammed with mostly young girls, some of whom had to be carried away by security guards due to the overwhelming thrill of being so […]
Marlon Williams seems to have made Auckland’s Tuning Fork his second home. Now based in Melbourne, the Kiwi crooner filled the intimate venue just eight months after his previous headlining show. Last time Marlon was at The Tuning Fork he was aided and abetted by Aldous Harding and Australian songstress Melody Pool. This time around […]
Some say Derek Trucks is the reincarnation of Duane Allman. He certainly does nothing to dispel that myth. He’s been playing guitar since he was old enough to walk, and has been touring with The Allman Brothers Band, playing Duane’s licks, since he was 12. Since 1997 he has also fronted his own band. Susan […]
Thirty-nine years ago I was a wide-eyed 16-year-old who had just experienced Leon Russell in concert for the first time. This was in 1972 and the tour was the one that produced the classic triple album, Leon Live. As I remember, Russell played for close to three hours, with him and his 10-piece band whipping […]