Tyler, The Creator – Spark Arena: August 18, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty and Paris Texas…three acts, one night, and enough energy to feel like a festival in itself.
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Bloc Party – Spark Arena: August 12, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
It had been almost twenty years since I first heard Bloc Party, tucked away in my room with a copy of A Weekend in the City and the strange, liberating sensation that someone else’s words and guitar riffs had finally caught up with my life.
Mānuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra – Spark Arena: July 26, 2025
In a genre-defying spectacle, Mānuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra brought the raw energy of rock and metal to Spark Arena—elevated by the grandeur of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. With a 29-piece symphony, a full rock band, and a lineup of New Zealand’s finest vocalists, the night delivered an unforgettable blend of power, precision, and passion. […]
Billy Strings – Spark Arena: July 22, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Billy Strings was a pickin’, and we were a grinnin’ as he and his four compadres treated a nearly-full Spark Arena to nearly two and a half hours of primo Bluegrass music.
Lewis Capaldi Announces 2025 New Zealand Tour Dates
AUCKLAND, NZ (July 7, 2025) – After two years away from the spotlight, global superstar Lewis Capaldi is well and truly, back. Back in the charts with his huge new single Survive, back in the headlines after his surprise and magnificent return to Glastonbury Festival and, this November and December, back on tour in New Zealand […]
Marlon Williams and KOMMI – Spark Arena: June 21, 2025
It’s old time waiata on the sound system as Spark Arena fills. This wouldn’t be my choice of venue, I mutter within, descending the steep concrete steps, feet sticking to concrete floor from accumulations of beer spillage at past shows. I want to see Marlon Williams, but not here. But by the end, I see […]
LENNY KRAVITZ ANNOUNCES NEW ZEALAND DATE
Today, 4-time GRAMMY® Award-winning writer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and all around multi-hyphenate icon, Lenny Kravitz announces his first ever tour to Aotearoa New Zealand as part of his globally praised Blue Electric Light Tour presented by TEG Live.
ZZ Top & George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Spark Arena: May 17, 2025
ZZ Top and George Thorogood & The Destroyers brought some good old fashioned rock & roll, with a healthy serving of the blues to Auckland’s Spark Arena. The 13th Floor’s Oxford Lamoureaux was there and reports back…
The Biggest Pub Gig In The World Returns!
Five long years since the last one, and we’re thirsty for more… THE BIGGEST PUB GIG IN THE WORLD is back and taking over Spark Arena on Saturday 2 August!
Gracie Abrams – Spark Arena: April 29, 2025 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Dubbed by many as the heir to Taylor Swift’s storytelling throne, Gracie Abrams lit up a rain-soaked Auckland night with a sold-out show at Spark Arena that proved one thing: sometimes, all you need for an unforgettable evening is a microphone, masterful songwriting, and great lighting.