With a new album in the can, and a back catalogue of songs that is second to none, Lucinda Williams performed a stunning set at a pared-down version of the Vector Arena, leaving fans beaming. I’ve seen Lucinda Williams a number of times over the past twenty years and her shows always seem to […]
Over the course of her 35+year career Lucinda Williams has assembled a a songwriting catalog that ranks among the finest of any songwriters of her generation. That catalog is about to expand with the release of her latest album, The Ghost s Of Highway 20, due in February. New Zealand fans will get an opportunity […]
It wasn’t until the penultimate song of their main set at Auckland’s Vector Arena that 5 Seconds Of Summer — 5SOS to the really cool kids — actually became the band they really want to be. 5SOS are not an easy band to pigeonhole. It would be easy to dismiss them as an Australian One […]
First of all, we need to talk about Kevin. Last time the Backstreet Boys – still the world’s biggest-selling ‘boy’ band – shimmied its way onto the Kiwi stage in 2010, they were without one key component. Original member Kevin Richardson quit the group in 2006, only rejoining three years ago. So the buzz around […]
80s New Romantics Spandau Ballet brought their Soul Boys tour to Auckland’s Vector Arena just in time for Mother’s Day. The two-hour show nailed all the old hits along with a few new tunes. The lights dimmed at the Vector shortly before 8:30pm. It was an early start, but hey, mum’s gotta be back home […]
Check this out, our eagle-eyed photographer Michael Flynn spotted members of Spandau Ballet at last night’s Motley Crue/Alice Cooper show. What are the chances of the band covering Kickstart My Heart when they play at the Vector Arena tonight?