Jackson Browne 18th April 2023 Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Chris Zwaagdyk. Tuesday night in Auckland city and consummate singer-songwriter/wordsmith Jackson Browne is in town. Any night is a good night forContinue Reading
Nick Lowe’s Quality Rock & Roll Review Featuring Los Straightjackets 25th February 2020 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Chris Zwaagdyk. With love and its many variants on his mind and ingrained in his music, NickContinue Reading
The Stranglers 15th February 2020 The Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Mark Derricutt. With a slight reprieve from the run of humid evenings and rainless days recently, Auckland kept it cool and stacked emContinue Reading
The Growlers 19th January 2020 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Richard Myburgh. The Powerstation fortunately became the designated host for The Growlers only NZ show of their 2020 world tour, and what a night itContinue Reading
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliette 7th December 2019 The Civic Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Chris Zwaagdyk. Romeo & Juliet has forever been one of William Shakespeare’s most well-known, well-loved and timeless plays. When itContinue Reading
The Teskey Brothers 6th December 2019 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Chris Zwaagdyk. Fresh from a triple triumph at Australia’s ARIA music awards, The Teskey Brothers turned up on Friday night with their unique brandContinue Reading
Big Country 5th October 2019 The Tuning Fork, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Chris Zwaagdyk. There’s always a good energy in the air when a show is sold out. Thus was the case at the TuningContinue Reading
Joe Bonamassa 27th September 2019 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Mark Derricutt. In the present-day landscape of rock and blues guitarists, Joe Bonamassa’s name often holds strong contention as the current king of theContinue Reading
Fleetwood Mac 12th September 2019 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mike Beck. Photography by Richard Myburgh. Formed amidst the British blues boom of the late 1960’s, with a rhythm section whose surnames had the rare distinction of combiningContinue Reading