Protomartyr announce debut NZ tour
Detroit’s Protomartyr have announced their highly anticipated debut Australia & New Zealand tour in February 2018. With Singer Joe Casey declaring “…we better be touring Australasia sometime in the next year. If it doesn’t happen the band is breaking up.”,Continue Reading
Sepultura and Death Angel announce NZ tour
The Sepulnation is alive and well! Following their crushingly successful 2014 NZ Tour, Brazilian Metal Icons SEPULTURA unleash a heavy metal hurricane upon New Zealand in May 2018. Armed with their finest album in decades ‘Machine Messiah’, SEPULTURA emerge intoContinue Reading
UB40, Auckland NZ, 2017
UB40 18th November 2017 Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Lauren Sanderson. Photography by Matt Henry Mendonca. The UK’s biggest Reggae group UB40 returned to New Zealand shores last night, as they transported us back in time playing someContinue Reading
Boyz II Men & TLC all set to hit New Zealand
For the very first time in New Zealand, Illusive Presents, Frontier Touring and Mai FM are ecstatic to announce that two of the biggest names in contemporary RNB – Boyz II Men and TLC – will return to New ZealandContinue Reading
Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, Auckland NZ, 2017
Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress 16th November 2017 The Studio, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Matt Henry Mendonca. Once in a blue moon a musical event – note the word event – will occur that will becomeContinue Reading
The Supersuckers, Auckland NZ, 2017
The Supersuckers 16th November 2017 The Kings Arms, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Bridget Herlihy. Photography by Doug Peters. Super by name and super by nature would have been an apt tagline on Thursday night as the US of A’sContinue Reading
Make The Lyrics Your Own: An Ocean Colour Scene Interview
SIMON FOWLER of OCEAN COLOUR SCENE: Make The Lyrics Your Own An interview by Sarah Kidd. Ocean Colour Scene once toured with Oasis who were at the time one of the most notorious and volatile bands on the English musicContinue Reading
Blue Child Collective documentary & full NZ tour announcement
Fresh from a 40 date National Tour of Australia to promote their latest music video “Bungalow Baby”, Blue Child Collective are set to sail this release across the Tasman for their first ever New Zealand Tour, totalling 14 intimate duoContinue Reading
Social Security Investigations & Red Wine: A UB40 Interview
BRIAN TRAVERS of UB40: Social Security Investigations & Red Wine An interview by Lauren Sanderson. The UK’s biggest Reggae group UB40 are heading to New Zealand this month as part of their Australasian tour. I was lucky enough to grabContinue Reading