MUSIC
Having recently impressed audiences with his collaborative show My Mother Says I'm Talented, Tourettes is back to perform his new show It's Dole Day at Whammy Bar on Thursday night.
Also on Thursday, seminal rockers (and NZ Herald Legacy Award winners) Dragon play the Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club. Having permeated public consciousness with his hit dubstep single (it will indeed "dub you crazy") Friday sees Bulletproof celebrate his Dub Me Crazy album release at InkCoherent, and further up the road, The Studio hosts the annual Red Bull Thre3Style national DJ competition.
The Studio also presents the outrageous antics of American hip-hop stars Naughty By Nature next Wednesday, celebrating their 20th anniversary with another loop around the world.
During the weekend there's a swag of locals playing at each of the regional rugby fan zones too: I Am Giant and Katchafire play Albany's Northern Lights zone; the Southern Seas fan zone in Mangere gets a Dawn Raid showcase on Sunday with Scribe, David Dallas, and Savage; and Queens Wharf has the stadium rockers covered with Opshop, Dragon, Ardijah and the Jordan Luck Band on Saturday, and the Feelers and Zed on Sunday, along with songstresses Julia Deans and Flip Grater.