Upcoming

Big Day Out w the Prodigy, Regurgitator, Garbage, No FX, Crystal Method, Shihad, New Order, Magic Dirt, Gerling, Dave Clarke, Salmonella Dub, Tadpole, Che Fu, Amen, Silverchair, Faithless, Jurassic 5, feelers, Rubicon, goodshirt, Blindspott, betchadupa, DJ Sir-Vere - Ericsson Stadium, Jan 18, 2002 ($90)

Parachute 2002 w Delerious, OC Supertones, Earthsuit, the Katinas, Salvador, Paul Colman Trio and more - Totara Springs, Matamata, Jan 25-28, 2002 (adults $33.68 day pass, weekend $82.43 before Wed Nov 28)

2002 Auckland Folk Festival, w Pete Coe, Rua - Kumeu Showgrounds, Jan 25-28

Gods Kitchen w Chris Lawrence & DJ Heaven - Ellerslie Racecourse, Fri Jan 25

Sky City Starlight Symphony w Dame Malvina Major, John Hawkesby - Auckland Domain, Jan 26, 7.30 pm (rain date Jan 27)

Raglan Jazz & Blues Festival - Harbour View Hotel Jan 26-27 (Both days, $150)

Penelope Swales - Temple, Fri Jan 26

Raglan Jazz Festival - Ragalan Town Hall, Sat Jan 26, Sun Jan 27

Groove Armada - St James, Wed Jan 30

Tomahawk - Auckland Regent, Wed Jan 30 ($41.50)

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Wellsford Community Centre, Jan 30; Duke of Marlborough, Russell, Jan 31; Forum North, Whangarei, Feb 1; Inverness Estate Winery, Clevedon, Feb 2; Golden Cross Hotel, Waihi, Feb 3; TSB Showplace, New Plymouth, Feb 6; Regent Theatre, Palmerston North, Thu 7; Ace of Clubs, Rotorua, Feb 15; Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland Feb 16; Hamilton Gardens Festival, Feb 17

The Great China Circus - ASB Stadium, Tue Jan 29-Sat Feb 2; Taupo Events Centre, Tue Feb 12; Queen's Wharf, Wellington, Fri Feb 15-16; TSB Theatre, New Plymouth, Tue Mar 5; Palmerston North Showgrounds, Fri Mar 8; Sportsdome, Rotorua, Tue Mar 12; QEYC Stadium, Tauranga, Sat Mar 16

DJ Marky, Bryan G - Studio Nine, Wellington, Thu Han 31; Fu, Sat Feb 2

Splitter - Masonic, Fri Feb 1

Natalie Merchant - Auckland Regent, Sun 3 Feb ($59)

Norman Jay, Manuel Bundy & Roger Perry - St James, Tue Feb 5

Low, Lovely Midget, Sean O'Reilly - Kings Arms, Tue Feb 5 ($20)

Pete Coe - The Bunker, Wed Feb 6 ($20)

Engelbert Humperdinck, the Seekers - Mission Estate Winery, Napier, Sat Feb 9 ($75-$105, children $30)

Richard Grainger - The Bunker, Mon Feb 11 ($10)

Sum 41 - The Powerstation, Tue Feb 12

Noche Flamenca - ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre Tue Feb 12 - 16

America - Civic, Mon Feb 18-19

Kapa Haka 2002 Festival - Takaparawha, Bastion Point, Feb 21-24

Andy Irvine & Rens Van Der Zalm - Auckland Irish Society, Sat Feb 23 ($20)

Maynard Ferguson Big Band - Sky City, Feb 26; Baycourt Thetre, Tauranga, Feb 27; Regent Theatre, Palmerston North, Feb 28; Duxton Hotel, Wellington, Mar 1

Chemical Brothers - North Shore Events Centre, Sun Mar 10

Bill Passalacqua - The Bunker, Sun Mar 17 ($10)

Kevin Kennedy, Brendan Dugan, Gray Bartlett, Jodi Vaughan - Forum North Exhibition Hall, Whangarei, Wed Mar 13; Founders Theatre, Hamilton, Thu Mar 14; Convention Centre, Rotorua, Fri Mar 15; Sky City, Sat Mar 16-17; Baycourt Theatre, Tauranga, Tue Mar 19; Municipal Theatre, Napier, Wed Mar 20; Regent Theatre, Palmerston North, Thu Mar 21; TSB Showplace, New Plymouth, Fri Mar 22

Strike - Aotea Centre Mar 26-28 ($19.50-39.50)

Spirit of the Dance - WestpacTrust St James, from Apr 16; Civic, from Apr 30