Laid back hip-hop group Arrested Development will perform their biggest hits at a one-off show in Auckland in August.

Chatty Man host Alan Carr's bringing his stand-up comedy show to New Zealand for three shows.

The man who replaced Jon Stewart is bringing his stand-up show to town.

Enso String Quartet still has the freshness and attack that spurred one critic to rationalise the group's smouldering power as half honey and half molten lava.

Crowds gathered at the Sydney Opera House this weekend to see Justin Vernon bring Bon Iver back to the stage.

Rising rap star Chance the Rapper says he'll perform in New Zealand for the very first time during his world tour later this year.

Slipknot tickets go on sale this morning and Lamb of God just gave you an extra reason to buy them.

The problem with The Block Party is while the acts were excellent, everything else was plagued with problems.

Indie rock duo The Kills and soul collective The Internet are playing Auckland and Wellington shows in the coming months.

Frances Moore and Alex Taylor's daringly dished up Dido and Aeneas: Recomposed has come into town from the west with its original gusto intact.

Coldplay will be returning to New Zealand at the end of the year for one show at Mount Smart Stadium - and they've got some tricks up their sleeves.

The Internet are returning to New Zealand for two shows: one in Auckland, and one in Wellington.

If you love their songs then check out this live British production coming to Auckland for one night only.

The "world's most successful" pianist Richard Clayderman and internationally renowned Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang are coming to NZ this year.

Bramwell Tovey's Time Tracks was a blunt, noisy launch for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Aotearoa Plus, its annual concert of "cutting-edge contemporary".

Flume is scaling up on his just-announced world tour, kicking things off with three stadium shows in New Zealand.

Auckland gets rowdy on a Sunday night as British metal titans Iron Maiden fly into town. Chris Schulz was there.

It is being hailed as the greatest concert ever, a superstar-studded bill of ultimate rock legends, including Sir Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan.

Ever since Ning Feng topped the 2005 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, he's returned to NZ for regular concerto appearances with APO.

One Prince has fallen already this April, but the Prince of Darkness and his closest comrades are marching on to a fate of their choosing.

With only a scattershot of guest verses and a handful of live shows in the past 12 months, Danny Brown was always going to be a bit rusty.

Harpsichordist Christophe Rousset and his three colleagues certainly gave us the perfect soundtrack for such a delicious fantasy.

Nine years since their last New Zealand appearance, seminal English post-punk rockers The Cure will return to Auckland for a show at Vector Arena on Thursday, July 21.

The celebrated Oscar host is appearing doing two nights of "sit-down" comedy in Auckland ....

Mahler's Third Symphony was the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's spectacular contribution to the 2009 Auckland Arts Festival.

Kiwi fans didn't get to see Noel Gallagher on his recent tour down under - if they had, they might have witnessed an outburst like this.

Shihad are about to kick off New Zealand Music Month in the best possible way by playing three shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.