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".

The twins return to the stage to perform for two very different audiences. They talk to Dionne Christian.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra sees tonight's Aotearoa Plus concert as its "annual showcase of cutting-edge music from New Zealand and abroad".

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.

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.

Disturbed have announced plans to return to New Zealand after cancelling a show here earlier this year.

These days Steve Earle is a frequent visitor to New Zealand - he's a keen trout fisherman - and, of course, in today's music world

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy brought his other band to town for a show that delivered low-key magic.

The promoters of an all-new hip-hop festival in Auckland are confident their line-up of veteran hip-hop acts will deliver.

After cancelling his sold-out show in Auckland British singer Noel Gallagher has revealed his guitars got held up in Chile.

Bone Thugs-N- Harmony will headline an all-new hip-hop festival in Auckland in May, it has been confirmed.

REVIEW: The rapper isn't blessed with a booming voice. His songs aren't full of trap bass and Auto-Tuned vocals. All he has is his words. And that's all he needs.

Girl Talk gets set to ignite the dancefloor at Auckland City Limits, writes Lydia Jenkin.

Tom Jones hits town this week on the back of a run of acclaimed albums and an autobiography. He talks about his late-career renaissance.

When speaking to 27-year-old Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, it's hard not to slow your voice down to match his deep, laconic southern drawl.

Sufjan Stevens described his mesmerising and moving Civic Theatre show last night better than anyone else could: "A celebration of termination."

They've just released a song dubbed "so bad it would make Tupac cry" so let's hope Macklemore and Ryan Lewis don't play it when they return to New Zealand in July.

Frog-marched by my caregiver to see the aging pop star, Madonna, my only concern was: Would I be recognised as NZ's oldest dad?

It's a sad reality that we'll never be able to see David Bowie play live again, but announced today is a concert which will help to make up for it.