When Kate Tempest fills in her occupation on the Customs form at airports, she has plenty of options to choose from.

If you've found yourself asking what has happened to Ladyhawke lately, Auckland City Limits is about to deliver the answer.

Kiwi R&B fans will get a chance to see rising star Tinashe perform in May.

'King Push,' 'Push-a-ton' and 'El Presidente'. There are many names Pusha T goes by, but perhaps the most fitting is, 'Greatest Rapper Alive'.

Thirsty UB40 fans were left high and dry at the second gig of the band's New Zealand vineyard tour.

Rapper G-Eazy and singer Jhene Aiko will headline an orientation tour for students that also includes local rapper David Dallas and DJ Sir-Vere.

Bring Me the Horizon have postponed their upcoming Auckland show after the demise of Australia's Soundwave music festival.

Fallout from Soundwave's cancellation in Australia is continuing to affect New Zealand, with Disturbed saying its January 28 show is now postponed.

When the promoters behind AC/DC announced they were bringing the show to New Zealand, they wanted to stress a point - these days, AC/DC is not a rock show.

They were spontaneously whooping, smiling, talking too fast, unable to stop jiggling on the spot.

Ed Sheeran upsized to Mt Smart Stadium for his latest NZ concert, where close to 50,000 fans watched him play a two-hour set last night.

One of the failed Echo Festival's acts, Disclosure, is still coming to Auckland to play a DJ set.

The big day out for bogans is back, with a new look and its third new location in as many years.

Grammy-nominated R&B star D'Angelo is heading to Wellington in March.

Police are investigating if pills taken by a teenager who died at the Adelaide Stereosonic music festival were linked to drugs taken by two other people who remain in a critical condition.

Former Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher is back for a solo show in Auckland in March,

The organiser of failed Auckland music event Echo Festival has promised refunds within the next two weeks after an outcry from ticketholders wanting their money back.

The last time Shellac played in Auckland it was at the beautiful Mandalay ballroom in Newmarket in March 2001. Sadly the venue is long gone, but the memory of Shellac's angular attack has been etched permanently in the recesses of my rock'n'roll mind.

A who's who of the local music industry will perform at Wellington's Homegrown festival next year, with the addition of David Dallas, Katchafire and Blacklistt to the bill.

One woman has died, another is an induced coma and almost 70 people have been charged with possessing and supplying drugs at Stereosonic.

Beenie Man axed from another New Zealand music festival after he hung up on reporter.

With his brown curls, scruffy jeans and black boots, Chris Cornell looked every inch the grunge god as he strolled onto ASB Theatre's main stage and waved to the crowd.

Echo Festival pulls the plug just weeks after the promoter talked up its move from Tauranga's McLaren Falls to Auckland.

Who said rock'n roll was for kids? It's a golden age for golden oldies who refuse to grow old.

In an ideal world, for premium enjoyment you'd see Perth psychedelic rockers Tame Impala in the wild and free surrounds of a crazy outdoor festival like Splore.

Sir Elton John has passed his best wishes onto the man who had a heart attack at his Wellington concert.