There are a lot of disgruntled Prince fans in Australia right now.

He has never stepped foot on New Zealand shores before, but Prince promises to make up for that.

Prince will play two New Zealand shows in one day later this month, with fans looking at costs of up to $389 to see the Purple Rain hitmaker perform.

Only 2000-plus Kiwi Prince fans will have a chance to see him when he plays in Auckland in 18 days.

The Purple Rain hitmaker will perform in New Zealand for the first time later this month. But he won't be bringing his guitar.

Fan will remember him from an energetic appearance at Laneway, but next time he's here Vic Mensa will be headlining his own show.

He's known for going ballistic at his live shows, jumping around, over and on to his mixing desk. He'll often invite as many crowd members as will fit on stage to dance to his mashed-up medleys.

Two high-profile Americana singer-songwriters will be heading to Auckland for shows in the coming months.

If you were looking forward to catching Ben Harper during his New Zealand jaunt later this month, you're out of luck.

Two exciting American blues acts have announced upcoming shows in New Zealand this week.

If you're planning on seeing Kate Tempest live anytime soon, be prepared to be hit by an avalanche of words.

If you want to get a sense of exactly how big Six60 have become, last night's concert at Villa Maria was a pretty strong statement.

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.

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

It wasn't just fans at Western Springs Stadium who rocked out to AC/DC - the concert was heard from as far away as Birkenhead.

John Cleese won't visit the city he once called "the suicide capital of New Zealand" for his next tour here.

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.