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.

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.

The summer season's off to a bumpy start with the cancellation of two festivals. Lydia Jenkin investigates the state of the industry and what it takes to succeed.

Despite a shaky start and dubious encores, Lucinda Williams' Auckland show proved something special.

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.