A group of young children formed the Rangatahi Philharmonia o Tara orchestra, which will play its first concert at the Auckland Town Hall tonight.

They've only played one show in New Zealand before, but Death Cab For Cutie will make up for that fact with two shows in February.

Christmas isn't your only chance to catch Sol3 Mio this summer. They'll be embarking on a full nationwide tour in February and March.

The annual Church Tour has begun with the country-esque quartet of Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson, Marlon Williams and Barry Saunders combining their collective hymn books and impeccable harmonies.

Benny Tipene wants to be more than the guy who was on X Factor.

Comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic, who has famously parodied generations of pop hits ranging from Michael Jackson to Lorde, is headed back to New Zealand.

Auckland's St James Theatre faced its first true test since re-opening with a sold out show by electronic act Odesza. How did it fare? Chris Schulz was there.

British comedy superstar Dawn French is bringing her new live show to New Zealand.

With everyone from Grimes to Chvrches, Flume and Purity Ring, Laneway's line-up for 2016 is so good it's hard to pick who the headliners actually are.

Justin Bieber is coming to New Zealand - but chances are fans won't get to see him play.

Cut your fringes and dig out your best black clothes - Bring Me the Horizon are returning for an all ages show in 2016.

Iron Maiden will flying their gigantic jumbo jet to New Zealand to play two shows in 2016.

Laneway is returning to Auckland's Silo Park for another year, but is it a good thing? Chris Schulz and Lydia Jenkin have their say.

Get ready to lose your voice yelling, "Hodor, Hodor" - the man who plays the iconic Game of Thrones character is coming to New Zealand later this month.

Imagine Dragons love New Zealand so much, they shot their latest music video here. Rachel Bache checks out the Las Vegas group's Auckland show.

The at-risk St Jerome Laneway Festival has secured an Auckland venue for another year - the same one it's played for the past four years.

NZ On Screen's Nicky Harrop takes a look back at footage of visiting international artists, captured on camera in New Zealand over the years.

Meat Loaf was spitting blood as he sang on stage in Australia.

There was a sense of celebration, marred only by the thudding beats of revivalist worship downstairs. A well-filled Town Hall Concert Chamber hosted an audience keen to welcome home some distinguished young Auckland musicians.

US theatre organist Jelani Eddington performed two special farewell concerts at the Hollywood Cinema in Avondale.

One Direction's last gig could be on The X Factor.

Oklahoma-born rock 'n' roller JD McPherson is heading to New Zealand for the first time in celebration of his acclaimed release Let The Good Times Roll.

Iron Maiden's front man is upgrading his pilot's license so he can fly the heavy metal group's new jumbo jet to New Zealand for a show next year.

Before he even released his first record, Ed Sheeran played a gig in London with a songwriter whose song went on to inspire him to write one of his own tracks.

They've released three albums of perfect psychedelic indie-pop - but they've never headlined their own New Zealand tour. Until now.