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.

Fat Freddy's Drop have confirmed they'll release their fourth album this year - and they're heading out on tour to celebrate.

Simone Young and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra returns with a monumental Bruckner Eighth Symphony.

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.

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.

New Year's festival Rhythm & Vines is ringing in the changes for 2015 after low ticket sales in 2014 almost saw the festival collapse.

His first Auckland show sold out. So did a hastily added second show. So now he's scrapping both those shows, and moving to a much larger venue.

Live music fan Paula Yeoman books her tickets to the best shows.

Support band now, next time headliners, writes Paula Yeoman.

English indie rock outfit Florence and the Machine is heading to Auckland's Vector Arena in November.

Grammy-winning artist Burt Bacharach is heading to Auckland for a special performance with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

Courtney Barnett, Anna Coddington and Lips, Naughty By Nature and Don McGlashan are all set to tour New Zealand.

Twenty seven acts are lined up for a multi-venue bFM music event on K' Rd in early September.

Auckland's second Raggamuffin festival has announced its line-up and a shift to a February date.

Music festival Northern Bass is expanding to become a three-day event after its sell-out success in 2014.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra drew a bumper audience to its Power and Passion concert.

Musicians hit the road with fresh blend of country.

American bluesman Corky Siegel was the hit of the evening, spry enough at 71 to leap from the stage to serenade fans.

Four of New Zealand's best-known hip-hop and dance acts are joining forces for an all ages show - and it's free.

Thanks to post-grunge hooks and the gravelly vocals of frontman Jason Wade, Lifehouse had a moment all of their own when their 2001 single Hanging By A Moment became a worldwide smash.

A surprising thing happened to Taylor Swift at her concert.