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.

A surprising thing happened to Taylor Swift at her concert.

Lorde says she racked up the air miles to make a surprise appearance at a Taylor Swift concert because the pair are "best buds".

Robbie Williams may have cancelled his upcoming tour of Asia but his Australian fans can rest assured, the entertainer will still be coming Down Under in October.

British rock group The 1975 will perform in New Zealand in January, a show they're calling "the start of a new world for us".

Last night the electronic duo went out with a bang at The Studio in Auckland.

More concerts should come with entrees as taste-tempting as Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite, writes William Dart.

Ever wonder where all the post-emo scene kids ended up? At Twenty One Pilots' sold out Auckland show, of course.

Tickets were still available last night for Madonna's Auckland performances - but at a price.

On Friday, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra delivered another fine Opera in Concert with Puccini's Turandot, justly rewarded by a full house and standing ovations.

Kiwi Madonna fans are paying thousands of dollars to make sure they don't miss out on the first, and possibly only, time the Material Girl plays NZ.

Making a bone-dry promise to hip-hop fans has backfired for a local promoter, who is offering refunds for this week's Bone Thugs-N-Harmony shows.