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The best summer festivals
Still looking for some fun to fill your summer days? We list five of the best summer festivals to get to around the country.

Review: Paul Simon and Sting
Paul Simon and Sting sound like a somewhat unlikely pairing. But more than 40 years on, their musical ideas seem to be easy bedfellows.

Michael Bolton to play one-off NZ show
Balladeer Michael Bolton is heading to New Zealand - but his iconic mullet won't make the trip.

Concert review: Flying Lotus, The Powerstation
Didn't get enough at Laneway? Flying Lotus kept the party going with his very own sideshow at Auckland's Powerstation. Rachel Bache was there.

Opera review: Dido and Aeneas
The challenge of putting on Dido and Aeneas is usually to find a suitable short opera to complete the evening. Last night, at Te Uru Waitakere, there were no such worries.

Sizzling Laneway hits its stride
If there's a year that Laneway has come of age, mark it down as this one.

Review: The Winery Tour 2015
Dave Dobbyn, Don McGlashan, Supergroove and Anika Moa deliver a enjoyable mix of musical fireworks and song power on this year's Winery Tour.

Jackson stage show Thriller Live: You can't beat it
Seeing the stage celebration of Michael Jackson’s life and work is absolutely thrilling, discovers Catherine Smith.

Review: Laneway 2015
Live coverage of today's St Jerome's Laneway festival in Auckland, including updated reviews and photos throughout the day.

Tour news: Waterboys, Darude
The veteran folk-rock outfit The Waterboys is the latest band to make a jump across the ditch from the Byron Bay Blues Festival.

Sun shines on Odesza
Moody grunge music, poor public transport and truly terrible weather. Seattle is known for a lot of things, but chirpy electronica bands is not one of them. Until now.

Finns to play Auckland Zoo
Tim, Neil and Liam Finn are teaming up for a one-off show at Auckland Zoo next month.

Free gigs in February
iHeartRadio NZ are making Kiwi music lovers very happy with the announcement of a bunch of free shows they're putting on in February.

Voice lifted Joe up where he belonged
Joe Cocker, who has died aged 70, was a Sheffield-born singer who came to be considered one of the greatest white blues and soul vocalists...

Sol3 Mio singer proposes
Audience drawn into a real-life opera as tenor proposes to his girlfriend on stage.

Concert review: The War On Drugs, Powerstation
Adam Granduciel is standing in the middle of the stage, hunched over his guitar and stabbing repeatedly at the strings as one final note reverberates around the Powerstation's walls.