Empire of the Sun are set to headline this year's Rhythm & Vines New Year's festival.

A series of classical concerts has been chopped because our national orchestra will be busy recording the music for a Hobbit movie.

Ticket vendors are charging up to almost 50 per cent of the price of tickets to email them to customers.

As the launch of new fan doco Springsteen & I approaches, Hayden Donnell tries to explain why people love The Boss so much.

Transistors amp up their act and get ready to party, reports Scott Kara

Russell Baillie takes in Jake Bugg's sold out Auckland show.

Leonard Cohen has announced a full New Zealand tour in December, taking in the country's three major cities.

Chris Schulz reviews Passion Pit's Auckland show.

Their music's catchy, their lyrics intensely personal. Scott Kara caught up with Passion Pit before tonight's Auckland show.

Scott Kara says we should save Auckland's best live music venue, the St James Theatre.

High priests of local songwriting, Dave Dobbyn and Don McGlashan are heading out to play the nation's churches together. We sent them a pre-tour inquisition ...

Passion Pit are playing a highly anticipated show at the Powerstation this week and we have tickets and CDs to give away!

Trade Me is putting every listing for Beyonce tickets on its site under the microscope after tickets appeared yesterday for five times their face value.

Beyonce tickets were in hot demand this morning, with tickets selling out in just 15 minutes - and scalpers appeared to be among the lucky ones.

Blacklistt - the band formerly known as Blindspott - will release their debut album in September and then head out on a 12-date nationwide tour.

Country music star is still waiting for Hollywood to get on board, writes Barney McDonald.

Beyonce talks to Michele Manelis about maintaining her own identity - whatever name she's using.

It's been a week of music to rot your teeth to, writes Scott Kara.