Led by the irrepressible Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath brought together fans young and old in horn-throwing, fist-pumping fashion.

Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath hit the stage in Auckland last night for the first show of their world tour.

Black Sabbath lifted the lid on their new album today at a closed session in Auckland.

Over the next few months children, from tots to teens, can immerse themselves in music, comedy and drama as they like it: loud and boisterous, writes Dionne Christian.

The Big Day Out is to rock Auckland again next January - or that's the plan of promoter Campbell Smith.

It's been ten years since Wilco - the Chicago band who have become standard bearers for rustic American art-rock - first popped into town.

Tell my fans to request the songs they want to hear, Josh Groban tells Paula Yeoman.

Thrill-seekers at the long-running Auckland Easter Show have been left disappointed after its main ride provider set up a rival event, breaking a 60-year tradition.

Live music in hastily-built venues has helped shaken Cantabrians beat the post-quake blues, a university researcher says.

American band Counting Crows have cancelled all of their New Zealand shows after pulling the plug on their Wellington gig at the last minute.

Neil Young refused to play a greatest hits set, but his concert was crazy and confounding, exciting and exhausting, writes Russell Baillie.

Molly Bedingfield - mother to pop artists Daniel and Natasha - is the founder of the Global Angels Foundation; an international charity that aims to help communities living in extreme poverty and disadvantage.

With the 60s generation of rock fans now at Gold Card age, this concert perhaps flagged what we might expect in the future: Steve Miller with his excellent band - which included the great Spector-era soul singer Sonny Charles - started just after 7pm.

At 70, his eye sight is failing, and he looked fragile as he was escorted on and off the stage by his roadie and members of his recently assembled all-Kiwi band.