Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears don't shout at each other any more.

Welcome to the weird, charming, and beautifully bizarre world of the Phoenix Foundation where aliens and buffalos roam, and oranges and mangoes hook up together to tango.

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks to Russell Baillie about the American band's latest annual pilgrimage to our shores.

It doesn't seem so long ago that the Stereophonics pleased their ardent followers, and all the Welsh people living in New Zealand, by stopping in for a wee serenade.

A "FULL HOUSE" sign outside the town hall last Friday was hardly surprising, with Hilary Hahn playing Sibelius with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Ashley Brown and pianist Michael Houstoun have few equals as a team.

There was no flounce, no swearing and no fizzing encore, but Clarkson came, and that was all the audience ever wanted.

Bassoonist Ben Hoadley is a man with a mission - to explore and add to the catalogue of woodwind music written by New Zealand composers.

For a woman knocking on 70, King lights up damn bright and her voice was denser and richer than its younger counterpart.

The dream is far from over as Crowded House enthrals loyal fans with old favourites and their latest album tracks.

Hands chasing each other across the piano, Jools Holland led his really big band into a mad night of rhythm, blues and some good ol' fashioned boogie woogie, writes Jacqueline Smith.

You can tell, even after more than 30 years, that Simple Minds still love what they do, writes Scott Kara.

When two local hip-hop stars hit the road in April and May Scribe will not be giving it up for Savage like he once said in his song Not Many.

The revivification of the Auckland Town Hall organ has certainly captured the imagination of the city.

Visiting Austrian has busy week ahead of him in Auckland

Flight of the Conchords seem to be doing okay when it comes to "business time" (that's not a euphemism).