Pop diva Whitney Houston appeared breathless and exhausted during her concert in Brisbane last night.

Looking as nimble as his fresh-faced ten-piece band, Tom Jones shimmied about the stage, throwing in some cheeky pelvic thrusts and Welsh quips along the way.

When Eugene Mursky makes his New Zealand debut on Thursday, he couldn't wish for a more theatrical launch than Prokofiev's glittering Third Concerto.

Californian band Faith No More played Auckland's Vector Arena last night. Entertainment writer Scott Kara reports.

The pioneering band who gave us Nature - regarded as the best Kiwi song ever.

If it's good enough for Dave Dobbyn and Shapeshifter, then it's got to be good enough for Jools and Lynda Topp.

International popstar and blonde Irish heartthrob Ronan Keating wowed his fans at a Hawke's Bay winery last night.

Yes AC/DC have always sounded like that, that's why they're a great band.

AC/DC's Angus Young talks to Scott Kara about why the band still strikes a chord.

Brian Johnson looks in pain standing up there on stage, all bow-legged, slightly hunched, with his face screwed up into a mash.

Stevie Wonder and Muse are to headline this year's Glastonbury Festival.

Raincoats and plastic ponchos were de rigueur early on at the first Laneway Festival at Britomart in central Auckland yesterday.

The Pixies will play an extra show on their visit to New Zealand in March.

Touring jazz guitar master Al Di Meola talks to Graham Reid about the music in his soul.

AC/DC's rock'n'roll train chugged and steamed its way into New Zealand last night, Scott Kara reports.