I'm not going to much miss TV One's Close Up when it folds its tattered old tent and departs these screens at the end of the week.

Saturday night the path to Vector became a sea of neon, tight frocks, outlandish wigs and insanely high shoes.

Nicki Minaj played her first New Zealand show as part of her Pink Friday Reloaded Tour at Auckland's Vector Arena.

Graham Reid considers a new documentary about the Rolling Stones' wild years and yet another greatest hits compilation.

Grizzly Bear delivered a disappointing set at Auckland's North Shore last night, writes Lydia Jenkin.

Handel would have been heartened by Viva Voce's Solomon on Sunday, one of the finest of his oratorios, cannily written to appeal to the tastes of his (and all) time.

A viewer's heart flutters, as it should, when a warning of "sexual content" appears before a TV drama.