Musician Tigilau Ness won this year's Vodafone NZ Music Awards roots reggae award. The 61-year-old father of singer Che Fu is a political activist.

Kanye West's latest rant has taken aim at Beyonce, Jay Z and Hillary Clinton during a rant that got so heated he cut his concert short.

Parris Goebel's done it again as the Sorry video picked up Video of the Year at the American Music Awards.

Steve Jones has spoken out about his childhood abuse in a new autobiography, and how it led to issues in his adult life.

The AMAs was treated to a Parris Goebel-choreographed performance by Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj.

The Kiwi dance star is nominated her work on Sorry, and looks set to perform with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj too.

Notorious for her social media silence, the pregnant singer has posted a rare Twitter update for her fans.

When pop sensation Adele struts on stage at Mt Smart Stadium in March, it'll be a Kiwi behind the star's glam look.

The echoes of the Dunedin sound debate have faded with the decades but a new book hears them reverberating louder.

Feeling like you're missing out on who's who and what's what? Here's a wrap of some of the albums you may have missed lately.

A few words with Splore's director John Minty.

American hard rock act Disturbed says proceeds from tonight's Auckland show will go towards the Kaikoura earthquake appeal.

A host of Kiwi musicians are coming forward to support Aaradhna after she rejected her urban/hip hop award at the VNZMAs.

A NZ Music Awards official has rejected an award-winning singer's shock claim of racism at last night's ceremony.

How could we have got it so wrong? The pollsters and the politicians, the analysts, theorists and columnists - especially this one

Popular R&B singer Aaradhna is standing by her refusal to accept an award at last night’s VNZMA's. Join Tristram Clayton as he talks to Flava FM's Tash Ieremia to find out why Aaradhna would turn down such a prestigious award.

Watch: The Veronicas have released their new clip starring Ruby Rose and Jess Origliasso in a gritty love story.

An award-winning R&B singer has hit out at the New Zealand Music Awards, refusing to accept a Tui while accusing organisers of racism.

The footage shows three of the Spice Girls speaking out after a director asked for them to show more skin.

The stars are out at the VNZMAs and we've got everything you need to know (and see) about tonight's awards.

A comedian may have taken a joke about Madonna a step too far during an appearance on a Today show segment this morning.

A certain Queen of Pop will be riding with James Corden sometime in the next few weeks.

The Shihad front man is bringing his acoustic show back this summer for a series of local gigs.

The Australian made an unbelievable remark while accept GQ's Women of the Year award last night.

The local band has turned their Christchurch concert this Saturday into a last minute earthquake fundraiser.

Not wanting to make the same mistake as America we instead turned to a feline futurist to predict tonight's big music award winners...

Auckland is being blessed by a bunch of big name stadium spectacles. Here are four of the best.

Graham Reid talks to the musical director of one of the most famous farewell concerts in rock.

In the letter, John Lennon rips into Paul McCartney and the Beatles over the breakup everyone blamed on Yoko Ono.

New Zealand's love for 90s acts is showing no sign of slowing down, with news that Sublime will hit our shores in March.