Watch NZH Focus: Britain released a new bank note this week and many were surprised to learn it can be used to play vinyl. Can you do the same thing here?

Bob Dylan wins nobel prize in literature.

As Barry Gibb releases his second ever solo album, the singer announces he will return to New Zealand next year.

Bob Dylan has been named the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature - the first time the award has been given to someone primarily seen as a musician.

Tickets to Justin Bieber's concert go on sale today with the most expensive costing a whopping $625. Here are some things you can use that hard earned cash for instead.

She's so fancy. While the Aussie-born rapper searches for a house to call her own, she's renting a luxe LA apartment - and decking it out in her own style.

The Dixie Chicks are set to bring their multi-Grammy Award winning music to the Mission Estate Winery landscape next April.

Since his last visit to NZ, the Biebs has gone from walk-outs at Vector to a near sell-out at Mt Smart.

Laura McGoldrick and Sarah Gandy from The Hits chat about the nominations for this years Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.

If you loved watching the Koi Boys on The Voice AU, you're going to love seeing them live in NZ even more.

Bic Runga will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the VNZMAs.

All you need to know about the NZ Music Awards front-runners: Broods, Aaradhna, Fat Freddy's Drop, Maala and the Phoenix Foundation.

So just who is in line to pick up this year's golden statues?

Nine of the 10 most watched YouTube posts are music videos.

Trojahn Tuna is 23, covered in tattoos and boasting so much sex appeal Iggy Azalea could barely contain herself.

Lorde has won the hearts of a West Auckland family, after donating thousands to their Give a Little page.

Watch Joanna Hunkin talk with Bic Runga on her career and how she is entering the NZ Music Hall of Fame.

Sporting tartan trousers - a nod to his Scottish heritage - rocker Rod Stewart has been knighted by Prince William at Buckingham Palace

Raggamuffin is returning to its roots, announcing an all-reggae line-up for its 2017 festival that will be headlined by Shaggy and The Wailers.

For the first time ever, the full scope of David Bowie's personal art collection is available to view.

If you're lucky, you might still be able to get your hands on a ticket to next summer's festival, but if not, you'll have to wait until 2019.

The song is the first part of the '30 Days, 30 Songs' anti-Trump campaign

Robert Forster, one half of the frontline of celebrated Australian indie band The Go-Betweens is to play his first solo shows in New Zealand next month.

With a massive lineup and a killer Bay of Plenty location, Bay Dreams is shaping up to be an amazing New Year's festival.

Joni Mitchell still faces a "hard uphill fight" back to full health.

They've got household names - but turns out a lot of our favourite celebrities were born with completely different ones.

Soundwave reportedly owed more than $10m to the acts that performed, including $1.6 million to Slipknot.

Join Laura McGoldrick as she goes behind the scenes at the new ASB Waterfront Theatre with the stars of the ATC production of Billy Elliot the Musical.

Watch Laura and Sarah as they talk about some of the new music released this week from Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, John Legend and Shapeshifter.

She stars in new campaign video for PETA which explains that there are no penalties for animal abuse on rabbit farms in China.