Benji Spanier nods and spreads the news to everybody else. This is a "phone-free event," he tells fans waiting in line. And that doesn't mean airplane mode.

This year's NZ International Film Festival comes out swinging with a doco about Kiwi pop hit Poi E.

Nick Cannon has finally addressed his split from Mariah, laying it all out in a new rap called Divorce Papers.

Pharrell Williams has helped kickstart the career of a music student after her song made him well with tears.

Ask any die-hard Led Zeppelin fan about Stairway to Heaven, and eventually Bron-Yr-Aur will come up.

She didn't know how to contact him, but Lorde had to tell Eden how much she loved his song, so she turned to Facebook.

Zayn Malik joins the likes of Fall Out Boy, Missy Elliot, Mark Ronson on the official Ghostbusters soundtrack.

Cameron Grey freestyled for Kanye on the street a year ago, and now it seems Ye's helped him make his own album.

The music of Eve de Castro-Robinson is well represented on CD, with three fine albums on the Atoll label.

Unfortunately, the performance needed more polish if one was to overlook the conservatism of the programming.

Brett is the great nephew of Sir Henry Brett, the former mayor of Auckland who donated the original 1911 Town Hall Organ.

Classy actor is about to be consumed by the strange world of Taylor Swift.

There was said to be 'no drama' in their break-up, but Calvin Harris now reportedly believes that Taylor Swift cheated on him with Tom Hiddleston while they were still together.

Kim Kardashian has given a scathing interview about Taylor Swift, insisting the star is lying about her side of the feud with Kanye West.

Gareth Thomas discusses the inspiration behind his latest offering with Lydia Jenkin.

Once a week after school in 2005, teenage Taylor Swift would bounce into Nashville songwriter Liz Rose's office chatting excitedly about her day.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have stepped out of their comfort zone on their new album. Dominic Corry reports from Los Angeles.

There is a line in The Sun's front-page exclusive, accompanying pictures of Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift tottering flirtatiously on some rocks, which says it all, really. "They then kissed," the article reads, "before taking a series of selfies."

Last week nz On Air announced some significant changes to its music funding schemes, which for the past five years have been known as Making Tracks.

Marlon Williams is one step closer to world domination having played Conan, ahead of a huge tour of the US and Canada.

Kiwi-born country superstar Keith Urban is playing his first stadium show in New Zealand - and he's bringing Carrie Underwood with him.

It was the surprise movie event that everyone wanted to see. But in New Zealand, you couldn't.

James Corden gets his kit off with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and hears them sing a bizarre unreleased song in the latest episode of Carpool Karaoke. Source: CBS

Promoters of an Australian music festival headlined by Flume say the inclusion of just one female act on its bill was an oversight that will soon be rectified.

Eric Clapton is struggling to play the guitar due to severe pain from nerve damage, and is considering retiring from the road.

The Monkees are coming to New Zealand to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the made-for-tv band.

Katchafire's Logan Bell says racism in NZ means "positive Maori role models never get heard."

As the Orlando shooting hung over the Tony Awards, host James Corden brought a bit of karaoke to lighten the mood.

Zayn Malik "suffered the worst anxiety of my career" and pulled out of a show last minute.

Adele's got a few choice words for Bowie's producer after he said her voice may have been manipulated on record.