Sir Paul McCartney fans cheered on as a 10-year-old girl walked on stage and asked if she could play the bass alongside the former Beatle. Source: facu1983p

Indie rock duo The Kills and soul collective The Internet are playing Auckland and Wellington shows in the coming months.

Anohni here fully embraces her femininity and leaps straight into brittle and often dazzlingly appropriate electronica.

Frances Moore and Alex Taylor's daringly dished up Dido and Aeneas: Recomposed has come into town from the west with its original gusto intact.

It's an alluring notion: that all music is inspired by what went before; that songs are ever-evolving reboots of earlier versions.

Demi Lovato has no regrets about her feud with Taylor Swift and insists she won't take "s**t from anybody".

Sinead O'Connor is suing her family as she blames them for her disappearance.

A group of school friends want to put Onehunga rap back on the map. Chris Schulz meets six-strong hip-hop crew SWIDT.

Kesha's being banned from Billboard Music Awards came a week after Dr. Luke's attorneys filed a request in for access to Kesha's medical records.

As his band makes plans to return to New Zealand at the end of the year, Chris Martin talks to Lydia Jenkin about life on planet Coldplay.

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The show is called Alchemy - four female vocalists taking a bunch of Kiwi pop songs and reinventing them as jazz.

Coldplay will be returning to New Zealand at the end of the year for one show at Mount Smart Stadium - and they've got some tricks up their sleeves.

Three Kiwis just nailed "the best vocal audition" of the night on The Voice Australia.

Today's flashback was our first independent record to achieve global success.

Demi and Nick join Carpool Karaoke ahead of their tour together to talk love, heart attacks and harmonies.

Alanis Morissette is suing her former manager Jonathan Schwartz for $4.7 million.

The Internet are returning to New Zealand for two shows: one in Auckland, and one in Wellington.

Ed Sheeran and his girlfriend had greenstone necklaces carved for each other in Queenstown on a recent visit.

A fan was "singing his heart out" about depression at Kendrick's show and got asked on stage for a life-changing moment.

Today's flashback is Shona Laing's biggest international single.

Today's flashback is an early electro-pop hit that signalled the talents of producer Alan Jansson long before the days of his worldwide hit with OMC's How Bizarre.

Nicole Kidman sings along to her husband Keith Urban's new song in an adorable new clip.

Today's flashback is an anthem for the jilted that topped the charts in 1999.

Alex Taylor is one of our busiest composers, as happy and able to write symphonic scores for our country's major orchestras, as well as a host of smaller pieces.

Today's flashback involves a shark tooth ear-ring and a rippling pool.

Those familiar with the Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Alice Sara Ott may wonder what she is doing in on The Chopin Project.

Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd says his hell-raising days are over - inspired by Sir John Kirwan, he sees a psychiatrist once a week and spends time with his children.

Azealia Banks' Twitter account has been suspended following her racist rant against Zayn Malik.

US rapper Nicki Minaj has slammed her ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels for allegedly suing her for emotional and physical abuse.