Prince's former drug dealer has revealed the full extent of the late-star's secret drug addiction.

Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba has died after collapsing on stage at a music festival in the Ivory Coast.

It was distressing to see so many empty seats at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Spirit of Anzac concert.

In his first concert since Prince's death, Bruce Springsteen walked on stage and played Purple Rain without introduction.

New Zealand music pioneer Bill Sevesi, QSM has died at the age of 92. Here's a look back at his musical life which was done when Sevesi was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame last year.

Prince is said to have enough unreleased songs to make a new album every year for the next century.

Sometimes it's good to be thrown in the deep end, as students so often are, facing new challenges, he laughs.

The Ligeti worked its magic on a well-filled town hall and so too, more predictably, did Mozart's celebrated G minor Symphony.

With the death of Prince, you may see a strange mix on your Facebook feed of sex and religion.

Given Noel Coward once wrote a pointed line about opera - "people are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be.

With only a scattershot of guest verses and a handful of live shows in the past 12 months, Danny Brown was always going to be a bit rusty.

With the death of Prince Rogers Nelson, you may see a strange mix on your Facebook feed of sex and religion.

The heavy metal band have released an All Blacks tribute T-shirt, in a nod to the team's World Cup victory last year.

With Prince's death, music fans note the existence of the "27 club," which includes famous artists who met tragic early deaths at that age.

As much as the news of Prince's death this morning was sad and shocking, for those who saw him in Auckland there may be a sense of relief.

Beastwars' new album closes a chapter for the Wellington metallers they'd rather forget. They talk to Chris Schulz.

Prince's first wife Mayte Garcia was photographed having a tearful phone conversation shortly after learning the singer had died.

A musical chameleon and flamboyant showman who never stopped evolving, Prince was one of the music world's most enigmatic superstars.

Purple Rain is sitting at number one on the iTunes songs chart in New Zealand.

Today on New Zealand herald Focus A major manhunt is underway after a ploice dog was shot in Porirua and we remember global pop superstar Prince, and the outpouring of grief around the world. And in sport Laura has footage of football team AC Milan trying their hand at a haka

When Prince said the Internet was over, he says he mainly meant as a revenue stream for musicians like him.

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After her terrific war-themed Let England Shake of 2011, PJ Harvey is still contemplating the big, bad world and attempting to portray it in song.

Two years on, the 35-year-old is warming up for the release of his fourth album with a quickfire New Zealand show at the Powerstation tonight.

Adele is ranked at the top of the Young Music Rich List of performers aged 30 and under this year.

After announcing a show in Wellington, the multi-award winning rapper's concert has shifted to Auckland.

Tonight Kody Nielson's solo act, Silicon, was named winner of the Taite Prize for 2016, for his album Personal Computer.