2018 was the last time Skillet graced our shores. I was there when they played banger after banger of big stadium rock anthems. Tonight was more of the same, but there was no contempt in the familiar. Instead, the multi-award-winning Christian rock band had a loyal fan following that knew all the words, were ready […]
US indie legend Bob Mould has announced his first New Zealand shows in 22 years, with a three-date concert tour confirmed for November 2024.
Filter return, 24 years after their last visit, to Aotearoa…delayed by artistic malaise, substance abuse, the failure of others (PledgeMusic going bankrupt) and the Covid pandemic.
With new album, Little Rope, freshly minted, Sleater-Kinney is on the road with a show scheduled at Auckland’s Powerstation on May 15th.
Machine Head closed out their Slaughter The Martour tour with help from Fear Factory and a sold out crowd of metal-loving Kiwis.
Kurt Cobain famously declared Teenage Fanclub his favourite band, and over a thirty-plus year career the Scottish band have gone from scrappy indie underdogs, to critics’ darlings, to an act now probably best described as a “beloved institution”.
Ville Valo, aka VV, aka former leader of Finnish goth-metal band HIM brought his live show to Auckland’s Powerstation last night where a smallish crowd of biggish fans was made very happy.
Banished Music and Strange News Touring are thrilled to present the band hailed by The Guardian as “one of the very best in the US”, Blonde Redhead, making their long-awaited return to New Zealand for the first time since 2011.
Banished Music and Strange News Touring are thrilled to present the band hailed by The Guardian as “one of the very best in the US”, Blonde Redhead, making their long-awaited return to New Zealand for the first time since 2011.
In the decades since they emerged from the Saharan desert area of Northern Mali, nomadic guitar slingers Tinariwen have been schooling the world one adoring audience at a time about their truly unique brand of Tuareg blues rock. Now, it’s time for Aotearoa to be reminded just why this very special band’s players are considered […]