In true kiwi summer tour tradition Marlon Williams will now take The Tūrangawaewae Tour to a further six markets this February making it a total of 12 shows - Marlon’s most comprehensive New Zealand tour ever!

By Mark Derricutt

Artist: Joe Satriani

Date / Venue: Tuesday December 4th, 2018 - The Powerstation, Auckland

The legendary Sevendust returns to New Zealand in April 2019.

THRASH BLAST GRIND TOUR with Phil Anselmo have replaced the scheduled Wellington show with one in Christchurch instead.

This summer Soaked Oats are embarking on a 13 stop tour around Aotearoa, spreading their slinky sludge pop across our shores with a mixture of festival appearances and headline shows.

Award-winning singer and songwriter Thomas Oliver has released his new single ‘Learn That Lesson Again’.

Two of New Zealand’s top Children’s Songwriters team up to write an original Christmas song ‘Give Love at Christmas’ with proceeds going to Variety the Children’s Charity.

On the heels of releasing several collaborative hit tracks this year, five-time Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Mark Ronson returns with a brand new single of his own ‘Nothing Breaks Like A Heart’ featuring Miley Cyrus.

Bailey Wiley releases a stunning, stripped back and unplugged version of her new single ‘Sugar,’ shot in Auckland’s Cornwall Park with director Jordan Arts.

The accolades keep coming for British singer-songwriter, Ella Mai, who recently dropped her self-titled album to critical acclaim.

Tom Scott’s Avantdale Bowling Club have shared the video for ‘Old Dogs’ featuring Langi Brown

Brisbane progressive maestro’s Opus of a Machine released their highly praised new album, Stray Fire, in early August.

This week, critically-acclaimed Sudanese-American artist Oddisee ( Amir Mohamed ) returns to New Zealand with his band Good Compny, with tour support form American singer/songwriter Olivier St. Louis and New Zealand’s very own hip hop lyricist Melodownz, and we have a double pass to give away!

‘We Appreciate Power’ is the new track from Grimes; a hard, audacious rock banger which was produced, performed and written by Grimes and featuring HANA.

The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced the second wave of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 2019 event.

Auckland-based singer-songwriter Bartells is proud to release his latest single, the heartfelt and personal Americana/Pop-infused ‘Extraordinary Girl’, along with a self-shot official video.

Auckland, New Zealand based singer-songwriter Corban Koschak (This Pale Fire) has shared a heartfelt offering off his debut album Alchemy, released in December 2017 on Tone Tonic Records.

The cast of New Zealand's answer to Ru Paul's Drag Race are bringing a Christmas-themed live drag show to Auckland for one night only.

In mid-February, Cate Le Bon will tour New Zealand for a special pre-album release celebration – her fifth studio album, due out on Mexican Summer (Conan Moccasin, Ariel Pink) in April, 2019.

Every Friday at midday SJD is to release a short song, each with a video will be released on SJD’s Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. 

With sounds primed for a hot summer ahead, Christchurch four piece Mako Road have arrived with the perfect soundtrack for long nights, cold drinks and hazy days with the ‘Local Safari’ EP, which releases today.

By Saffy Wihoite

Artist: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Date / Venue: Wednesday November 28th, 2018 - Galatos, Auckland

Air Supply, one of Australia’s most loved and successful music exports, returns to Australia and New Zealand in 2019.

WOMAD New Zealand has revealed seven new acts to join the exciting and diverse 2019 festival lineup.