
Concert Review - Guru of Chai - Hastings - 11th October 2025
Concert Review - Guru of Chai - Hastings - 11th October 2025
Presented by Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Review By - Rob Harbers
Artist - Guru of Chai
Venue/City - Toitoi Opera House, Hastings, New Zealand
Concert Review - Hawke's Bay Arts Festival 'Toitoi': Deva Mahal - Hastings - 9th October 2025
Review By - Rob Harbers
Artist - Deva Mahal
Venue/City - Toitoi Opera House, Hastings, New Zealand
Date of Event - 9th October 2025

Concert Review - A Master of None: Brown Fala - Napier - 12th October 2025
Review By - Rob Harbers
Artist - A Master of None: Brown Fala
Venue/City - Napier
Date of Event - 12th October 2025

New Music & Video Release - People of the Sun unleash explosive debut album - June 2025
Artist Name: People of the Sun
Release Name - People of the Sun
Release Date - 27th June 2025
Genre - Psychedelic Rock
Label - Independent

New Music Release - Bakers Eddy shine on rollicking new EP I’m Doing Better - June 2025
Artist Name: Bakers Eddy
Release Name - I’m Doing Better
Release Date - 6th June 2025
Genre - Punk
Label - Ivy League Records

New Music & Video Release - Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie drop contemporary country-pop single 1988 - June 2025
Artist Name: Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie
Release Name - 1988
Release Date - 6th June 2025
Genre - Country Pop
Label - Independent

Tour News - Dragon announced as fourth act for The Biggest Pub Gig In The World!
‘Rain’, ‘April Sun In Cuba’, ‘Are You Old Enough’ tunes we all know, tunes we all love and tunes we’ll all see live and in the flesh on Saturday 2 August at Spark Arena.

Industry News - Aotearoa Music Awards announce 2025 Tui winners
Produced by Recorded Music NZ, the Aotearoa Music Awards tonight celebrated a standout group of Tūī winners at the Viaduct Events Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau, closing out Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | New Zealand Music Month with a bang.

Tour News - Delaney Davidson joins Sir Dave Dobbyn at Auckland Winter Series
Live Nation is proud to announce multi-instrumentalist Delaney Davidson will join Sir Dave Dobbyn as special guest at the Auckland Winter Series line up at the Auckland Town Hall this June.

Tour News - Stellar* join the lineup as the third band announced for The Biggest Pub Gig In The World!
Following the thunderous announcement of Goodshirt and Fur Patrol, today we add another local heavyweight to the bill – the one and only Stellar*.

New Music & Video Release - True North arrive with emotive debut single, No Exit Wound - May 2025
Artist Name: True North
Release Name - No Exit Wound
Release Date - 19th May 2025
Genre - Rock, NZ Music
Label - Independent

Live Photos - Alt-Wave: Sonically Kiwi - Auckland - 16th May 2025
Photos By: Ginny Cocks
Artist/Band: The Rvmes, Capricore, Pat’s Cave & Pony
Venue/City: Paraoa Brewing Co., Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 16th May 2025

New Music & Video Release - Indie-pop artist Em reflects on living life to the fullest on new single Love to Be - May 2025
Artist Name: Em
Release Name - Love to Be
Release Date - Friday 16th May 2025
Genre - Indie Pop, Pop, Folk
Label - Independent

Tour News - Goodshirt Revealed As First Act Playing The Biggest Pub Gig In The World!
You know the date (Saturday 2 August) you know the venue (Spark Arena) and now we’re going to open the door a little wider revealing the first act for The Biggest Pub Gig In The World.

Tour News - Sir Dave Dobbyn joins Auckland Winter Series Lineup
Live Nation is proud to present one of Aotearoa’s most treasured musical voices, Sir Dave Dobbyn, live in concert at Auckland Town Hall for the very first time on Wednesday June 4 as part of the Auckland Winter Series.

Tour News - The Others Way Festival returns for 2025
You knew the news was coming, but now it’s time to get your marker pens out for the calendar … The Others Way is back, baby!

Concert Review - Supergroove - Auckland - 26th April 2025
Review By: Faith Hamblyn
Artist/Band: Supergroove with Troy Kingi, King Kapesi & Rubi Du
Venue/City: Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday 26th April 2025

Live Photos - Supergroove - Auckland - 26th April 2025
Photos By: Ginny Cocks
Artist/Band: Supergroove with Special Guests Troy Kingi, Rubi DU, & DJ King Kapisi
Venue/City: Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday 26th April 2025

New Music Release - TOI pay tribute to ANZACs with reflective new waiata ‘Lest We Forget’ - April 2025
Artist Name: Toi
Release Name - Lest We Forget
Release Date - Friday 25th April 2025
Genre - R&B, Soul
Label - Independent

New Music Release - Wet Denim drop new single Lonely (for a while) and play Wellington this Saturday - April 2025
Artist Name: Wet Denim
Release Name - Lonely (for a while)
Release Date - Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Genre - Indie, Alt Rock
Label - Independent