British chart-topper Newton Faulkner will open his New Zealand tour with a performance at Christchurch’s NZ International Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, April 10.
In his relatively young career, Faulkner has shared a stage with James Morrison, Paolo Nutini, The Fray, Chris Martin, John Butler Trio and John Mayer, but now he is going it [...]
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After 2 million sales and 400 concerts worldwide, Gotan Project are back with their third studio album, the magnificent Tango 3.0.
In 2000 Gotan Project, the trio founded by Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller released their debut album La Revancha Del Tango, a record that brought the sound of Argentina to the [...]
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The Osmond family singer Marie Osmond’s son, Michael, 18, committed suicide by jumping from a building in downtown Los Angeles, her representative confirmed on Saturday.
He jumped from his apartment around on Friday after leaving a note saying he intended to kill himself due to a long battle with depression.
The Osmond Brothers were popular in [...]
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I am so proud of New Zealand artists and am very REALLY annoyed that some of them got caught up with Sellaband.com bankruptcy.
Dozens of NZ Independent recording artists are caught up in the bankruptcy of the international fan based fund raising platform www.sellaband.com
Nelson based recording artist Aly Cook joined Sellaband.com in August 2009 after seeing [...]
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Musical theatre impresario Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is keen in buying London’s Abbey Road recording studios, made famous by the Beatles.
Lloyd Webber, whose stage musicals include Cats and Phantom of the Opera, belives it is vital that the studios are saved for the future of the music industry in the UK.
Debt-laden music company EMI is [...]
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Singer Whitney Houston has cancelled her only show in New Zealand.
The show’s New Zealand organiser Andrew McManus Presents said today that, owing to a dispute with the venue’s owner/operator, her concert on March 6 at the New Plymouth’s TSB Bowl of Brooklands had been cancelled.
Ticket holders were asked to contact Ticketmaster for refunds.
The singer will [...]
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Posted in 2010 and onwards, Artists, Canterbury Event, Celebrity News, Charity, Charity Events, Concert Reviews, Crown Limousines NZ Ltd, Music, Tina Cross, Tribute shows on Feb 15th, 2010
When we arrived at Halswell, Quarry with Tim Beveridge, Tina Cross and Mark Dennison,Naomi Fergussion was still performing. It was a lovely evening- a bit chilly as the evening progressed.
I understand this was the first concert at this venue.
Tim Beveridge came to the stage with a huge applause from the crowd as he sang Have [...]
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With John Mayer is heading to New Zealand in April and local Visa debit, credit and prepaid cardholders can snap up advanced tickets.
The tour follows the release of John Mayer’s fourth studio album, Battle Studies, and will come to TSB Arena, Wellington and Vector Arena, Auckland on April 27 and 28, 2010.
For both shows, a [...]
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Posted in 2010 and onwards, Artists, Music on Feb 11th, 2010
Recorded live at the Wellington Town Hall on October the 23rd 2009, this was a collaboration of historic amplitude, an unforgettable experience that is now available to all. With orchestral arrangements by NZ Composer and Laureate recipient John Psathas, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra became an orchestral tsunami behind the already electrifying psychedelic blues quartet, [...]
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Posted in 2010 and onwards, Artists, Celebrity Interviews, Celebrity News, Charity, Charity Events, Community News, Concerts and Events, Crown Limousines NZ Ltd, Music, Music/ Songs, Sharon's Giveaways, TV News, Tina Cross on Feb 10th, 2010
Tim Beveridge appeared on CTV as my guest to talk about his upcoming perfrmance at Halswell Quarry with his 10 piece band and special Tina Cross.
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An interview with Tim Beveridge with thanks to Crown Limousines, 10/02/10
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