Lionel Richie 12th April 2018 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Matt Henry Mendonca. Blustery winds, torrential rain and a cold snap with bite; all three, elements of the weather that have plagued Auckland overContinue Reading
BEN JOHNSTONE of BIFFY CLYRO: Off Kilter Confusion & Golf An interview by Lauren Sanderson. After crisscrossing the Northern Hemisphere for over a year in support of their brilliant seventh studio album Ellipsis, Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro will touch downContinue Reading
Rag’n’Bone Man 6th April 2018 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Chris Zwaagdyk. In what was to be one of the most intimate settings that Spark Arena has seen this year, an evening of trulyContinue Reading
Prophets of Rage 20th March 2018 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Matt Henry Mendonca. Supergroups are certainly not a new thing, but few could argue that Prophets of Rage are the supergroup to endContinue Reading
James Blunt 6th March 2018 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by John Kidd. Photography by Matt Henry Mendonca. It was true I was outnumbered, there were certainly many more women in the audience tonight than there were men; butContinue Reading
Incubus 4th March 2018 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Kate Taylor. Photography by Connor Crawford. Ripping through their “8” tour in Asia, South Africa and now Australasia; Incubus blazed bright at Spark Arena last night as the warm and inclusiveContinue Reading
The Mockers – Live At The Powerstation (Independent) Reviewed by Mike Thornton. It’s a little over a year since the recording of this album from The Mockers, and at that time it had been a full three decades since thisContinue Reading
Bruno Mars 27th February 2018 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Kate Taylor. Photography supplied. You know you’ve had a good night when you get home and you’ve got gold confetti in your bra. Bruno Mars and his crewContinue Reading
Queen + Adam Lambert 17th February 2018 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Bridget Herlihy. Photography by Doug Peters. Even with the annual Pride Parade taking place in Ponsonby, Spark Arena was the hottest place to be on aContinue Reading