American Idol star defends racy performance NEW YORK ? Complaints have poured in about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards, including criticism of his kiss with a male keyboard player that was left out of rehearsals for the show.ABC...
U2 to make Glastonbury debut LONDON ? Organisers say U2 will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival.Festival boss Michael Eavis said that the Irish rockers will play the festival's main stage on June 25.It will be U2's first appearance...
Taylor Swift, Jackson sweep AMAs LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson made history by winning four American Music Awards, but he couldn't beat Taylor Swift as the year's favourite artist and the evening's top winner.The 19-year-old took the show's top award, giving...
Campbell refunds Promoters for country singer Glen Campbell, whose Rotorua performance was ruined by his laryngitis, are offering full refunds to concert-goers. Campbell had just started his set on Saturday when he apologised, saying he had laryngitis....
Hard man of music sobs on stage Considering the hard living rock'n'roll pedigree of many of the guests who bought a ticket to the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre fundraiser at the Auckland Town Hall last Saturday night, it was a surprise to see one of them break...
Australian Idol winner announced New Zealander Stan Walker competed in the Australian Idol final at the Sydney Opera House last night.The 18-year-old took the title and wins a $200,000 artist's development fund and a recording contract with Sony after beating...
Trio Elegiaque - Tchaikovsky Rating: * * * * * Deutsche Grammophon may be marketing its new collection of Russian Piano Trios as "Lang Lang's first-ever chamber music recording" but, for many, violinist Vadim Repin and cellist Mischa Maisky are just as much...
Rhinestone Cowboy's fans want refund Ray Barton took his wife Pat out on the night of their 14th wedding anniversary for a special treat to watch country singer Glen Campbell.The 57-year-old engineer and his wife, Pat, made the 45-minute journey from Kawerau to Rotorua's...
Glen Campbell cancels Wellington show American country singer Glen Campbell has cancelled his Wellington show tonight after falling ill with laryngitis.Ticketek was refunding all tickets sold to the Rhinestone Cowboy singer's last show scheduled for the Michael Fowler...
Rihanna: Size does matter Rihanna has revealed she is on the hunt for a new man ? but he has to have a big "toy" and it has to be fun.The 'Umbrella' singer ? who has been single since Chris Brown assaulted her in February ? is ready to...
Planet pixie She's conquered the worlds of music and fashion and earned her place as head of the new pop pack, but don't for a moment think Pixie Lott's had it easy. Her rise to fame has been fast and furious, but Lott is keen to point out that...
'Idol' final awaits The mother of the Kiwi competing in tonight's final of Australian Idol says her son is "excited, but pretty stressed and nervous". Stan Walker, a 19-year-old from Tauranga, is the bookies' hot favourite to beat Aussie Hayley...
Fly My Pretties back for encore shows Fly My Pretties are seeing out the year with two final encore sShows in Auckland and Wellington this December.Led by Barnaby Weir of The Black Seeds fame, Loop-backed Fly My Pretties brings together over 17 of New Zealand's...
Katy Perry strips back for Unplugged session LONDON - American Idol contestants should be thankful that they have caring, sharing Ellen DeGeneres on the panel now and not Katy Perry.The singer was a guest judge for auditions to be featured on next season's show, and she...
All the excitement of a 'grand finale' Conductor Baldur Bronnimann has come to be a familiar and valued presence in front of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. This week, between his two APO concerts, he has been taking a new conducting development workshop with five...
Kiwi teen the favourite for Australian Idol title A teenager who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in the Bay of Plenty is preparing for the biggest night of his life.Stan Walker is tipped to take the title of Australian Idol in the final episode of the show's seventh season,...
The Bayswater revolutionary In the last years of apartheid, an unlikely group of young middle class white men sang a protest song. It became the anthem of a generation of young whites conscripted into the South African Army and ordered to fight for a regime...
Nirvana - Bleach Rating: * * * * Before Nevermind there was Bleach . The thing about Nirvana's bludgeoning and unruly debut album from 1989, was how it sounded a little too muddy, which is not surprising considering it was recorded for a mere...
Birds of a feather Dave Grohl has declared Them Crooked Vultures his dream band line-up, which makes you wonder how the other Foo Fighters are feeling - and exactly what Nirvana meant to him. Meanwhile, his bandmate Josh Homme, the frontman for Queens...
Judge pleased with Chris Brown's progress LOS ANGELES - A US judge says Chris Brown has received an "extremely favourable" report from probation officials overseeing his felony assault case.Brown appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday afternoon (Friday NZST)...
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