coup de main - noun
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Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Fleetwood Mac announce New Zealand tour for September 2019.

The mighty, mighty Fleetwood Mac have today announced an Australian and New Zealand tour, set to kick off on August 9th, with two shows in Auckland on September 16th and 19th, along with a welcome return to Dunedin on September 21st. The tour will feature the new line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie, along with newcomers Mike Campbell and Neil Finn, and follows the band’s 50+ city North American tour.

Tickets for all shows go on sale at noon on Friday, January 25th.

Interview: Marlon Williams on his upcoming New Zealand tour, his album ‘Make Way For Love’, and what’s to come in 2019.

Marlon Williams had a very busy 2018 - releasing the heartbreakingly beautiful album ‘Make Way For Love’ (which subsequently reached #1 in the NZ charts), to winning three New Zealand music awards, as well as last year's APRA Silver Scroll Award, and even finding time to star in Bradley Cooper's ‘A Star Is Born’.

Watch: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' teaser trailer.

Tom Holland attempted to unveil a teaser trailer for 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' during an Instagram live stream this morning, and now you can watch the full trailer in all of its Jake Gyllenhaal-(as Mysterio)-featuring glory.

Watch the trailer below...

P.S. Here are some important dates to remember:
March 7 - 'Captain Marvel' is out in NZ cinemas.
April 24 - 'Avengers: Endgame' is out in NZ cinemas.
July 4 - 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' is out in NZ cinemas.

Troye Sivan and Lauv tease collab…?

After starting out the new year by promising a “new song comin with a very iconic friend,” Lauv has teamed up with Troye Sivan to announce a new playlist that they’ve made together called ‘I’m So Tired’.

They insist it’s “literally for no reason whatsoever” and “for no reason at all,” but we can all assume it’s to tease their upcoming new collaboration.

The 1975’s tour visuals are teasing… more tour visuals?

Currently on their UK tour, The 1975 are continuing to do what they do best - tease things to their fans. As one fan pointed out on Twitter, during ‘The Ballad Of Me And My Brain’, a handwritten page of song names with visual ideas teases some songs that the band have yet to perform on the tour.

Notably, ‘Couldn’t Be More In Love’ is said to be “Purple Rain”, ‘Mine’ mentions a “Gone With The Wind” video visual, and ‘Inside Your Mind’ mentions a spotlight piano.

Photo Diary: Lennon Stella's very first live show.

Last year was a year of firsts for Lennon Stella. After giving people a taster of her distinctive voice through her debut release, ‘Like Everybody Else’, she followed it up with string of singles, a collaboration with Liam Payne and Jonas Blue (‘Polaroid’), and ended it out with her EP ‘Love, me’, supporting those with her first ever live shows.

The mini-tour saw Stella headline in her hometown of Nashville, New York, and Los Angeles - and while preparing for her Nashville show, Stella documented her day for us.

Check out the photo diary below…

Introducing: The Melancholies + their latest single 'Cool Magic'.

Having made their debut last September with ‘Cute Aggression’, The Melancholies ended out the year with a second song, ‘Cool Magic’, which is the second song the Auckland based duo wrote together.

Made up of Tom Young (of Leisure) and his fiancé Holly Coogan, they say that the project started from a shared passion for the darker side of creative expression. Currently working on a full body of work, music videos, as well as a live show, the pair have a lot planned for 2019.

Listen to ‘Cool Magic’ and ‘Cute Aggression’ below…

Watch: No Rome perform an unreleased song ‘I’m Here’ on tour with The 1975.

Having kicked off his first ever live dates this past week while supporting The 1975 (along with Pale Waves), No Rome has been treating audiences to songs from his EP from last year, as well as an unreleased song.

The song first popped up on Soundcloud about three years ago called ‘I’m Here’, which features someone called UNIT.

Watch some of the performance below…

P.S. Read our interview with No Rome here.

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