Lorde is back in her homeland currently, and will set off on a sold-out headline tour in support of her 'Melodrama' album next month, which includes seven dates across Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland.
And for each New Zealand show, Lorde has personally hand-picked a different local opening act for each stop on the tour.
Queen of showcasing New Zealand music?
More info on all NZ opening acts below:
Laneway 2018 act The War On Drugs have shared a music video for 'Nothing To Find' - from their 'A Deeper Understanding' album - which features 'It' star Sophia Lillis road-tripping with a vegetative friend.
Watch the 'Nothing To Find' music video below...
Live Nation NZ have confirmed to Coup De Main that Dua Lipa will not be playing any headline shows of her own in New Zealand next year when she’s in Auckland on tour opening for Bruno Mars.
Sadly, this means that if you want to see a solo Dua show, you’re going to have to fly and choose from the below Melbourne and Sydney options:
Ahead of the release of her upcoming album ‘Reputation’ (out on November 10th), Taylor Swift has released the second video from this era, unveiling a visual for ‘…Ready For It’.
The video was directed by Joseph Kahn, and is what he describes “an homage to sci-fi and anime”, with references to the Salem Witch Trials.
Watch the music video below…
'Stranger Things' returns with Season 2 tonight, and thus, content from the cast has proliferated the Internet today - the latest being this interview with the show’s Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, and Dacre Montgomery reviewing fads of the '80s.
Watch the investigation play out below...
P.S. Click here to read our latest interview with Joe.
Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie has written an inspirational anthem for The SpongeBob SquarePants Musical, titled '(Just A) Simple Sponge', which is actually quite catchy, truth be told.
Listen to '(Just A) Simple Sponge' below...
P.S. Click here to read our latest interview with Brendon.
Following up their debut single 'Modern Day Cain', I Don’t Know How But They Found Me have now dropped a second song, 'Choke', which just happens to be Coup De Main’s personal favourite from the IDK album preview we got to listen to earlier this year.
Dallon Weekes is on top-form in 'Choke', masterfully delivering a one-two-punch in song-form - acerbic one-liners dripping in sarcasm, dramatically soundtracked by a brilliant key-change and stupendous hook.
Fletcher has released a music video for new song 'You Should Talk’, which features the rising popstar breaking into her ex-girlfriend’s apartment and giving Harry Styles a run for his pink-bathwater money.
In the lead-up to the release of Angel Olsen’s forthcoming release, 'Phases' (out on November 10th) - a collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos from the past several years, including a number of never-before released tracks - she has unveiled a self-directed music video for 'Special'.
Recently announced as Apple’s new 'Up Next' artist, Sabrina Claudio made her TV debut this week performing a medley of her songs, 'Confidently Lost' and 'Belong To You', live on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
Watch the performance below...