After confirming that New Zealand would be included in her 'Witness' album tour next year, Katy Perry has now announced that she will play Auckland’s Spark Arena on Monday, August 20th.
A Visa Entertainment pre-sale for Visa cardholders starts 10am Monday, August 28th through to 10am Wednesday, August 30th.
Tickets go on sale to the general public from 10am on Friday, September 1st via Ticketmaster.
The National continue to prove that they really do indeed love New Zealand, announcing that they will be returning to play a one-off show at Auckland’s Villa Maria Winery on Sunday, February 25th next year.
Tickets for the show go on-sale from midday on Friday, September 1st, with a Ticketmaster pre-sale available from midday on Thursday, August 31st.
Finn Wolfhard features in ‘i-D’ magazine’s Fall 2017 edition, where he talks about his roles in the upcoming second season of ‘Stranger Things’, and the Stephen King screen adaptation of ‘IT’.
About filming ‘IT’, he said: "We were together for three and a half months in total. All seven of us would go for sleepovers at [fellow Losers Club member] Wyatt's house. It was like one big summer camp."
He also lists his favourite bands as: "Mac DeMarco, Twin Peaks, Phoenix, White Reaper, and Post Animal.”
After already remixing Troye Sivan’s ‘EASE’, New Zealand’s Lontalius has just released a remix of Sivan’s latest collaboration with Martin Garrix, ‘There For You’.
Listen to the remix below…
Ahead of their performance at the MTV VMAs next week, Thirty Seconds To Mars have just dropped their new single in the form of ‘Walk On Water’.
About the song, Jared Leto says: “Walk on Water is a song for all of us. It's a song about freedom, about persistence, about change and about fighting for what you believe in. It is a call to arms but also full of all the optimism and hope that is such an integral part of the American Dream.”
Watch the ‘Walk On Water’ lyric video below…
G-Eazy has announced that he’s collaborated with Halsey on a new song - which fans are speculating is called 'You & I', and will featuring on his upcoming new album, 'TB&D'.
Some sleuthing follows below...
Falls Festival are celebrating their 25th birthday this year, and they’ve invited the likes of Glass Animals, Vince Staples, Flume, D.R.A.M., Julia Jacklin, Fleet Foxes, Run The Jewels, The Kooks, Foster The People, and more to their annual 2017 New Year’s party.
Cigarettes After Sex, NAO, Little Dragon, and Tash Sultana are some of the acts that have been announced today for Rhythm & Alps 2017 - Wanaka’s annual three-day New Year’s festival held in Cardrona Valley from December 29th to the 31st.
Rhythm & Alps will also be hosting a warm-up gig at Lake Hawea Hotel on December 28th featuring Schoolboy Q, and a second lineup announcement for will be made in September.
Click here for more information on Rhythm & Alps.
Haim have teamed up with Urban Outfitters to offer up a 'HAIM on HAIM' capsule collection of t-shirts, which was launched this past weekend at UO’s Concept Store in LA, Space 15 Twenty, and included a live performance and meet & greet with fans.
Click here to shop the collection now.
Hari Nef features in the September edition of ‘Marie Claire’ US magazine, in a retro and vintage inspired portrait collection shot by Dan Estabrook. The black and white images were hand-coloured by Estabrook, creating a totally unique shoot.
Check out the rest of the shoot below…