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Watch: Fleetwood Mac performing in Auckland
Check out the legendary band's storming cover of a Kiwi classic.

Backstreet Boys confirm New Zealand visit - 24 hours after leaking own schedule
It's official - Backstreet's coming back to New Zealand.

'Thrillingly epic': Fleetwood Mac at Spark Arena - review
Karl Puschmann reports back from the first night of Fleetwood Mac's five-show NZ takeover.

'I don't sing. I don't dance': Why Tina Turner is having the time of her life
New York Times: Retired for 10 years, Turner is basking in all the nothing she has to do.

Meet the Aussie pop star taking on racism through music
How Thelma Plum embraced her truth to create a hit album.

Daniel Johnson, cult singer-songwriter, dies age 58
Stars paid tribute to cult singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the 80s.

The Māori waiata that holds up against Kanye West
Popstar Theia has picked the top seven songs of her life - including a traditional waiata

JessB says 'now's the time' for female rappers
JessB says people need to open their minds and ears to the diverse range of female rap.

Mick Fleetwood on surviving Fleetwood Mac and hazing Neil Finn
Joining Fleetwood Mac is no easy task; "We hung him up by his toenails."

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours and war stories
There's hedonistic excess and then there's Fleetwood Mac. We recount their wildest tales.

Kiwi star's big plans for a reo Māori Hollywood musical
Rob Ruha reckons it's about time to give a Hollywood musical the reo Māori treatment.

Sticky Fingers lead singer spotted in Mount Maunganui
The Australian singer was spotted near Mount Main Beach.

From the despair of addiction to the joy of music
Friends who met while in the depths of substance addiction release second album.

Vinyl sales to overtake CDs for the first time since the '80s
As vinyl skyrockets you'd be forgiven for thinking CD stood for 'certain death'...

Sinead O'Connor returns to stage with Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinead O'Connor performed a haunting rendition of the song she vowed never to play again.

Spice Girls' Mel B says Geri 'hates' her for revealing sex romp
The pair spiced up their life in the mid-90s but no one was supposed to find out.

In limbo: Seventies hitmaker trapped in organ donor 'Lotto'
John Hanlon, who had a string of hit songs in the 70s, has a rare terminal kidney disease

Country singer dies in car crash
'I'm going to cry, driving these roads,' she said in a haunting final Instagram story.

Pop star Jordan Pruitt behind shocking sex abuse lawsuit
Pop star Jordan Pruitt alleges her former manager sexually abused her during her teens.

Spring screening: The must-see movies and TV coming up
Brush off those winter blues and get excited about the great films and shows coming up.

The Netflix serial killer drama too disturbing to write about
Mindhunter has returned to Netflix and frankly, we're lost for words.

Soundtrack to my Life: George Fenwick
Departing TimeOut writer George Fenwick shares seven songs that have influenced him.

How history-maker created Kiwi artists' 'hardest gig ever'
20 years after making history, Hinewehi Mohi is working on shaping the future.

Album Review: Tool - Fear Inoculum
Progressive metal band Tool's brilliant new album Fear Inoculum was worth the 13-year-wait

Fleetwood, Geldof will play it out
The Playing It Strange Q&A, banquet dinner at the Vodafone Events Centre, September 23.