Outrage prompted scrapping of Germany's equivalent of the Grammys.

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Members of Parliament and a US diplomat will compare notes of a different kind on July 4.

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Pharos, billed as 'a series of live shows', will take place in November.

"I love Flying Nun ... the English people copied it without telling anybody."

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Get ready to panic - Brendon Urie is bringing his pop-rock act back to NZ in October.

Waipu teen thrash metal band Alien Weaponry go number one with debut album

One of NZ's artistic gems, Auckland Chamber Orchestra's gives Waiheke composer a hearing.

The hitmaker was buried in his hometown of Stockholm.

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R&B, neo soul singer Jhené Aiko announces New Zealand concert.

Singer recalls her 'bratty pop star behaviour' on tour of NZ and Aussie.

Vega will play concerts in Auckland and Wellington in August.

Musician announces three arena shows around New Zealand

Kirwan joined the band when he was 18, but had mental health issues and became homeless.

Brace for orchestral night fever courtesy of the APO and top Kiwi singers.

"Whenever we play a song or the whole set... afterwards I'm spent."

New album is bright, bold and fun, just like Tami Neilson, writes Karl Puschmann.

Brief, calm, meditative. They're not words you can normally use to describe Kanye West.

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Don McGlashan is heading out on a nationwide tour that will take in 17 dates.

R&B superstar admits using milk as a beauty treatment - but denies being a diva.

Beastwars is going on their first tour in more than two years.

The father and son have finally made an album together.

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