Disturbed have announced plans to return to New Zealand after cancelling a show here earlier this year.

Reports have surfaced that Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose could be filling in for the band's ailing lead singer, Brian Johnson, in their upcoming shows.

Kiwi musician Lorde is in the middle of writing her new album, and she's enlisted the help of a famous friend for the project.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy brought his other band to town for a show that delivered low-key magic.

It was 1962. In London, a group of young musicians hastily named the Rolling Stones took to the stage for the first time.

The beginning of Beach Boys composer Brian Wilson's world tour had some shaky moments but delivered an enjoyable track-by-track performance of the band's classic album, Pet Sounds.

COMMENT: Am I some kind of jinx? In 2009 Oasis were in the last throes of a world tour. Noel Gallagher was using his tour blog to predict dark times for the band.

This year sees the return of Unwrap the Music, 3 early evening concerts where conductor Richard Gill introduce pieces coming up in later programmes.

Magdalena Kozena's new Monteverdi album makes one realise why Leo Schrade titled his 1930 study of the Italian, Monteverdi: Creator of Modern Music.

Herald journalist Steve Braunius sat down with Ray Columbus at his Snells Beach house back in March. It was one of the last interviews the NZ music legend gave.

Eddie Johnston is, to put it bluntly, a two-faced trickster.

Jeff Tweedy of American art-rock masters Wilco talks about bringing his other band to town.

Now there's this, an Iggy Pop album that sounds like Iggy at his best - which is that late-70s Idiot/Lust for Life period of Bowie patronage.

Taiwanese superstar will use first and only NZ concert to promote "equal love".

After cancelling his sold-out show in Auckland British singer Noel Gallagher has revealed his guitars got held up in Chile.

"We're committed to this for quite a long time, so we'll definitely be back," says Auckland City Limits festival organiser Campbell Smith.

A new arena show will let audiences sit in on the Beatles in their Abbey Road studios, says Neil McCormick.

As temperatures start to drop, some of Asia's biggest names in pop music are set to bring back the heat and the beat to Auckland.

Auckland K-Pop fan Trezanah Monga MacCauley said she burst into tears when she got the news that her favourite K-Pop group were coming to New Zealand.

The band at the centre of the Paris terror attacks played an Auckland show last night, as news of the Brussels attacks spread.

An unlikely friendship between the prince of pop and the devil of rock has caused quite a stir on social media.

A British judge has made a fresh plea to the pop star and her film director ex-husband to find an amicable solution to their custody battle.

There's L'orchestre d'hommes-orchestres of Quebec. They are not a Tom Waits tribute band. But they do play his songs live on stage.

How did Auckland's newest music festival cope with crowds of 25,000? The Herald team takes a look at the things you might have missed at Auckland City Limits.