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Being a fan - a proper diehard - is more difficult than ever.
Multiple sexual assault allegations against major entertainers have been made in recent days. What's your breaking point?
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Music journalism is broken. Is this how we fix it?
A new report confirms everything I've been saying about the bleak state of local arts coverage. Crucially, it offers a solution.
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I had an epiphany at the Limp Bizkit show.
Could the wigs, masks, weird cover songs and dodgy sex jokes mean something?
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'I was harassed non-stop, touched by strangers, groped in crowds'
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What's going on at Auckland's iMax building?
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An iMax update: It's much worse than I thought
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The story that was 'too hot' to publish
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Two major music festivals received zero media coverage. Why?
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Fame is, like, fucked?
Separate Netflix documentaries on David Beckham and Robbie Williams prove it so.
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A deep dive into the weird world of VIP packages
What does an exclusive 30 Seconds to Mars experience get you?
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A silly prank? Or a case of corporate espionage?
Thirty years ago, someone doctored Telecom's Christmas card. Who did it? And why? A new podcast tries to find out.
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I have the worst Seinfeld ticket money can buy
I can't afford $849 to sit in the front row. So here's where I'll be sitting when the comedy giant comes to town next year.
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Are our festival line-ups diverse enough?
Three years ago, a local journalist wrote the definitive story on this topic. I asked her if anything has changed.
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'They came to New Zealand and they ballsed it up'
A new book attempts to answer one question: did Oasis play New Zealand's worst concert of all time?
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A Friday mystery: what's this thing doing in my park?
Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on here?
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