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May 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 247 – Norah Jones, Wellington, 2019

I had seen Norah Jones live twice – and not been all that impressed – but something happened last year. Well, it had been building over the last few years, the last decade even. I interviewed Jones – around the time that she released her fourth album; the first that I really loved. And then […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, Frontier Touring, Gig Review, Mel Bracewell, Norah Jones, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 247, Stubs: # 247 – Norah Jones, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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April 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Norah Jones (April 24, Wgtn)

Norah Jones TSB Bank Arena; Wellington Wednesday, April 24 Listening to a Norah Jones album and attending a Norah Jones concert…they used to be a very similar experience. I know this because I saw Jones on her first two tours of New Zealand. Back then she was shy and the demure, deer-in-headlights thing was a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 24, April, Begin Again, Frontier, Frontier Touring, Gig Review, Gig Review: Norah Jones (April 24, Live, Live Gig, Melanie Bracewell, Norah Jones, TSB Bank Arena, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Foo Fighters & Weezer (January 27, Sydney)

Foo Fighters & Weezer ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park; Sydney, Australia Saturday, January 27 The Foo Fighters are a strange beast – they have been in existence some 22 years. Started, as a solo project by Dave Grohl, a dumping ground for demos he’d been building up in Nirvana’s final moments and then in the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), AC/DC, Alice Cooper, ANZ Stadium, Aussie, Australia, Co-Headlining Tour, Concrete & Gold, Covers, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, Drum Solo, Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters & Weezer, Frontier, Frontier Touring, Gig Review, Gig Review: Foo Fighters & Weezer (January 27, January 27, Live, Live Gig, Live Gig Review, Live Music, Pat Smear, Queen, Ramones, Review, Rivers Cuomo, Spectacle, Stadium, Sydney, Sydney Olympic Park, Taylor Hawkins, Weezer, Weezer & Foo Fighters ·

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June 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Paul McCartney: One NZ Show (Dec, 2017)

Sir Paul McCartney has just announced that New Zealand will be part of his current One On One tour. He will play Auckland December 16th. Mt Smart Stadium. The Australian/NZ component of the tour was announced in a Facebook Live Q&A hosted by Tim Minchin. A rather painful, weird and unnecessary way of creating some sense […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Facebook Live, Frontier, Frontier Touring, https://www.paulmccartney.com/live, One on One, Paul McCartney: One NZ Show (Dec, Sir Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Tim Minchin, Tour Announcement, Wings ·

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September 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band: Two NZ Shows (Feb, 2017)

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will play two shows in New Zealand in February, 2017. On tour in Australia for a month-long stay the two NZ shows will see Springsteen and band perform in Christchurch at the AMI Stadium on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake, Feb 21 and […]
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August 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stuart Coupe: Gudinski – The Godfather of Australian Rock’n’Roll

Gudinski – The Godfather of Australian Rock’n’ Roll Stuart Coupe Hachette Michael Gudinski looms large over Australian music. As tour promoter, record label owner, artist manager, publishing guy…which means he looms large over New Zealand too, as creator of Mushroom Music and Frontier Touring. He’s gone on to have film successes (Chopper, Wolf Creek) but […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Australia, Australian Music, Book, Book Review, Cold Chisel, Frontier Touring, Gudinski, Gudinski – The Godfather of Australian Rock'n' Roll, Jimmy Barnes, Liberation, Michael Gudinski, Mushroom Publishing, Music, Paul Kelly, Skyhooks, Split Enz, Stuart Coupe, Stuart Coupe: Gudinski - The Godfather of Australian Music, The Godfather ·

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May 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 892

Billy Idol, Vital Idol (1985) I had the tape (different cover to the LP) and it used to play over and again in my big blue Volvo in my final years of school. I had a half-hour drive to the hockey field half-a-dozen times a week, got good at driving (and even better at hockey) […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, 1987, Below The Belt Mix, Billy Idol, Catch My Fall, Dancing With Myself, Flesh For Fantasy, Frontier Touring, Hot In The City, LP, Mony Mony, Rebel Yell, Record, Tape, The Vinyl Countdown # 892, To Be A Lover, Vinyl, White Wedding ·

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May 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Live Music

Sad news for fans of live music, The Eagles will be playing a show in Auckland, New Zealand, March 15, 2015. Frontier Touring has, at least, given fair warning, but this does seem to suggest the death of live music. It is the Eagles’ first tour of New Zealand in twenty years but to reflect the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Auckland, Don Henley, Eagles, Eulogy, Frontier Touring, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Live Music, March 15 2015, R.I.P., R.I.P. Live Music, Tour Announcement, World Tour ·

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April 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Collusion 001: DJ Premier x Pete Rock Collaborative Tour

In a new initiative between Rhythm Group Entertainment, Illusive and Frontier Touring the Collusion series kicks off with a collaborative show by DJ Premier and Pete Rock. Two towering names in hip-hop, two giants in the field, names that transcend the genre. Tickets are on sale from today, Wednesday, April 9 for the one New […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Auckland, Collusion 001, Collusion 001: DJ Premier x Pete Rock Collaborative Tour, DJ Premier, Frontier Touring, Hip-Hop, Illusive, Live Gig, Pete Rock, Powerstation, Rhythm Group Entertainment, Saturday May 10 2014, Tour Announcement ·

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