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November 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Win a special prize-pack for The Mission’s Wellington Gig
It’s the 30th Anniversary of The Mission and so for the first time in 26 years the English goth-rockers are set to play two New Zealand shows. Saturday, November 19 in Auckland and tomorrow night (Fri, Nov 18) at Wellington’s Bodega. Here’s a really great prize for a keen Wellington fan. Get in quick. Today […]Archive
May 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 71– Kurt & Courtney, Wellington, 1998
When I started Stubs I hadn’t intended to include film-stubs – and I don’t collect (all) my movie tickets. I might be a freak. But I’m not a fucking freak…or however that song goes… I kept a bunch of Film Festival tickets – and I’m including this one, from the movie Kurt & Courtney this […]Archive
February 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 49 – The Rolling Stones, Auckland, 1995
My first time seeing The Rolling Stones – the whole family went to it, up in Auckland. Good show. Good setlist. A buddy had a ticket too, was supposed to come with us – he had some family reunion (of the more formal kind, not just a gathering at a Stones gig) and was gutted […]Archive
January 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 37 – Rick Wakeman, Wellington, 2012
Well, he sure gave good interview – but the gig itself was a little silly, a little sad. I loved hearing a bit of his solo piano playing – dude can fucking play! – but the jokes. Oof. Suddenly it wasn’t Rick Wakeman it was nearly Roy “Chubby” Brown. But hey, that’s his legacy and […]Archive
December 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 27 – Basshunter, Wellington, 2009
Close to the nadir really – standing in a crowd of tweens while some jerkoff sings “if you’re sexy and you’re know it clap your hands” – it was like he was grooming, plotting, planning, tossing out bait and picking his victims. Revolting. And then there was the rest of the music. Just ghastly. Funny […]Archive
November 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 22 – Anika Boh & Hollie, Wellington, 2012
It was dubbed the Acoustic Church tour – and they had electric guitar in almost every song. This was a very one-sided show. Anika Moa had some good songs. Boh Runga offered a few light tunes about vague characters and Hollie Smith stepped up to the microphone to announce symptoms of a stomach complaint – […]Archive
November 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 21 – Def Leppard, Auckland, 2008
When I was 10 and 11 I was a massive Def Leppard fan. I had Hysteria on tape – free badge that was pinned to my pencil case. I never really cared about the band all that much past that album. I went back to the early stuff, sure. Heard a few other things after, […]Archive
November 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 20 – Faith No More, Wellington, 1997
I saw Faith No More three times in Wellington, three different venues – and between each show a two-year gap and a new album – I’ve already written about the first time seeing Faith No More (Angel Dust tour) being one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. This was the final time for me […]Archive
October 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 12 – Apra Silver Scroll Awards, Wellington, 2014
I’m only invited to tonight’s event because it’s in Wellington – that must be the case. I’ve never been invited before. I’m really not sure why I was invited beyond that – they must be struggling for numbers – and I don’t like going to these sorts of things. Yes, sure, there are free drinks […]Archive
October 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 11 – Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, Wellington, 1996
I didn’t just have one Ottmar Liebert CD – I had heaps of them. Now I just have the one. Signed by him after this gig – I doubt I could give it away. But there was a time when I was kinda into this – mostly I played the albums while I wrote essays […]Archive
October 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman