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We’re back, betches—and this time, live from Auckland for Nova’s Red Room Global Tour! In today’s ep, we chat to the stunning and effortlessly chill Gracie Abrams ahead of her Spark Arena gig (barefoot, of course). Joel admits he may have “over-strummed” during the chat, Tim tries to convince us she complimented his outfit, and Ricki’s in full Beyoncé meltdown mode after Cowboy Carter kicked off in LA. Plus, the team recount Joel’s chaotic airport behaviour (lost engagement ring, new AirPods, possible nap-induced blackout), we run through which celebrity kids we low-key find annoying (controversial!), and find out why Gracie’s post-show wind-down involves LEGO and zero socialising.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonny is thrilled to speak with bluegrass artist Billy Strings ahead of his debut show in Tāmaki this July.  Get tickets to the Spark Arena show here.

The comedian Jimmy Carr is coming back to New Zealand for a nationwide tour the culminates at Auckland's Spark Arena. These are big halls, and he can fill them because he's that good. It's called 'Jimmy Carr Laughs Funny' and he does. It's so true, it's funny. And that's Jimmy's thing. It's easy to lump comedians like Jimmy, and Ricky Gervais and America's Bill Maher into a conservative label simply because so much of what they say is politically incorrect. But what makes them funny is that it's just true. They point out the hilarity of our tribal positions - both left and right. I'm reading Bill Maher's book 'What This Comedian Said Will Shock You'. It's a collection of his best monologues over the year. I used to think he was quite right wing when I watched his show, but that was because he was merciless against the Biden administration. Now that Trump is in power he's equally merciless. I like that. I like his pithy observation that conservatives govern without shame and liberals shame without governing. That's true in America and it's true here. And he says that's why the world is full of people who want to break shit up. I like all these comedians because they bring logic to the fight. Unlike politicians who bring whatever might score them votes, and the media who will say anything that will get them clicks, which will pay the bills.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is this mania for the building of stadia when this country has so many already and very, very few of them are economic assets? The decision over whether to upgrade Eden Park in Auckland or to build a brand spanking new stadium on the waterfront is such an old debate. And before I go on, I will say I've been a guest of Eden Park, but it does take more to buy my opinion than a very nice lamb chop and a glass of non-alcoholic rosé, I promise you. The contest for Auckland's main stadium yesterday ended with neither Eden Park nor Te Tōangaroa proving feasible without public funding. Eden Park's upgrade is technically feasible but requires $110 million from the Government. Te Tōangaroa's proposal lacks technical and commercial feasibility. So right there I'd say, “well, I'm gonna stop you there” if I was a councillor. If it lacks technical and commercial feasibility, wouldn't we go, “well, thanks very much, bit of a waste of our time, ka kite anō” to the people behind it? Anyway, they plan to progress land acquisition over 12 months. Now, most of you will be familiar with Eden Park, even if you're from around the country. Te Tōangaroa is more ambitious, includes a 50,000 seat stadium —which is the capacity of Eden Park— that can be scaled down to 20,000 capacity for smaller events. It's the centrepiece for the redevelopment of Quay Park with up to four hotels, hospitality, scope for 2000 apartments, plus commercial offices. Different parties have been trying to build a waterfront stadium for years now. You'll remember Trevor Mallard had a plan to build a stadium in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and that came to naught. Another proposal in 2018 was floated and came crashing down to earth. Developers would build a shiny new waterfront stadium, in exchange, they'd get the land at Eden Park, plus the ability to build apartments on the waterfront land. There's always something in it for the people behind the developments. Of course, there is, otherwise, why would they do what they do? And it ends up being chumps like you and me who pay for it. We have stadia. We have stadia up the Yin Yang, all over the country, all over Auckland that are underutilized and uneconomic. As the chief executive of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Martin Snedden told Mike Hosking this morning we need to get over ourselves and consolidate into just one stadium. “It's time people really got collaborative, and I know, you know, you may not agree with me here, but the Warriors, Auckland FC, they should be incorporated into the program at Eden Park, so that, you know, that venue is... This is what's happened, you know, places around the world is the multi-use of one venue. "Look at what happened at Eden Park over the weekend, where on Friday they had White Ferns and Black Caps internationals played there, Saturday it was the Crusaders and the Blues, and Monday it was the All Whites qualifying for the World Cup. That's the right use of the stadia, and that's what we need to move towards. We don't need to keep propping up other stadia that are just not fit for purpose, let's just concentrate it all on what we've got.” Absolutely. But why is it too, that every city around the country, every large town, big city, wants its own stadium when they don't make economic sense? There's a great piece in the conversation by Robert Hamlin and he points out, there have been just 30 major events at Forsyth Bar in Dunedin since 2014. He wrote the piece last year, so that's three a year. Te Kaha in Christchurch is being funded mostly by ratepayers —the Crown's put in a bit— and the stadium was solely responsible for a 2% increase in rates last year. We come to Hamilton, and these figures are from 2015 so there might have been a remarkable turnaround – I doubt it, but there might have been. Since Claudelands Event Center opened in 2011, it has run at around a $10 million deficit per year. And who pays for that? Ratepayers. Palmerston North: in the 2021 10 year plan, it showed a budgeted income of $19 million, but expenses of $73 million. Come on. It does have facilities for some indoor sports, but much of the money that's going to be spent is on the main stadium in sport of stock car activities, including $4 million budgeted for new pits and more millions for a new grandstand on the south end. Non-stock car income is negligible because the stadium struggles to attract higher level rugby matches or large concerts because of the car track. Invariably, if you do end up building a bloody stadium, It's not good for something else. So, they're not multi-purpose, they can't be used for other events. You build this stonking great white elephant, and we pay for it, us, and then we're not allowed in it unless we pay a fortune for a ticket to go to something that's on inside the stadium that we built. As a ratepayer, you should get a free ticket to anything that's in there for the rest of your life. I just don't get why we're so obsessed with wanting new shiny stadia. In Auckland, we've got Eden Park, Go Media Stadium (formerly Mount Smart), Western Springs, Spark Arena, North Harbour Stadium. No, we don't need another one. Bowl the others, and everybody can play nicely together in one big stadium. At the moment, it looks like Eden Park's the most likely – there you go, I've paid for my lamb chop. But imagine your family budget at the moment: Oh, wouldn't it be nice if we built a beautiful new swimming pool at the back because the kids are getting a bit older now? Be lovely, with a nice little pool house next to it. Yes, it would be lovely. Can we afford it? No. And that's what the Waterfront Stadium is. Honestly, as Robert Hamlin said, the reason why is that people just get so excited, the decision makers get so excited, with all these reports of the extra economic benefit that's going to come to the city, and it's gonna prosper and it's just gonna be the making of the city. No, it's not. No. Ratepayers end up paying and paying and paying for generations for a white elephant that nobody's allowed to ride unless you pay a bloody fortune to get on its back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonny chats to Dion from The D4 about the issue of Out of My Head to vinyl + the previously unreleased singles that have been added to the re-release of their 2005 album. If you wanna catch it live, head to Spark Arena on 14 March to see the local punk legends in action!

The glitziest event on the New Zealand sporting calendar has arrived with the 62nd annual Halberg Awards taking place at the Spark Arena in Auckland this evening. In one of the most competitive fields in recent history, it's anyone's guess who takes home the supreme prize after a stellar sporting year for Aotearoa. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

The absolute best of New Zealand sport was celebrated at the 62nd annual Halberg Awards last night in Auckland. Sports reporter Jonty Dine was at Spark Arena for all the glitz, glamour and glory.

No panic from the Breakers amid a six-game losing streak in the NBL, heading into tomorrow night's game against the Sydney Kings at Spark Arena. The New Zealand club have suffered double-digit margin defeats in their current stretch, which has seen them fall from the top of the table to second-to-last. Guard Mitch McCarron says the Breakers remain calm. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Breakers are expecting a physical test from the Adelaide 36ers as they look to build a key run of wins. The side got back on track from their loss in Christchurch with a big 93-87 win in Sydney, despite having four players out injured. Co-captain Parker Jackson-Cartwright says they weren't physical enough against the Kings, and it's been one of the main things they're working on. PJC catches up with D'Arcy Waldegrave to preview their clash at Spark Arena. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the podcast intro we discuss what went down at The Rock 2000 live event at Spark Arena on Friday and perhaps more importantly, what happened, and didn't happen afterwards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duncan Greive has a solo podcast this week, talking about the debut of Spark Game Arena Live, a huge new event at Spark Arena. He looks at the upside and downsides of the trend away from sponsorships towards brands creating their own projects. Plus: who's number one? Both NZME and Stuff claimed the title this week – but does it even matter? And finally, a look at the way you can see shrinking media budgets through smaller traveling contingents across both sport and politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This weekend NZ's best gamers will be heading to Spark Arena to battle it out for over $250,000 cash prize. We talk to the man behidn it all Duane Mutu, the director and founder of Lets Play Live. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talk To Me Nice Thursday Shifters, we are back on the road are so excited to be coming too you from PERTH!! We have two amazing interviews with two incredible humans too share with you in todays show, Dan Hooker and Kai Kara-France... Star Signs, YES star signs... Listen too find out what we have to say about star signs... And no Gaming Shift in todays show BUT we have a BIG announcement regarding Spark Game Arena Live that is taking place on the 7th of September, at Spark Arena!!! Hit that link below to stay caught up with anything and everything TMS. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3394787437503676/ We dropped some merch! Use TMS for 10% off. Here is the link: https://youknow.co.nz/collections/tms-merch-v2 Thank you to the team at Chemist Warehouse for helping us keep the lights on, here at The Morning Shift... https://www.chemistwarehouse.co.nz/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jono Baker spoke with Greg Gonzalez of dream pop band Cigarettes After Sex about their new record X's which is out today, and their upcoming show in Auckland on March 19 2025 at Spark Arena. Tickets from Ticketmaster.

Jono Baker spoke with Greg Gonzalez of dream pop band Cigarettes After Sex about their new record X's which is out today, and their upcoming show in Auckland on March 19 2025 at Spark Arena. Tickets from Ticketmaster.

Thousands of singers from around the world gathered at Auckland's Spark Arena last night to kick off the 13th World Choir Games. Some have set their sights on gold - and others just want to have a good time. Felix Walton went along.

Another legendary Kiwi band is making a return.  Though we thought they were done in 2020, Th' Dudes are performing a one-off show at Auckland's Powerstation next month.   They've got the blessing of Dave Dobbyn, who isn't involved, picking up renowned guitarist Brett Adams of the Mockers and the Bads fame instead.  Founding member Peter Urlich told Andrew Dickens that when they played those last songs at Spark Arena in 2020, he was looking around and thinking ‘is this really gonna be the last time we get up on stage and play these songs?'  “There was just this feeling inside me that I thought, oh well, you know, that's, that's hard to swallow.”  He said that in the intervening four years they looked at the idea of performing again, and realised the demand was still there.  “I just thought the love was still there, so and of course, we wanted to play.”  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Charlie and Azura caught up with the man himself, Ne-Yo, ahead of his Champagne & Roses tour hitting Spark Arena 5th of October.  Charlie needed to get something off his chest from the last time he saw Ne-Yo perform and Azura shares how she felt as an 11-year-old listening to Neyo.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the bestselling musicians of all time, Grammy Award Winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer James Taylor is on his way to New Zealand.  He's sold over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than 50 years and is the only artist to have an album in the Billboard Top 10 in each of the past six decades.  The end of April will see Taylor visiting Auckland and Wellington for ‘An Evening with James Taylor,' two stops on his packed tour schedule spanning the better part of the year.  He's been touring for decades, telling Mike Hosking that it's funny to look back at some of his earlier songs complaining about the uncomfortable fit of working in show business.  Taylor said it's funny to realise that, in spite of his complaints, it's sustained him for over 50 years now.  'An Evening With James Taylor' is coming to Auckland's Spark Arena on April 30th, and Wellington's TSB Arena on May 1st.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Breakers have all but booked their playoffs spot after an impressive 103-87 win over the Brisbane Bullets at Spark Arena on Friday night.   Superstar Tom Abercrombie played his final regular season game at home, as he brings the curtain down on an almost 20-year career with the same NBL club.  Former Breaker Casey Frank joined D'Arcy Waldegrave to discuss their playoff road ahead.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The glitziest event on the New Zealand sporting calendar has arrived with the 61st Halberg Awards taking place at the Spark Arena in Auckland this evening. Thirty finalists across six categories have been nominated for their stellar sporting performances over the past 12 months. Sports reporter Jonty Dine speaks to Jimmy Ellingham. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6346846700112

Dame Lisa Carrington bagged herself a Halberg hat-trick at the annual sport awards in Auckland on February 14. The Olympic and world champion kayaker won the Supreme Halberg sports award for the third time at the glitzy event at Spark Arena. Sports reporter Jonty Dine was at the red carpet.

A storied 16-year professional basketball career will soon come to an end for Breakers forward Tom Abercrombie. The club's all-time leader in games and points will retire at the conclusion of the NBL season, after winning four championships with the side. Abercrombie made his debut in 2008, and has racked up a record 425 appearances during his long-running athletic career. He says he's 'extremely grateful' for the time he's spent on the team, but he's ready for his next adventure. "It's time for me to experience new challenges and adventures, and pass that baton over to someone else." Abercrombie's final home game for the Breakers will likely be this Friday against Brisbane at Spark Arena. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Doyle - former Warriors CEO and project director for the proposed Auckland stadium on the city's waterfront - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport. Doyle talks all about the plans for a new 50,000-seater stadium which would be constructed in a deserted carpark, sit tucked in behind Spark Arena, and have a view of Rangitoto Island. He discusses with Devlin what makes this proposal different than the many previous ones for a new stadium in Auckland, how much it would cost and how soon it could be built, other obstacles they will need to clear, and more.

Before Royal Blood took to the stage at Spark Arena in Auckland, their singer Mike perched up at a rooftop bar across the road with Angie for a chat about tunes and how their first year was like going a year long stag do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NBL Commentator Casey Frank joined D'Arcy Waldegrave, to preview the Breakers important clash against the Tasmanian JackJumpers at Spark Arena.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we caught up with Royal Blood (Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher) for a quick chat ahead of their show at Auckland's Spark Arena tonight. Keep your eyes peeled for the extended edition of this episode on our Not for Radio podcast, tomorrow!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today Jay and Dunc caught up with Mike Kerr - Guitarist and lead singer of the British two piece, Royal Blood.  They are here in New Zealand next week on the 7th December for one show at Spark Arena. You can get tickets here - https://www.therock.net.nz/home/concerts---events/2023/09/the-rock-presents-royal-blood.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pacific performers prepare for upcoming show at Auckland's Spark Arena.

The Silver Scroll Awards Ceremony, celebrating the country's best songwriters, is about to get started in Auckland's Parnell in just over an hour's time. Singer-songwriter Marlon Williams is chasing a second scroll after taking out the top prize five years ago. Also among the finalists are songs by indie rockers The Beths, jazz rappers Avantdale Bowling Club, folk band Tiny Ruins, and psychedelic rockers Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who last won the award back in 2015. Tony Stamp joins us from the action at Spark Arena [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6338355912112

Breakers Head Coach Mody Maor joined the show to preview the start of the NBL Season at Spark Arena.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlie Puth is bringing his music to New Zealand for the first time ever.  Best known for his 2017 single ‘We don't talk anymore' featuring Selena Gomez, Puth has multiple number one singles and top ten albums, as well as four Grammy nominations.  His latest album ‘Charlie' was released in October last year, and his latest single ‘Lipstick' was released just last month.   He's now on the road, and will be bringing kiwis his ‘Charlie, Live Experience Tour' in November.   Puth told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking that when he released his second single ‘One Call Away', the first place it went number one was New Zealand.   Coming full circle, Puth is opening his show at Spark Arena with that very song.  “What better way to go back into New Zealand,” he said.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She left New Zealand for London 20 years ago, and fought her way into the edges of the music industry the hard way. But a chance encounter with country music a decade ago saw Milly Olykan rapidly become a key figure in unlocking this famously regional music for international audiences. Now she's VP of international relations for the famed Country Music Association trade group, and she tells Duncan Greive how country music came to sell out Spark Arena – and the lessons for other media forms it contains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A pop music princess had a wee touch of Proposals, Pounamu, and Te Pāti Māori at last night's Lizzo concert. The body positive singer held the last show of her 'special world tour' at Auckland's Spark Arena. Reporter Jordan Dunn spoke to Corin Dann.

The King of Christmas albums is coming back to our shores. Grammy award winning Michael Bublé is on the road and will be here this June as part of the Higher Tour. The songs will mostly be from his album Higher which was out last year, along with the classics mixed in. He's playing at Spark Arena in Auckland and Michael Bublé joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley had a chat with Lizzo after her newly announced tour - this podcast includes all the rude bits we aren't allowed to play on-air!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lizzo: The Special Tour 2023.  Wednesday July 26th, Spark Arena, Auckland   Tickets from livenation.co.nz  Head to ZM"s Facebook & Instagram for more chances to win!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight's championship-deciding Breakers game is hours away. They're facing the Kings in Sydney, hoping to score their first NBL title since 2015. NZ Breakers owner Matt Walsh is excited for tonight's game, and admitted to feeling more nervous before Sunday's game at Spark Arena. Matt Walsh says the team's been great on the road all year and predicts a good night for the Breakers. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Breakers live to fight another day, and to catch yet another flight across the ditch to Australia.  The sole New Zealand team in the Australian National Basketball League took the final series to a deciding 5th game, by defeating the Sydney Kings 80-70 at Spark Arena on Sunday night.  The team was flying out on Tuesday afternoon, so Leonard Powell from First Up headed to the airport to meet them.

Morgan Wallen's journey to music stardom has been unlike so many others. The country music star joined Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking this morning and told him that he “never dreamed” his music career would take off the way it did. What started as a brief stint on reality television grew into a successful music career with multiple chart-topping singles and the only country album in the 64-year history of the Billboard 200 to spend its first ten weeks at the No.1 spot. Wallen's journey in the music industry began in 2014, when he competed on the 6th season of The Voice- before getting booted after the playoffs. Morgan Wallen told Hosking he didn't see this as a loss in the end. “I wanted to sing country, they wanted me to sing pop, I finally got to sing country, they kicked me off for singing country, which probably turned out to be the best thing that could happen to me. I didn't know exactly who I was as an artist at that point anyway.” One year later, a move to Nashville set him up with the connections he needed to break into the country music scene and figure out the kind of sound he wanted to produce. “I moved here in 2015, we just started grinding and I ended up getting a record deal within a few months of moving here, a record promotion deal, and then I just started writing, I wrote songs for a year before I did anything else,” he told Newstalk ZB. Fame has been a mixed experience for Morgan Wallen, as he knows he has the power to do a lot of good for the world and positively affect the lives of his fans. He enjoyed making fan's lives by sending a video but admits to missing going to the grocery store like a normal person. Cut to the present, where Morgan Wallen has released his third studio album One Thing At A Time. The album offers 33 tracks, but Morgan told Mike Hosking he was most proud of ‘98 Braves. Morgan Wallen has a personal connection to the baseball hook of the song, having played it in his youth. “Growing up, I was always the best kid on the team. I never really had to try, which was a blessing and a curse cause I got to the point where I was maybe 15 or 16, and a lot of my buddies who I thought I was better than had been grinding and working their tails off constantly.” Morgan Wallen managed to achieve great success in music following his baseball ambitions collapsing after an injury. He told Mike that “God works in crazy ways, but I'm trying to make the most of it”. One Thing At A Time was influenced by Wallen's previous album Dangerous: The Double Album. Fans told Morgan Wallen that they would listen to the 32-track album as they played golf or drove or worked out. Morgan Wallen was encouraged by this feedback and the successful run Dangerous had on the charts to create another long album. “I got into the zone in the studio and just kept making songs. We actually cut 42 songs originally.” One Thing At A Time covers plenty of familiar ground for Wallen; trucks, whiskey, beer, sports and women. “It's honest to who we are, what we do and how we were raised” he explained to the Newstalk ZB breakfast host. “We try to find unique perspectives on everyday things for people like us. That can be a challenge sometimes, Wallen explained, because he felt the need to write what he knew while offering a fresh perspective into familiar themes. How does he expect those themes to translate to Kiwi audiences? This tour will be his first time visiting New Zealand and bringing that unique country sound to New Zealand is “surreal”, Morgan Wallen told Mike Hosking. “It makes me happy to know I'm bringing a certain culture, a certain sound, a certain way of life to a different group of people who may have never heard it. There's really not much of a better compliment that I can get.” “I still consider myself a pretty simple dude, it doesn't take a whole lot to make me happy- give me a few hundred acres and a couple buddies and I'm good. Not much has changed and I think that's the way it's always gonna be, and I hope my music always portrays that.” One Thing At A Time is available to buy or stream now and Morgan Wallen's One Night At A Time tour will be coming to Auckland's Spark Arena on March 15th, 2023, tickets available here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

American comedian, actor, impressionist, and all round GC Craig Gass joins us ahead of his show at Spark Arena. He chats: How he made Gene Simmons hunt him down for a hiding Corey Taylor A million and one impressions of the highest caliber Sex advice with one of the worlds biggest rockstars Wu Tang Clan yarn Working with Howard Stern See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It has been a huge turn around season for the Breakers. After being on the road for the last few years, the team have secured a home advantage for the semi-finals on Sunday at Spark Arena. One factor that this season's success can be put down to is their new coach, who in his first season with the team has taken them from last place to second. Breakers coach Mody Maor joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recorded at Shout Conference 2022 in the Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

The hit Broadway production Hamilton, a rap/R&B/jazz infused musical about America's founding fathers is premiering in New Zealand next May. The show will run for two weeks at Auckland's Spark Arena, following a successful run in Australia. Fans of the musical are very excited for this debut, including Victoria University theatre lecturer James Wenley, who saw it live before and look forward to seeing it again. However, he says that running the show in Spark Arena isn't the best choice, as he believes Hamilton doesn't suit the venue. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an unreal yarn - Taylor was pulled from the crowd of over 12,000 at last nights Killers gig Spark Arena to drum for them midway through their show. We managed to track him down post gig, got his deets, and he kindly joined us on the show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last night, 22 year old Wellington musician Taylor Johnston was invited onstage to play the drums with The Killers at Auckland's Spark Arena. Lead singer Brandon Flowers had noticed Johnston's sign begging to be allowed to play on "For Reasons Unknown". Johnston has outlined why he chose that song, as he didn't want to come in during a hugely popular song like "Mr Brightside" or "When We Were Young". "It's well-known enough, people know it, they love it. But it's just such a perfect drumming song. It's got sick drums and it's got enough room for people to make their own interpretation, it's just perfect to play drums to." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Silver Scroll Awards are on tonight, recognising the country's best songwriters. It's the first full-scale ceremony since 2019, taking place at Auckland's Spark Arena. Tony Stamp joins Rowan Quinn with the details.  

Sam is a New Zealand Breaker and last year won the NBL with the Otago Nuggets. He joins us in studio to talk abou the Breakers upcming home coming game at Spark Arena, the first time they have played in New Zealand in 500 days.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our biggest countdown is coming up very soon! The boys run us through their votes You can submit your votes here & remember you can see the countdown happen live at Spark Arena this Sept! https://www.therock.net.nz/home/music/the-rock-2000.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The events industry is holding out for the scrapping of indoor capacity limits.Cabinet is reviewing whether the country, or parts of it, can move to the Orange Traffic Light setting.Meanwhile, Auckland's Spark Arena has announced a new multi-sensory experience on surrealist painter Salvador Dali is coming to the venue in May.Managing Director Mark Gosling told Mike Hosking they hope we won't have limits, but the exhibit's been designed to work for capped numbers too.“Spark I think has done well over the last two years to try and actually find alternative content that can work even when there are restrictions.”LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.