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Slash

Legendary guitarist Slash – Guns N’ Roses lead guitarist and co-founder of supergroup Velvet Revolver – announces two New Zealand concerts in August.

Raggamuffin Festival is extending it's support of Pacific music, announcing a collaboration with the Pacific Music Awards Trust. On Thursday 31 May two major events celebrating Pacific music will be held at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre - the 2012 Pacific Music Awards and the Raggamuffin Roadtrip concert.

Haddon Smith and LA Mitchell at MMF awards

In an invitation only awards ceremony held at the Backbeat bar on Auckland's K'Rd on Wednesday 16 May, around a hundred industry guests including some of New Zealand's best music managers got together to celebrate some standout successes from last year.

RDUnit Logo

Christchurch year 7 and 8 students have the opportunity to record their own music thanks to a collaboration between the Christchurch Methodist Mission, Play It Strange Trust and independent radio station RDU 98.5FM.

Nadia Reid has been forging a low-flying pathway in song writing and live performance with her unique brand of understated charm for a while now. Nadia embarks on an extensive three-week tour starting in Christchurch on 8 June with a collection of new and much loved songs.

The Greyhounds

Lyttelton Harbour Festival of Lights: A Local Line Up

The festival Street Party will kick off Friday 8th June at 6pm. After a masked parade and the LPC fireworks extravaganza the open air London St stage will host some of Lyttelton's finest musicians.

Main stage Friday 8th June:
The Greyhounds
Lupus Lunar
Lindon Puffin

Ladyhawke/The Perfect Storm/Shapeshifter combo ticket for just $99! - (University of Canterbury students only)

Yes you read that right, for just 99 bucks you get tickets to the following three events!

Thursday 12 July - Ladyhawke at The Foundry

Amiria Grenell Dux Live Mon 28 May

Amiria Grenell has been non stop since releasing her latest album 'Three Feathers' in September last year.  She has toured  New Zealand and Melbourne with 'FLY MY PRETTIES', Won Best Folk Album in the New Zealand Music Awards 2012, Performed to packed out crowds at the Christchurch Arts Festival, International Jazz Festival, Kaikoura Roots Festival, Luminate & WOMA

Johnny Possum Band

The Johnny Possum Band will be playing at the Christchurch Folk Music Club on Sunday 20th May at 7.30 pm.

Canterbury University

For all those Christchurch musicians who have been struggling to get their music out there and heard, there is a new Cafe opening at the University which aside from focussing on fair trade, child poverty and eco products is going to be operating as a small vibrant venue too.

Great North

Much has happened in the 18 months since the release of Great North's debut album Newfoundland. One guitarist joined a modestly successful pop band, their drummer cut his head open on a piece of coral in Hawaii. Frontman and songwriter Hayden Donnell trumped them both by marrying his partner and bassist Rachel Donnell.

Tamara Smith

The New Music Collective are excited to announce their weekly fortnights of presenting two unique bands is up and running again, kickin off next Thursday on May 17th at 8.30pm at the Darkroom. Entrance is free.

The musical menu for the evening is as follows:

Pastels

Shapeshifter

Shapeshifter bring it back to where it all began with a one-off show at Christchurch’s Bedford Big Top on Saturday the 14th of July.

After spending the beginning of 2012 hunkered down in the studio recording their new album, the band are more than ready for a return to their natural habitat.

MENZA (Music Education NZ Aotearoa) is holding a professional development day right across the country on 11 May. In Christchurch we have a great day of workshops planned for a very reasonable cost. These workshops are being held in the Riccarton Community Library. The Music Industry Panel will be of particular interest and everyone is welcome.

Blacklist

The Rock in association with Grabaseat and Jim Beam present: Blacklistt, From The Blind Spot Tour
with nationwide support from Decortica

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