Arts & Entertainment

We’re probably never going to get that real, actual ABBA reunion we all desperately want, so we will just have to make do with virtual Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Fridas instead. The iconic pop group split up all the way back in 1982 and have occasionally had one-off reunions over the years. However,

Hey there team. Good to be back after an enforced layoff last week but we are back with another supa-dupa musical memory. We’ll continue with our theme of going back 40 years to 1978. Here’s one we haven’t heard for yonks and it’s great to dust it off again. A track from unquestionably one […]

The Good Life was an English Comedy tv show about four central characters Tom & Barbara Good and Margo & Jerry Leadbetters. Back then big names like Richard Briers got to billing in the open credits. On his 40th birthday, Tom Good is no longer able to take his job seriously and gives up work […]

Here is the full list of last night’s winners of the ILT Southland Entertainment awards held at the Invercargill civic theatre. Congratulations to Lockie Hayes winning Ascot Park Hotel – Entertainer of the Year. Ascot Park Hotel Brass Band Awards Jack McKenzie – Most improved player Warren Crighton

Hi team, this week we mark the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the ferry Wahine at the entrance to Wellington harbour during a ferocious storm. Here is the number 1 song on the New Zealand hit parade of that week. Yes, they were hit parades back then. It’s Manfred Mann’s take on Bob Dylan’s […]

Back in the days when we had the choice of TV One or South Pacific Television later Channel Two. Great shows like Robin’s Nest, Falcon Crest, Dallas and more. Today in part #2 we take a trip back to June 7-13, 1986 with the Listener TV Two listings. 4  https://whatsoninvers.nz/windback-1986-listener

Murgatroyd E.P. – Review. Since spawning in a vat of nuclear waste back in 2015, Invercargill based Murgatroyd have developed a solid reputation for putting on a fiercely engaging live show. Murder eyes and anguished screams aside, the two-piece boast some solid musical chops onstage. Jordan Cossill

whatsoninvers.nz proud to support the talented local muso scene since 2014. Review: There’s No One New Around You – The Dense Invercargill three-piece, The Dense, display youthful enthusiasm mixed with mature musicality on their latest release, “There’s no one new around you”. Described in the media