Entertainment

Hi there team, we’re in November so time to enjoy some songs that became hit TV shows. We’ll start with a couple from the early 80’s, one from Britain and one from the US. Both of these songs and the TV shows were winners here, Minder and The Greatest American Hero although from memory American […]

A Southland teenage musician who has just released his first single  says he’s using the region’s binge drinking culture for inspiration. Alex Dykes, of Central Southland, who is currently studying politics at Otago University, said while most young people were responsible in their alcohol consumpti

Some sad news to round off the weekend from the entertainment world. Sir Thomas Sean Connery, the Scottish actor who transformed the James Bond franchise died over the weekend aged 90. The actor from Fountainbridge, Edinburgh was the first actor to play Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films bet

The culmination of a year’s worth of amazing creativity, technical flair and artistic energy will be showcased by Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) Music and Audio Production students at Centrestage on November 4th, in celebration of the stunning talent in the SIT student community, and making

The biggest video store in Australasia is having a massive clearance starting on Monday. United Video South City Invercargill currently has 120,000 stock units and owner Daryle Blackler said he wants to offload 80,000 of them. Also the longest serving video store owner in New Zealand, Daryle has own

Hiya team. Seems like a never ending parade of stars passing through the gates to enter another or better world. First up, and we omitted to mention it at the time but the man who created one of the most memorable songs of the early 70’s Johnny Nash passed away at his home in Texas […]

Hi there team…..this is not the way how I thought whatsoninvers rocktober would start, saying RIP to one of the top axe men in rock n roll, Edward (Eddie) Lodewijk Van Halen. As you probably know Eddie Van Halen lost his long battle with cancer aged 65. As with most tributes, it’s a mission to […]

Hiya team, not a good week, firstly we lost Helen Reddy and now singer / songwriter Mac Davis has also left us, but left us with some great songs. Word is that Mac died following heart surgery aged 78, same age as Helen Reddy Mac was multi talented musician, solo performer, TV host and of […]