Entertainment

Hey there team and St Patrick’s Day greetings from WOI…. A St Paddy’s Day double banger Mal’s Music memory to get us going. First up a perennial favourite from The Pogues The Mountain Dew followed by one of Ireland’s best musical exports, Thin Lizzy doing Emerald from their ground breaking ( and ear

The future of musical theatre in Southland is in great hands. Invercargill Musical Theatre’s second youth production, Disney Beauty and the Beast, is every bit as good as the first, The Wizard of Oz, with engaging leads, strong ensemble work, lively choreography, and clever stage sets. It dazzles, d

Legendary New Zealand comedians Nick Rado and Raybon Kan are coming south to serve up a St Patrick’s Day treat with their ‘Rado & Raybon Save the World’ show at Invercargill Brewery. The two comedians perform their own stand-up comedy during the first half of the show, then come together to help sol

How’s it going team? Time we had a blast on Mal’s Music Memory. Jimmy Barnes was top of the bill at the Summer Sounds Festival up near Christchurch over the weekend. Word has it that more than a few invers peeps were there…were you? Anyway make a point this week of calling to see the […]

This was a bucket list gig, with all the boxes ticked. After missing out on seeing Queen during their last visit in 2014 (and never having experienced seeing the peerless Freddie Mercury), I vowed that if they ever came back, I’d be there. So is there life still after Freddie in this 48-year-old mus

Hi team….how has February been treating you? Hands up those who went to the Robbie Williams gig in Dunedin at the weekend? By all accounts it was sensational…..what did you think of it? Here he is doing No Regrets (they only hurt) at a massive show at Slane Castle in Ireland from a few years […]

The sweet smell of hops, rain pattering on the roof, and a wall of glowing kegs provided an intimate atmosphere for an entrancing musical journey on Friday night. Nottingham native, Tash Bird, opened the show with a strong vocal and telecaster driven set. Tash’s original compositions touched on emot

Hey there team, middle of Feb (or near enough) already. Anyways, I’ve been looking for an excuse to put this up for Mal’s Music Memory for ages. Possibly one for the purists but as Hayden and Toni at Little Fire Muswicworks are running some great back to school drum kit specials …well that was all [