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Someone needs to tell Ed Sheeran, "No."
It clearly hasn’t happened in a very long time.
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Fans say Laneway’s new timetable is 'criminal'. I have notes.
All this FOMO is really just a sign of something else.
Jan 14
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Do our biggest news sites hate music festivals?
A clickbait pile-on began in late December. It's barely let up.
Jan 11
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If you don't go to a festival, you don't get to write about it.
Jan 1
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Ryan Adams is not OK.
Oct 18, 2025
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'There was no hint it was going to be the last show.'
Apr 28, 2025
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I won something?!? I won something!!!
Apr 16, 2025
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The Oasis show that refused to come to New Zealand, reviewed.
Nov 9, 2025
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Look at all the shit we trudged through.
Dec 11, 2025
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What happened to New Zealand's 'great lost music festival'?
It promised to be "Glastonbury in the Pacific". Instead, it created a trail of debts still talked about today. Why?
Jan 7
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A Facebook Marketplace find changed Georgia Knight's life.
How the Australian-born, Lyttelton-based musician discovered her autoharp.
Jan 5
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If you don't go to a festival, you don't get to write about it.
New year, same shit.
Jan 1
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The music that helped me survive 2025.
A year of conflict, chaos, calamity ... and occasional catharsis.
Dec 30, 2025
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A music festival just wanted to move. Then came the complaints.
Rolling Meadows unveils its brand new site today. It was a long road to get there.
Dec 28, 2025
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Boiler Room's most-read stories of 2025.
It's been a huge year for my newsletter. Here are the stories you read the most.
Dec 26, 2025
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What is the single defining moment of 2025?
I asked the experts, and the experts responded.
Dec 22, 2025
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