St. Jerome's Laneway Festival 2012

January 30th: Silo Park, Auckland City

For the third time in as many years, the St Jerome's Laneway Festival returned to Auckland and celebrated the city's Anniversary Day in style.

Silo Park was a new venue for the festival, following 2010 at Britomart and 2011 at Aotea Square. With 22 acts performing across three stages, food stalls and a small market, the …

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Neil Finn and singer Ryan Adams butted heads during a live television performance in the UK. 

The two were performing together during an episode of the BBC's Songwriters' Circle along with folk singer Janis Ian.  The format of the show sees artists peforming on each others songs.  

  Adams expressed his frustration that both Finn and Ian "played over" his songs.  He then later decided not to…

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Media Release - ‘They Will Have Their Way: The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn' - the 2CD set album, will be released Friday October 28.



Featuring four new recordings, the 2CD set will also feature songs from ‘She Will Have Her Way' and ‘He Will Have His Way' albums.



The four brand new recordings on ‘They Will Have Their Way' include:



Seeker Lover Keeper - ‘Sinner' (Neil Finn)

Old Man River & W…

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Media Release - Pajama Club's Neil and Sharon Finn, Sean Donnelly (SJD) and Alana Skyring have their overnights packed and are ready to hit the road this September in celebration of Pajama Club's debut self-titled album release, out September 12.



What began as a private after-dinner racket to fill an empty nest, soon evolved into a fully-fledged and excitingly fresh act who have already made waves…

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Media Release - When Neil Finn and his wife Sharon first embarked on some late night musical musings, they were unaware the ideas they were creating would be quite so magical. From these relatively humble beginnings, Pajama Club was born. The band, which also includes Sean Donnelly (SJD), now introduce themselves to the world with the debut video for lead single, Tell Me What You Want and the …

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