Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, who played on the British heavy metal band’s landmark first three albums, has died at the age of 56, the group said on Wednesday. Burr, who had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, died “peacefully in his sleep at home” in London on Tuesday and had been in poor health for several years, the band said in a statement posted on their website
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Jazz festival returns after hiatus
The return of a cancelled music festival is expected to bring Wellington’s jazz musicians out of dark corners and into the spotlight. The Wellington Jazz Festival will return in June after a four-year hiatus
Veronica Mars meets Kickstarter target
Veronica Mars fans just bought themselves a big-screen version of the cult favorite TV series. An crowd-sourcing campaign to raise US$2 million for the project on the Kickstarter website hit its goal in less than a day.
Cyrus trying to humiliate Hemsworth
Miley Cyrus is reportedly putting her rumoured ex-fianc
NZ diplomats ‘heroic’ – Argo escapee
One of the former American diplomats portrayed in the Oscar-winning film, Argo, has set the record straight about the involvement of New Zealand diplomats. Contrary to the film’s version, our diplomats did visit the six embassy workers who escaped after Islamists took over the United States embassy in Tehran and took their 52 colleagues hostage in 1979.
Veronica Mars breaks Kickstarter record
Veronica Mars is kicking it on Kickstarter. The TV show about a crime-solving California teen looks like it is destined to be made into a movie after fans contributed US$1.3 million (NZ$1.5 million) and counting on the crowd-funding site today
The joke that is NZ on Air funding: IV
Fake Kardashian scenes revealed
Russell Jay calls to attention scenes in Keeping Up With the Kardashians that “were scripted, reshot or edited” to make Kris Humphries look bad. Life & Style magazine obtained a legal deposition submitted in Kim Kardashian and Humphries’ divorce trial by the reality TV show’s producer.
Book review: Under the Dome
Review: Glen Hansard in Auckland
Glen Hansard March 13 – Auckland Town Hall “He’s the one from that movie.