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Isaac Theatre Royal

The Isaac Theatre Royal at 145 Gloucester Street is the only surviving operational Edwardian theatre in New Zealand. Opened in February 1908 to the designs of architects Alfred and Sidney Luttrell, it has hosted everyone from Anna Pavlova and Louis Armstrong to the Rolling Stones, Split Enz, Crowded House, and Lorde. Heavily damaged in the 2011 earthquake, it reopened in November 2014 after a $40 million restoration and holds Heritage New Zealand Category I status.

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The Aesthetics

Dunedin destructo-rock outfit formed in 1995 by Matt Middleton (aka Crude). Trashy but sinister post-punk noise rock inspired by King Loser, Snapper, and the Dead C, with numerous lineup changes over three decades.

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Biography Formed by Tom Watson (Head Like A Hole) and Craig Terris (Hell Is Other People), and later joined by Dave Fraser and Paul Trigg. A poppy country-tinged indie-rock outfit that formed in 2000 in Wellington (when Watson and Terris’… Read More »Cassette