Throng

Check out this awesome mashup of 2009's top 25 songs in a single song.

A rare look behind the scenes as Neil Finn brings Johnny Marr, Wilco and other top musicians and their families to New Zealand to ambitiously record an album of 30 songs in three weeks to fundraise for Oxfam.

Seven years ago, Neil Finn called on a very special group of musical friends. They came from all around the world and converged on Auckland, New Zealand. Over a short few days in 2001, they formed a band and rehearsed a lengthy set, taking it to the stage of Auckland's St James Theatre for a series of five incredible shows under the banner Seven Worlds Collide.

To celebrate NZ Music Month, this May C4 is embarking on a search to uncover The Nations Favourite (NZ) Song!

The success of NZ songs are celebrated in a number of ways - last year Opshop's "One Day" was awarded both the prestigious Silver Scroll and Single of the Year at the NZ Music Awards.  This week Smashproof broke a 23 year record by sitting at the top of the chart for 10 weeks with the single "Brother", the song sits in a kiwi flavoured chart - 25% of this weeks Top 20 are NZ songs.   In 2001, to celebrate 75 years of existence - APRA members voted "Nature" by Fourmyula as the top song of all time whilst OMC's "How Bizarre" remains the biggest selling NZ record of all time.

BUT, sales measures and industry accolades aside - what does the Nation really think?  This NZ Music Month, the nation will decide.

Triangle and Stratos TV bring back iconic Eurovision Song Contest

The show that gave the world ABBA, Celine Dion, Cliff Richards, Julio Iglesias and even Riverdance is about to hit New Zealand television screens again in May.

The Eurovision Song Contest is viewed each year by more than 100 million people throughout the world. Now it is returning to New Zealand screens thanks to the canny courting of the European Broadcasting Union by a Kiwi TV doyen.

Eurovision 2009 will screen in NZ on May 17 this year thanks to Stratos/Triangle.

It's the first time to screen here in 30 years!

Can't wait!!

Last night's Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards demonstrated that interest in our local music scene is stronger than ever!

With thousands of fans packing out Vector Arena - interest was also high in living rooms around the country with 50% more people than last year watching C4's broadcast of the show.

440,600 viewers tuned in last night to watch the 2 hour live show on C4 - equating to 11.2% of the total 5+ population.

The audience reach in C4's key demographic of 15-39 was 168,500 people or 11.5%.

This is a great result for C4 - and for the awards themselves.

It is the fifth year in a row that C4 has brought the awards to television.

A repeat of the show, hosted by Dai Henwood, will screen this Friday at 10.30pm on TV3.

C4 is celebrating the Queens Birthday with a weekend dedicated to best that Britain has to offer! Joel Defries returns to our screens to host the top 100 Greatest British Anthems, plus we bring you encore screenings of The Brits '08, the Spice Girls Reunion Special, Muse Live at Wembley and so much more….

Saturday May 31st

Spice Girls: Giving You Everything / 3.30pm

The story of the Spice Girls told by the Spice Girls - On the eve of their 2007 reunion tour the Spice Girls discuss all the highs and lows, the laughter and tears, from their pre-Spice Girls days to world domination, their break-up, the aftermath and now their reunion. Includes exclusive interviews and rare archive footage from around the globe.

The Brit Awards 2008 / 4:30pm