Straight out of Tokyo, everyone's favourite Japanese garage/rockabilly girl group make a welcome return to NZ this April

5-time Grammy Award winner Lady Gaga is set to make her triumphant return to the stage with her Born This Way Ball.

US-based Kiwi singer /songwriter Jackie Bristow will make a flying visit this month with her Coming Home New Zealand 13-gig tour.

Bristow lives in Austin, Texas, where her own brand of alt-country roots rock has set the stage opening for many big name US artists.

Evanescence are finally set to make a long overdue return to New Zealand.

Evanescence, with special guests Blaqk Audio perform at Vector Arena, Saturday, March 31.

This will be their first show in New Zealand since their tour of 2007, and their third tour overall.

A 20,000-strong crowd attended Raggamuffin's 5th anniversary concert in Rotorua on Saturday with a further 4,500 attending on Friday night, making the two-day music festival the great success story of summer.

Waitangi Weekend is set to be a rocking and rolling one for the Events Capital with the Taupo Summer Concert featuring the incredible double international line-up of The Doobie Brothers and Little River Band playing live at the Taupo Amphitheatre on Saturday as well as the Kinloch Triathlon

The venue for the one and only New Zealand concert from Chicago rockers Urge Overkill has been switched to the Kings Arms, Auckland

The concert date remains Tuesday March 6, 2012.

Tickets are available from Ticketmaster.co.nz and Real Groovy.

Elbow will make their much anticipated debut visit to New Zealand to perform at Auckland's Powerstation on Wednesday, March 28

Tickets will go on sale at 9am Friday, February10.

WeatherWatch.co.nz says the forecast for today's last Big Day Out in New Zealand is still looking mostly good despite the continued 30% risk of a shower.