Robert Plant visits Welly record store

Even rock stars have their tourist moments – and Robert Plant couldn’t resist stopping to take a photo of the cardboard cutouts in the window of Wellington record store Slow Boat Records this afternoon. The English musician and former Led Zeppelin frontman stopped in at the Cuba St record store ahead of his show tonight with his band the Sensational Space Shifters.

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Beyonce, Jay-Z visit OKed by US govt

A visit by American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay-Z to Havana last week was a cultural trip that was fully licensed by the US Treasury Department, a source familiar with the itinerary said on Monday. The longstanding US trade embargo against Cuba prevents most Americans from travelling to the communist-led island without a license granted by the US government

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Win a date with Ozzy Osbourne

The fathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath, are set to play two shows in Auckland this month and we’re giving one lucky Stuff reader the chance to hang out with Ozzy Osbourne himself! Osbourne and the original Black Sabbath line up of bassist Geezer Butler and guitarist Tony Iommi will play at Auckland’s Vector Arena on April 20 and 22. Widely regarded as one of the most influential bands of all time, this will be the first New Zealand show for the original Black Sabbath in nearly 40 years.

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