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"They call me the Queen of Pop. I know it’s a compliment, but the monarchy is in the past."

"For where I'm about to take things, my entry to the world needs to be unique. There's only one thatboykwame, and that's me."

While blink-182 will no longer be performing in Christchurch, their gig at Auckland’s Spark Arena is still going ahead.

“It’s like we allowed ourselves to be musically vulnerable. I love it when a rock band is not embarrassed to admit that every song doesn’t have to be on 11.”

The duo's delicately plucked guitars blend together so mellifluously that it makes you wonder whether the contribution of electricity to popular music might have been overrated.

"I'm not price gouging like Taylor, to be blunt..."

"Every door that I walked through became conditional, and I put on the heavy mask I was expected to wear… the mask of a perfect victim and tireless advocate."

Pearl Jam will now play two nights in Melbourne and Sydney this November.

These are the songs that resulted from a near-death experience: powerful, loving and natural. This is Mia Dyson's story behind 'Tender Heart'.