Neil Finn

...because "we haven't been there for a while". Pearl Jam seems to save their best for New Zealand. In 1995, they bought Tim and Neil Finn on stage to sing Split Enz songs History Never Repeats and I Got You, and in Wellington in 1998,...

In this article: Pearl Jam, Matt Cameron, Eddie Vedder, Soundgarden, Liam Finn, New Zealand, Elton John, Ben Harper, and Hunters and Collectors

...return of WILCO to our shores in 2010. The announcement comes a mere 10 months since their last visit when they recorded with Neil Finn and some of the world's best musicians for the 7 Worlds' Collide project and inspired by the landscape...

In this article: Wilco, Witi Ihimaera, DVD, Grammy, John Stirratt, New Zealand, Nels Cline, Pat Sansone, and Jeff Tweedy

...Worlds Collide. November 11, 2009 - Eight years ago, former Crowded House singer-songwriter Neil Finn released a live album, credited to "Neil Finn and Friends," titled 7 Worlds Collide. Ever since then, Finn has been enthusiastic to put...

In this article: 7 Worlds Collide, NPR, Hear Music, Ed O'Brien, KT Tunstall, Phil Selway, Liam Finn, Wilco, and Jeff Tweedy

...Joy" and a show at Berklee Performance Center on Friday. Liam Finn & Eliza-Jane Barnes The duo: Finn is the son of Crowded House's Neil Finn and talented-if-strange singer-songwriter Eliza-Jane Barnes, daughter of Australian rocker Jimmy...

In this article: M. Ward, She & Him, Liam Finn, Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Zooey Deschanel, Academy Award, and Falling Slowly

The phrase "7 worlds collide" comes, within Neil Finn's vocabulary at least, from the song "Distant Sun". On it, Finn sings "seven worlds collide / whenever I am by your side". But the real payoff is a less prominent but just as heartfelt...

In this article: Phil Selway, Finn, 7 Worlds Collide, Johnny Marr, Jeff Tweedy, Radiohead, Distant Sun, and Medecins Sans Frontieres

...than a hint of U2 to it and cried out for a stadium setting. Elsewhere, White recalled his friend Neil Finn and a tougher Stephen Duffy. Now in his forties, White's chances of stardom are slim, but his future surely lies in selling his...

In this article: Andy White, U2, Belfast, Valentine's Day, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Stephen Duffy, Samuel Beckett, and ALT

...had called on organisers for evidence that Ladyhawke was eligible for the Arias, as Kiwis including the band Evermore and Neil Finn were ruled out in previous years. Paul Piticco, who heads Blasko's label Dew Process, said that the...

In this article: Ladyhawke, Janet Jackson, Australia, Sarah Blasko, Sydney, UK, Ladyhawke, Lisa Mitchell, and Paul Piticco

...to the busy slappings of his percussionist. Aided by guitarist Jay Clifford and the clearest sound mix of any act on the bill, Howie Day followed with a voice and songs that echoed Neil Finn, making him Crowded House without the crowd.

In this article: Bubbly, No Woman, No Cry, Howie Day, Crowded House, Colbie Caillat, Caribbean, and Bahamas

...benefit album of all original material featuring the above rock critic dream team as well as assorted friends and family members. Neil Finn of Crowded House is once again the pied piper here. In 2001 he corralled some of the same names for a...

In this article: Wilco, Crowded House, Radiohead, Sebastian Steinberg, Oxfam, Bic Runga, KT Tunstall, Phil Selway, and Johnny Marr

SOMETHING'S MISSING: Neil Finn and his wife Sharon have discovered the best cure for empty nest syndrome is to write and sing songs about it. Relevant offers Living End ready for Bledisloe battle Courtney Love plans to sue Guitar Hero...

In this article: Crowded House, 7 Worlds Collide, Little by Little, Auckland, Tin, and Message to My Girl