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New Zealand Listener
|August 9-15, 2025
An impressive line-up of live shows aims to bring comfort and inspiration.
What would be a dream local music summer outdoor festival lineup is taking up residence indoors for a winter series of 10 free, live-streamed performances from Neil Finn's Roundhead Studios.
It's an extension of the “Infinity Sessions” of live shows that Finn has established on a semi-regular basis from his Auckland facility. It’s all designed by him as a midwinter pick-me-up with the season he’s dubbed “MUFGAL” for “make us feel good about life”.
“That's what musicians should be doing,” Finn tells the Listener. “Deep down, I really hope we can all put something good into the world to lift people's spirits in these uneasy and conflicted times wherever they are and bring a little comfort and inspiration.”
This story is from the August 9-15, 2025 edition of New Zealand Listener.
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