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2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The 2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 30 October 2014 at TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. It was the first time since 2004 that the awards were hosted in Wellington, with Auckland being the usual location. Silver Scroll award The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 18 September. The evening's music performances were produced by musician and nominee The Phoenix Foundation, Lukasz Buda. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist. The Silver Scroll award was presented by 2013 winner Lorde. Long list In August 2014 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that make up the year's short list. * Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper / Sean Sturm (School For Birds) "10,000 Things" * Louis Baker "Back on my Feet" * Samuel Scott / Luke B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSB Bank Arena
The TSB Bank Arena (formerly known as the Queens Wharf Events Centre) is an indoor arena in Wellington. About The arena hosts mainly basketball games and is the home arena for the Century City Saints and part-time home arena of the New Zealand Breakers when they play in Wellington. It was also the home arena for the Richter City Roller Derby, which started to play here in the middle of their 2009 season. It also hosts expositions and conventions like the Armageddon Pulp Expo and the DCM Book Fair. Built in 1995, it originally held 3,635 people. In 2005, the number of seats was upgraded to 4,570 as part of a redevelopment and expansion plan. There were further plans to carry out upgrades to the Events Centre in 2007 although it is unknown if these plans went ahead. It also operates as a music venue, but does not have ideal acoustics and professional sound treatment; for example, the retractable stadium traps all reflections (early and late) also acting as a bass trap (wanted o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
