Some of the biggest acts in the hipster music world are performing at Laneway in Auckland today. But they were all outshined by the real star of today's festival: the new venue. The Auckland-based indie and alternative music event, an Australian-born festival now into its eighth year in New Zealand, moved into a much larger and greener location at Albert Park Precinct. After several different sites, including Britomart, Aotea Square and Silo Park, fans attending today's sold out festival said it should stay at Albert Park. The festival's shift to Albert Park fixed all that, kicking off this morning with homegrown talents Nikolai and Fazerdaze opening two of the four stages set up at Albert Park Precinct.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 30, 2017 06:34 UTC