New Zealand music’s big night out took place this week.

The Aotearoa Music Awards celebrated its 60th year, with our biggest musical stars glitzed and glammed for the red carpet.

Taking out two awards this year —Best Solo Artist and the highly coveted Album of the Year— was Fazerdaze, also known as Amelia Murray.

It’s her first time winning an Aotearoa Music Award, and she told Francesca Rudkin when her name was called, she felt weirdly calm.

“It feels kind of like it’s been a really long time coming,” Murray says.

“I’ve been nominated quite a few times before and it was kind of, it was nice to finally take home a trophy.”

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The Government is set to trim hairdressing red tape.

Cabinet has accepted all the Ministry for Regulation recommendations, returning decisions on offering drinks during cuts, and allowing dogs in a salon to the business owner.

Changes come into force in July.

Kevin Milne may not be a huge fan of ACT, but he’ll say David Seymour is good at identifying silliness in rules and regulations.

He reminisced on the “pointless bureaucracy” that surrounds the hair styling industry.

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The ninth album to come from Miley Cyrus, ‘Something Beautiful’ is a concept album centred around the theme of healing.

The popstar says it’s “an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music”, and when discussing the inspiration behind the music, Cyrus said "the nastiest times of our life do have a point of beauty. They are the shadow, they are the charcoal, they are the shading. You can’t have a painting without highlights and contrast."

An accompanying musical film of the same name is releasing in early June.

Estelle Clifford joined Francesca Rudkin to give her thoughts on the album.

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