Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking once more to Wrap the Week that was. 

They talked Mike’s ventures in wood and metalwork in school, the Repair Shop, and Tim regaled listeners with an expert piano performance. 

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Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking once more to Wrap the Week that was.&nbsp;
They talked Mike’s ventures in wood and metalwork in school, the Repair Shop, and Tim regaled listeners with an expert piano performance.&nbsp;
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Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda.

The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.

Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show. Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda. The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more. The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.

Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show.

Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda.

The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion,...

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Best of 2024: Tim Wilson's expert piano performance

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"An insane blessing": Luke Combs on his country music stardom, chances of a NZ tour 

Luke Combs is a country music megastar. 

The 34-year-old is one of the biggest names in the world right now, consistently battling it out against Morgan Wallen for the number one spot.  

He’s broken records, gone platinum, and earned a range of awards, including three Grammy nominations.  

It all started when he dropped out of college to pursue his musical career, moving to Nashville and making it big. 

Combs told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that he got really lucky in having his career take off the way it did. 

“Yes, I worked really hard at it, but there’s a ton of luck involved as well,” he said. 

“I don't know how it never dawned on me until, until I picked the guitar up. Like, man, I could really, you know, maybe there's a chance that this could be what my life is, is gonna be.” 

While he doesn’t take his success for granted, fame was never quite what Combs was after. 

“I never put any pressure on myself to be a certain way or achieve certain things,” he told Hosking. 

“Anything beyond just being able to be happy and have a good life was always more than I had ever asked for.” 

 “To have ended up here is an insane blessing.” 

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<h2>"An insane blessing": Luke Combs on his country music stardom, chances of a NZ tour&nbsp;</h2>
Luke Combs is a country music megastar.&nbsp;
The 34-year-old is one of the biggest names in the world right now, consistently battling it out against Morgan Wallen for the number one spot. &nbsp;
He’s broken records, gone platinum, and earned a range of awards, including three Grammy nominations. &nbsp;
It all started when he dropped out of college to pursue his musical career, moving to Nashville and making it big.&nbsp;
Combs told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that he got really lucky in having his career take off the way it did.&nbsp;
“Yes, I worked really hard at it, but there’s a ton of luck involved as well,” he said.&nbsp;
“I don't know how it never dawned on me until, until I picked the guitar up. Like, man, I could really, you know, maybe there's a chance that this could be what my life is, is gonna be.”&nbsp;

While he doesn’t take his success for granted, fame was never quite what Combs was after.&nbsp;
“I never put any pressure on myself to be a certain way or achieve certain things,” he told Hosking.&nbsp;
“Anything beyond just being able to be happy and have a good life was always more than I had ever asked for.”&nbsp;
&nbsp;“To have ended up here is an insane blessing.”&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Best of 2024: Luke Combs on the Mike Hosking Breakfast

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/ac64a18f-c424-4ffc-9a15-b258014d41a7/transcript

"I never stop": Jerry Seinfeld discusses NZ tour, comedy career 

One of the most iconic names in comedy, Jerry Seinfeld is no stranger to audiences. 

He’s been performing since the late 1970’s, creating and starring in the semi-fictionalised sitcom of his own life —Seinfeld—which became the most watched sitcom in American television by its third season. 

Seinfeld is returning to New Zealand, bringing his comedy tour to kiwi stages, and while for most tours are sporadic the comedian revealed that he’s always on the road. 

“I’m always touring,” he told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking. 

“I never stop.” 

He compared it to muscle memory, saying that stopping would have him lose the sharpness of his comedy. 

“You can do this because if you stop and think about it too much, it doesn’t look possible. How could I walk out there onto that stage and not come back for an hour?” 

Despite his status as a comic legend, Seinfeld doesn’t view himself the same way, revealing that most comedians are driven by doubt. 

“It is a tricky, a little balance beam to do your dance on.” 

Unlike many other comedians Seinfeld’s show doesn’t have a name, and he told Hosking that that’s for the younger people. 

“I did a sitcom so I don’t have to do that,” he said. 

“I hope you like it, but if you don’t, that’s fine too.” 

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<h2>"I never stop": Jerry Seinfeld discusses NZ tour, comedy career&nbsp;</h2>
One of the most iconic names in comedy, Jerry Seinfeld is no stranger to audiences.&nbsp;
He’s been performing since the late 1970’s, creating and starring in the semi-fictionalised sitcom of his own life —Seinfeld— which became the most watched sitcom in American television by its third season.&nbsp;
Seinfeld is returning to New Zealand, bringing his comedy tour to kiwi stages, and while for most tours are sporadic the comedian revealed that he’s always on the road.&nbsp;
“I’m always touring,” he told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking.&nbsp;
“I never stop.”&nbsp;
He compared it to muscle memory, saying that stopping would have him lose the sharpness of his comedy.&nbsp;
“You can do this because if you stop and think about it too much, it doesn’t look possible. How could I walk out there onto that stage and not come back for an hour?”&nbsp;
Despite his status as a comic legend, Seinfeld doesn’t view himself the same way, revealing that most comedians are driven by doubt.&nbsp;
“It is a tricky, a little balance beam to do your dance on.”&nbsp;
Unlike many other comedians Seinfeld’s show doesn’t have a name, and he told Hosking that that’s for the younger people.&nbsp;
“I did a sitcom so I don’t have to do that,” he said.&nbsp;
“I hope you like it, but if you don’t, that’s fine too.”&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Best of 2024: Jerry Seinfeld on the Mike Hosking Breakfast

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/1d1f2b91-c39d-4eca-aed8-b255014d2041/transcript

Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking might just be David Walliams’ biggest fan — and he couldn’t believe it when the comedian surprised him in the studio this morning. 

Walliams, who is in Auckland for his An Audience with David Walliams tour, sneaked into the Newstalk ZB studio on Friday before his first show, catching Hosking unawares while singing (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing. 

When he spotted Walliams, the broadcaster was gobsmacked. “No fricking way, how exciting is that! This is magnificent.” 

“Hello mate, I’ve missed you. I worry about you in those tight jeans, a man of your age,” Walliams joked. 

Walliams met Hosking and his wife, Kate Hawkesby, in London last year, joking with the radio host, “I remember Kate, but not you ... still married?” 

He revealed the surprise had been in the works for some time “because you have a really huge crush on me, and it would be exciting for you”. 

“Yes, I do,” Hosking confirmed. 

When asked how the tour was going so far, Walliams said his shows in Australia had been “fantastic”. 

“I’ve been so popular in Auckland that we added this show tonight,” he said. 



David Walliams paid a surprise visit to the Newstalk ZB studio. Photo / Michael Craig

“I’ve got my funny stories that I’ve thought about what they are and I’m telling them ... but at the same time, the audiences have been so great in Australia, and I’m sure they’ll be even better in New Zealand, they sort of give you permission to kind of push it further and further and just be spontaneous,” the comedian told Hosking. 

“It’s really restored my faith in performing comedy. Like, oh yeah, when we all get together in a room, what we really want is a laugh and it’s spontaneous, I’ve been saying some pretty rude things.” 

Hosking confessed spontaneity was Hawkesby’s worry because she didn’t want to be embarrassed from their front-row seats. 

Walliams jokingly replied that shouldn’t be an issue for the radio host. “You look like the kind of man that’d like attention.” 

“No, I don’t want to be part of it, I just want to enjoy your talent,” Hosking responded. 

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Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking might just be David Walliams’ biggest fan — and he couldn’t believe it when the comedian surprised him in the studio this morning.&nbsp;
Walliams, who is in Auckland for his An Audience with David Walliams tour, sneaked into the Newstalk ZB studio on Friday before his first show, catching Hosking unawares while singing (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing.&nbsp;
When he spotted Walliams, the broadcaster was gobsmacked. “No fricking way, how exciting is that! This is magnificent.”&nbsp;

“Hello mate, I’ve missed you. I worry about you in those tight jeans, a man of your age,” Walliams joked.&nbsp;
Walliams met Hosking and his wife, Kate Hawkesby, in London last year, joking with the radio host, “I remember Kate, but not you ... still married?”&nbsp;
He revealed the surprise had been in the works for some time “because you have a really huge crush on me, and it would be exciting for you”.&nbsp;
“Yes, I do,” Hosking confirmed.&nbsp;
When asked how the tour was going so far, Walliams said his shows in Australia had been “fantastic”.&nbsp;
“I’ve been so popular in Auckland that we added this show tonight,” he said.&nbsp;
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">David Walliams paid a surprise visit to the Newstalk ZB studio. Photo / Michael Craig 
“I’ve got my funny stories that I’ve thought about what they are and I’m telling them ... but at the same time, the audiences have been so great in Australia, and I’m sure they’ll be even better in New Zealand, they sort of give you permission to kind of push it further and further and just be spontaneous,” the comedian told Hosking.&nbsp;
“It’s really restored my faith in performing comedy. Like, oh yeah, when we all get together in a room, what we really want is a laugh and it’s spontaneous, I’ve been saying some pretty rude things.”&nbsp;
Hosking confessed spontaneity was Hawkesby’s worry because she didn’t want to be embarrassed from their front-row seats.&nbsp;
Walliams jokingly replied that shouldn’t be an issue for the radio host. “You look like the kind of man that’d like attention.”&nbsp;
“No, I don’t want to be part of it, I just want to enjoy your talent,” Hosking responded.&nbsp;
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">LISTEN ABOVE

Best of 2024: David Walliams' surprise visit with Mike Hosking

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Best of 2024: Tim Wilson's expert piano performance

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