Neil Finn unhappy with PM "taking the bows" for NZ music
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"It sort of sickens me to see Helen Clark getting up at the music awards and taking the bows," says Neil Finn in a recent interview with local music mag Real Groove. "Being lauded by the music industry because everyone's getting a handout. It's like New Zealand music is taking over the world and it's all because of Helen." Finn also adds that, due to generous NZ On Air funding, "people to have unreal expectations for what NZ music can achieve overseas or is actually achieving.""It sort of sickens me to see Helen Clark getting up at the music awards and taking the bows," says Neil Finn in a recent interview with local music mag Real Groove. "Being lauded by the music industry because everyone's getting a handout. It's like New Zealand music is taking over the world and it's all because of Helen." Finn also adds that, due to generous NZ On Air funding, "people to have unreal expectations for what NZ music can achieve overseas or is actually achieving."