Northeast Music Guide

The Woodhorn lane festival 2015 runs from Friday 24th july, doors at 6pm, till Sunday 26th july 11pm closing. on Friday there will be 2 indoor stages of music. On both Saturday and Sunday there will be 3 stages of music running from approx 1pm till late. The event is as always free, a bucket collection will be made for ‘Specialized’ a Music charity that supports the Teenage Cancer Trust. The line up is as eclectic as ever, with styles from  indie, punk, jazz, performance art, rock, blues, metal and some with no name. Bands from all over the country will join us. Original bands as ever will feature heavily, but everyone is catered for with a number of covers bands, Saturday night will be concluded with a two tone covers set by the Skapones, but joined by one of the ‘Specials’ the one and only Roddy Radiation. Sunday has a blues rock feel, with some exceptions, and headlined by the always rocking Big Ray and the Hipthrusters. friday.. .'The Shooting Of' ,  ...

BLOODSTOCK HQ is a-buzz with activity with just over three weeks to go!   There’s still more bands to announce and we also welcome the return of the brutal-yet-amazing ‘Battle Of The Nations UK’ historical fighting team! You can win tickets to Bloodstock with RFTK Promotions : The New Blood stage on Friday sees a brace of additions; Hertfordshire melodic death metal outfit and Luton ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ finals winner, COUNTLESS SKIES ( www.facebook.com/countlessskies ) and Gothenburg, Sweden’s WE ARE THE CATALYST ( www.facebook.com/WATCofficial ) - who also won DELAIN ’s competition with Metal Hammer magazine to win a support slot on the Dutch symphonic rockers’ UK tour.  Joining the New Blood bill on Saturday are Midlands-based prog metallers, MARTYR DE MONA ( www.facebook.com/martyrdemona , groove metal outfit and Norwich M2TM winners, SOULBORN ( www.facebook.com/soulborn ) and self-proclaimed ‘hobo sludge’ gang and Reading’s M2TM winners, VICT...

Here Comes The Summer:  Family Festival with Teenage Kicks  Priding itself on being the foremost family music festival in Northumberland, Corbridge Festival continues to grow in popularity. Providing entertainment for all ages it has grown every year and has the clout to attract great local artists and a big name headliner every year. The size hasn't got to the point where it becomes impersonal and corporate however, and sponsorship is from local firms for example Utilitywise for the main stage, and the Blue Bell pub for the second marquee stage. There’s something for a variety of musical tastes, too. From those who enjoy a few easily recognisable covers, to die-hard originals seekers, Corbridge has it sorted. We caught the Blue Bell stage opener, Hannah Lamb as we arrived. She has a delightful resonant voice and, accompanied by her own guitar, worked through a number of covers including a lovely version of Coldplay’s Fix You , an improvement on the or...

The North East film-making duo who brought you the low-brow Geordie comedy T he Stagg Do   are astounded by the recent success of their Kickstarter crowd sourcing campaign which smashed its 30-day target of £4,000 in less than 48 hours.    They now plan to build on the momentum of their success and are going for a “stretch” goal of £7000 which will help them pay for  more UK screenings as well as show the film in the US.    Their initial Kickstarter campaign was designed to pay the costs of BBFC accreditation which is a requirement for films to be screened theatrically in the UK or released on DVD.    “The whole thing has thrown me for a loop,” said American-born James DeMarco, co-writer and director of the film.  “I thought it would go down to the wire. Nobody expected this much love from our fans. I’m still shell-shocked.”    The self-professed Geordie comedy, which screened to a near sell-out crowd on its w...