Northeast Music Guide

LOCAL YOUNGSTER JAMES BASSETT JOINS FINAL SUNDAY CONCERT IT’S turned out nice again for a teenage George Formby impersonator after he was invited to perform in the final Sunday concert at Bents Park this summer. James Bassett, 14, has been added to the star-studded line up on Sunday 29 July, which will bring the 2018 concert series to a close. He will join Heather Small, Atomic Kitten, Lemar and Sam Lavery in the free outdoor show, held as part of the South Tyneside Festival. James has become a familiar face around his home town thanks to his impersonations of the famous entertainer. The Harton Technology School pupil has been playing the ukulele for a number of years, and is a member of The George Formby Society. Last year, he appeared on ITV’s children’s talent show Little Big Shots, and recently performed at the Royal Albert Hall for the Queen’s birthday celebrations. A big fan of wartime music, he will be bringing his ukulele skills to Bents Park this summer as a...

Woody Woodmansey and Tony Visconti’s  Holy Holy  Tuesday 12th February 2019 Featuring Glen Gregory On Vocals Performing Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust Spiders From Mars And other hits from the Bowie years of 1969 – 1973  Tyne Theatre & Opera House are thrilled to welcome Holy Holy to their stage - probably the closest experience to a Bowie gig you can get!  Holy Holy are Bowie’s drummer and Spider Man from Mars – Woody Woodmansey and producer Tony Visconti, who worked on many of Bowie’s albums and played Bass on the Man Who Sold The World. Accompanied by an all-star band that includes glorious Bowie-esque vocals from Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory, a Bowie fan and friend who also performed alongside Bowie on the original Band Aid single in 1984.   The group perform Bowie’s material from the early years of ’69 – 73, upon which both Woody and Tony contributed at that time, making these exce...

ARMONITE SIGN WITH CLEOPATRA RECORDS New Album And The Stars Above released 25th May Armonite, the instrumental rock collective led by composer Paolo Fosso and violinist Jacopo Bigi, signed with LA-based indie label Cleopatra Records for the release of their new album, “And the Stars Above”. Armonite's instrumental music is perfectly in line with the spirit of the label, especially now that Cleopatra has expanded into the movie industry. With the film division Cleopatra Entertainment, the company has distributed, developed, and produced several films most of which have a strong horror and/or music component, including The Devil's Domain (starring Michael Madsen), The Black Room (starring Lin Shaye), Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill! (featuring the voice of Dave Mustaine from Megadeth), The 27 Club (featuring Todd Rundgren), England Is Mine (Steven Morrissey bio-pic), A Street Cat Named Bob. “Working with Cleopatra has been great”, says Fosso, “They're sk...

MIDDLE KIDS ANNOUNCE UK TOUR  LOST FRIENDS RELEASED VIA LUCKY NUMBER MAY 4, 2018 Think Tank Newcastle TICKETS Credit: Ellie Smith “Led by the powerful vocals of Hannah Joy, the trio deal in infectious indie pop-rock.” – SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE “Heartfelt, clever ruminations at the intersection of indie rock and alt-country” – ROLLING STONE “Hannah’s voice is a little Stevie Nicksie and the jangly guitars sound like they’re lifted from an interstitial scene in Singles, but you know sometimes you hear a song and you just like it.  – NOISEY “Middle Kids’ stellar debut Lost Friends is jam-packed with biting cuts and memorable hooks.” – THE LINE OF BEST FIT “’Lost Friends’ is a cocktail of infectious indie-pop and alt-country that packs a punch.” – DORK MAGAZINE Australian trio MIDDLE KIDS have just released their debut album Lost Friends, and today they announce a 19 date UK and European Tour for November.   All dates are listed below and tickets ...

OS MUTANTES BRAZILIAN PSYCH-ROCKERS TO PLAY EXCLUSIVE UK TOUR IN MAY TICKETS HERE  for Cluny Newcastle "A head-turning comeback” BBC Music "There was nothing quite like Os Mutantes, and there still isn't" The Guardian  “In nineteen-sixties Brazil, the band challenged the military class with experimental art. Now it has found relevance with a new generation” The New Yorker   "Kaleidoscopic, politically-charged rock" Billboard  PRB is delighted to announce an exclusive and rare UK tour in May by OS MUTANTES, the hugely  influential Brazilian psych and experimental collective that Were instrumental in launching the Tropicália movement in the late '60s. Kurt Cobain, Beck,  David Byrne, Flaming Lips, Davendra Banhart and  Of Montreal have al  lauded Os Mutantes and cited their considerable influence.  When Os Mutantes was formed, it combined influences from psychedelic acts from the English-speaking world like Th...

SLAYER ANNOUNCE FINAL UK & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES FOR NOVEMBER 2018 SPECIAL GUESTS: LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX AND OBITUARY METRO RADIO ARENA NEWCASTLE SATURDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2018 Tickets available  Friday 18th May  From Eventim  Having made some of the most brutally aggressive music ever created, being one of four bands that defined an entire musical genre and the band other heavy acts are measured against and aspire to…after nearly 37 years, having released 12 studio albums, multiple live recordings, compilations, live video and box sets, playing nearly 3000 concerts across the globe, receiving countless awards including five Grammy nominations and two Grammy Awards, Gold certifications and other accolades…having its own exhibit in the Smithsonian Institute, gracing hundreds of magazine covers and experiencing the devastating loss of a founding brother, the age of SLAYER, one of the greatest and most legendary bands of all time, is coming to an end. ...

Swervedriver May tour 2018 To celebrate 25 years since the release of Swervedriver’s classic second album Mezcal Head, the band will be performing the record live forth first time throughput Europe and the UK in May 2018. But more than that, the band  - comprising Adam Franklin, Jimmy Hartridge, Mikey Jones and Ben Ellis from Iggy Pop’s band (standing in for the on-sabbatical Mick Quinn) - will also be performing the band’s first album, the seminal Raise. Their show will comprise of two sets with psychedelia  interlude, Swervedriver’s six album, Remembering Forward, is set to be released later in 2018 14th May - Hebden Bridge - The Trades Club 15th May Newcastle - 02 16th May Glasgow - ABC2 17th May Manchester - Band On The Wall 18th May London - Islington Academy 19th May Leicester - Dryden Street Social In 1990 London's indie-rock guitar scene was developing a distinctive new psychedelic sound: swirling, dreamy, mysterious and very much of the British I...

Live Review:  Gary Lucas at The Cluny, Newcastle Still buzzing from a standing ovation in Liverpool the night before, Gary opened the show with a cover: I Remember .The rich sound came from his “distressed” acoustic guitar which he claimed was older than him .  Gary filled in between songs with history and amazing anecdotes. He was an anglophile in New York.  He studied at Yale. He loved the Move. He reminisced about John peel breaking Beefheart in U.K.  He saw Beefheart in New York. Interviewed Don Van Vliet for student radio whilst majoring in English Literature. Beefheart was bigger in Europe and Australia rather than in the US, but he knew then he wanted to perform with them. The next song was on electric. Evening Bell was a finger-picking  master class. He’s kept the explosive, disjointed quality of the song as he was instructed to play it all those years ago.  He talked about working as record company advertising executive....

CARO EMERALD LIVE OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2018 “As polished and classy as it can get” Evening Standard "Everything about a Caro Emerald gig is cool" The Herald “Caro Emerald lifts the spirits” – Daily Telegraph “There aren’t many chances to watch genuine perfection take to the stage. Don’t miss Emerald” Metro Following 5 star reviews and sold out shows across the board, the gorgeous and stylish Caro Emerald is back with a brand new live UK tour for 2018. Since the release of the 2010 multi-platinum debut album ‘Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor’ Caro Emerald and producers Grandmono have fashioned their own niche, blending retro jazz with sampling and modern pop, starring Caro’s exceptional vocals. The result is a truly unique signature sound. Second album ‘The Shocking Miss Emerald’ entered the Official UK Album Chart at No. 1 in May 2013, remaining in the chart for an entire year. With more than 2.5 million record sales, a host of awards (i...

Tom Bailey’s long awaited debut solo album  ‘Science Fiction’ will be released in July 2018.  Whilst Tom has been prolific in the genres of dub, world music and audio visual projects over the last 2 decades this will be the Thompson Twins front man’s first ‘pop’ record since Babble’s 1996 release ‘Ether’. Science Fiction Tom Bailey, front man from The Thompson Twins, releases ’Science Fiction’ available to pre-order now. "Hello Everyone, Welcome to the PledgeMusic page for my new album ‘Science Fiction’. I so much enjoyed playing concerts around the world over the last couple of years, that I began working behind the scenes on writing, recording and mixing the songs in this collection. As you know, I have concentrated on other areas of music for the past couple of decades – but I find it incredibly rewarding to be making pop music again. There’s something so special about the way this kind of music works and, for me, it’s like finding a long lost friend. S...