Northeast Music Guide

  Festival News   KUBIX FESTIVAL   SUNDERLAND - HERRINGTON PARK   TWO BIG TOPS & CAMPING SITE SATURDAY 2 ND  OCTOBER   ROCK/ALTERNATIVE DAY   LEVELLERS – PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT THE FUTUREHEADS – NEW MODEL ARMY – CAST THE SELECTER – WILKO JOHNSON – THE WEDDING PRESENT SLEEPER – HUGH CORNWELL – THE FARM – THE PRIMITIVES DREADZONE & MORE PLUS DJ’S   FRIDAY 8 TH  OCTOBER   DANCE/ POP DAY   VENGABOYS -  2UNLIMITED – B*WITCHED N-TRANCE – EAST 17 –  CULTURE BEAT ULTRA NATE – D-REAM PLUS DJ’S Kubix Festival  returns to Herrington Park in Sunderland on Saturday 2nd and Friday 8th October, with their best line up yet!  Each day will host some incredible live acts and DJ’s performing across two stages in two big tops – so no pain if it rains - with spectacular sound, light and video! The food and drink village will offer a global choice of offerings and there are lots of bars to avoid queueing.   ...

  The Wendy James Band The Cluny 22/09/2021 Wendy James Cluny 22/09/2021 Wendy James has taken nothing for granted. A woman who has seen the good and the bad in the music industry in the last 5 decades, she has not lost sight of what makes a musician successful and feel loved : the fans. Her gracious and professional approach to this gig as well as her willingness to break the fourth wall and engage with the audience, made this gig a real pleasure. Her band, comprising 5 talented musicians including multi instrumentalists, made the songs of the past and Wendy’s newer material really shine in the Cluny. Wendy did point out the setlist has changed throughout the tour. We were treated to glam rock banger You’re A Good Man and Dylan’s Crawl Out Your Window in addition to Transvision Vamp’s own I Want Your Love , Baby I Don’t Care and Tell That Girl To Shut Up . Songs from Wendy’s recent Queen’s High Straight album also had a chance to be properly beefed up with the 3 guitar live...

Advertisement Showhawk Duo Announce Newcastle Date Saturday 4th September 2021 - Boiler Shop  Newcastle,  (support Mellowmatic) Tickets: https://ticketmaster-uk.tm7560.net/n12gAa   Viral sensations SHOWHAWK DUO announce their major UK and Ireland tour, set to kick off in September 2021.  Young British guitarists Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright, together known as The SHOWHAWK DUO, have dazzled audiences worldwide with their spectacular approach to playing the guitar. Their playing style has broken down barriers between acoustic and electronic music. Whether playing old-school trance classics or modern funky house, their live show knows no boundaries and will leave you amazed.  Mik is a classical guitarist at heart, having studied at Manchester's RNCM whereas Jake is an electric junkie and grew up playing in rock and metal bands. Mik's classical foundation shines through in the music with Jake's raw percussive approach always keeping the crowd moving. T...

  Advertisement Whitesnake and Foreigner with special guest Europe Newcastle Utilita Arena Saturday 14 th May 2022 Tickets: https://ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net/JrLRk7 Whitesnake and Foreigner have announced that together they will be hitting the road across the U.K. in 2022 alongside very special guests Europe and will include Utilita Arena Newcastle on Saturday 14th May 2022. Tickets are now on sale The legendary artists will tour the U.K. and will be hitting Newcastle on Saturday 14th May 2022. Together both Whitesnake and Foreigner boast a catalogue that spans the decades with seminal and anthemic hits such as “Here I Go Again”, "Still Of The Night" and “Is This Love” [Whitesnake], “I Want To Know What Love Is”, “Juke Box Hero” and “Cold As Ice” [Foreigner] to name a few. Very special guests Europe will bring their electrifying “The Final Countdown” and more to this eight date U.K. arena tour. One of the most anticipated tours of 2022, even this mega line-up...

  NOPRISM NEWCASTLE BAND RELEASE ELECTRIFYING NEW SINGLE: “ORDER” STREAM HERE || WATCH VIDEO + ANNOUNCE DEBUT LIVE SHOW THIS SUMMER “The synths flourish, they cascade, they blossom. It's brilliant. This band is great." Jack Saunders, Radio 1 / MTV   "What a thrill to have these sounds run and reverberate through the bones” AMERICAN SONGWRITER   "I love NOPRISM.” Simon Le Bon, DURAN DURA N With innate danceability and an uncontainable energy, NOPRISM will return with their propulsive new release ‘Order’. STREAM HERE || WATCH VIDEO To mark the release, the four-piece have also announced their first ever live fixture; a hometown launch gig at Little Buildings in Newcastle on 31st July.  TICKETS Like Duran Duran and The Human League arm-wrestling with Chvrches and Justice , NOPRISM join together the forces of new wave with synthwave and put them on steroids. And this Spring, the band flex their musical might with the muscular new single: “ Order ”. Filtering throu...

  Freya Beer New Single: “Siren” out now, via Sisterhood Records + Announces Rescheduled Newcastle Date Tuesday 23rd November 2021 - Bobiks, Newcastle The bewitching alt singer-songwriter Freya Beer has confirmed her rescheduled UK tour dates for November & December 2021 - including a show at Bobiks in Newcastle on 23rd November. Hailed as a “a raw and thrilling new talent”, Freya Beer is a singer-songwriter from West London. Inspired by art and literature, alternative fashion and music, Freya distils her disparate influences through a gothic soul and devil-may-care spirit that dares to dream in the darkness. She returns with her first new music of 2021: “Siren”. The track is cut from her highly anticipated debut album, scheduled for release later in 2021.  Originating from West London but currently residing on the south coast, Freya Beer deftly mixes poetic lyrics inspired by Charles Bukowski or Anne Sexton, with a distinctive gothic noir of Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, and Da...