Northeast Music Guide

Review: An Evening With Nik Kershaw  at The Sage, Gateshead 17/09/2017 Nik Kershaw has written a lot of songs. Despite a break in recording for a decade, he was always writing for someone. He’s also got a lot of stories and a self-deprecating sense of humour. He easily filled the two-and-a-half hours with tunes and chat and had the sold-out Hall 2 of the Sage enraptured. Taking advantage of the perfect sound conditions in the hall, and armed with a loop pedal, guitar and computer, Nik put on a superb show. Synced video added to the visual experience with three screens behind Nik showing appropriate footage. For The Riddle Nik sang in perfect time to the 1984 video, which was impressive. Nik played songs from a number of his albums and gave an explanation for the origin of most of them. The crowd happily joined in with clapping and singing along to the big hits. This is a highly recommended night out. 

Interview with Nik Kershaw F ollowing the success of his 2014 "Me, Myself and I" tour, Nik Kershaw returns with more solo shows. An intimate evening of songs and stories in the company of one of the UK's most respected songwriters. Nik chatted to Jo about the tour, music and what it’s like being a former popstar and one of the UK’s most acclaimed songwriters. J Are you all ready for the tour? N Ahh, nope! J Ha ha! N That’s kinda what I’m doing now, basically the frantic last few weeks trying to get my stuff together. You think “It's just a bloke on a stage with an acoustic guitar, how much is there to prepare”? But I’m using three video screens, I’ve got to get that all together and get all the video and media to trigger correctly. I got 4 or 5 songs I’ve never performed before, that need rehearsing, and all the nonsense and stories I chat between songs..it can’t be the same as three years ago! J You’ve quite a varied range of events you’re playing on...

Nik Kershaw At The Sage Sunday 17th September Following the success of his 2014 "Me, Myself and I" tour, Nik Kershaw returns with more solo shows. An intimate evening of songs and stories in the company of one of the UK's most respected songwriters. Photo by Lawrence Harvey Nik  spent his formative years in Ipswich and he signed to MCA Records in 1983, in September releasing  the single "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down" for the first time, reaching a respectable No.47 in the UK charts. It got to a more respectable No.2 when re-released in summer 1984.  Wouldn’t It Be Good brok Nik worldwide in January 1984. The seminal “Human Racing” album was released in March and achieved platinum sales in many territories. He managed to squeeze in two European tours, four more hit singles and another platinum album, “The Riddle”, before the end of the year. 1985 saw three more hit singles,  a world tour and an appearance at "Live Aid". He recorde...

THE WORLD'S BIGGEST 80's MUSIC FESTIVAL  ANNOUNCES 3 UK FESTIVALS IN SUMMER 2015 Rewind The 80s Music Festival , the world’s first and biggest 80s music festival, returns with three UK festivals during summer 2015. Tickets for all three festivals go on sale at 9am  on  Friday 23rd January  from the official website   www.rewindfestival.com . Photo Credit: © Darren Coleman REWIND SCOTLAND  will return for its fourth consecutive year at  Scone Palace, Perth on  Saturday July 25th  and  Sunday 26th July  with headline performances from Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey  and  OMD , plus performances from  The Orchestra starring ELO former members, Bananarama, Jimmy Somerville, Kim Wilde, Nik Kershaw, Sister Sledge, Belinda Carlisle, Five Star, Howard Jones, Altered Images, Hue & Cry, Kid Creole,  plus many more big names, including for the very first time,  ex-Rainbow  lead singer  Jo...