Northeast Music Guide

HARDWICK LIVE 2018 PROMISES TWO DAYS OF STELLAR MUSIC… THE North East’s biggest live music event has announced its line up for what will be this summer’s hottest festival – extended into two full days of sizzling entertainment for the first time. Hardwick Live Festival will return on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August – and has unveiled some of the top acts which will be taking to the stage. On Saturday indie favourites the Kaiser Chiefs will headline, followed by the Happy Mondays on Sunday. The multi award-winning Kaiser Chiefs, headed up by frontman Ricky Wilson, have a string of major hits to their name including Ruby, Every Day I Love You Less and Less and I Predict A Riot. The Happy Mondays emerged from the 1980s Manchester rock scene and were first signed to the legendary Factory Records. Led by singer songwriter Shaun Ryder, the band continues to have a huge following and will be one of the Hardwick Live highlights. Also headlining on Sunday is Shed S...

NICK J.D. HODGSON ANNOUNCES UK & IRELAND TOUR TICKETS ON SALE 9AM  (affiliate seetickets) FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY Listen to the album here - Spotify / iTunes / Buy ‘A slew of fast and furious hit singles in the making’ – Sunday Express ‘Subtle, sophisticated songwriting’ – Evening Standard ‘A self-performed album of lushly simple songs that are hummable and uplifting’ – Mail on Sunday  “Oh My God I can’t believe it, I’m going on tour” - NICK This was never the plan when Nick left Kaiser Chiefs in 2012. The plan was to stay at home writing and producing for other people. After five years of  writing songs with everyone from Shirley Bassey to Rat Boy via Mark Ronson and John Newman, the plan changed. His solo album Tell Your Friends came out on 26th Jan 2018 to great acclaim: album of the week in the Sunday Express, 4* in the Evening Standard and Dork Magazine (‘Hodgson’s innate genius shines brighter than ever before’), whilst The Sunday ...