Northeast Music Guide

Tom ‘Mouse’ Smith will open for The Charlatans on December 5th at the 02 Academy in Newcastle. Tom Mouse Smith is a 13 year old singer and songwriter from County Durham.. Already an accomplished guitarist, In his short career he has supported and played alongside James Bay and Catfish and the Bottlemen (three times), he has also supported Shed Seven and Madness. This summer he was the youngest ever Artist to perform at Liverpool Sound City,  Festival No.6 and The Great Escape and has played to a full house at Kendal Calling's Tim Peaks Diner. His appearance at Glastonbury Festival resulted in him being described as one of the highlights of the smaller stages.  He achieved national media attention earlier this year for publicly rejecting the opportunity to appear on Britains Got Talent Tom has achieved so much in such a short time, while living with the life limiting condition Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, which means he was born, and continues to function, with ...

THE CHARLATANS ANNOUNCE UK AND IRELAND TOUR FOR NOV/DEC '17   NEW ALBUM 'DIFFERENT DAYS' - RELEASED MAY 26TH THROUGH BMG “A brilliant album. The Charlatans have never been more forward looking or relevant as now” – Q     The Charlatans have announced details of a full UK tour for 2017. Kicking off at Nottingham’s Rock City on November 29th the band play eleven dates in total, taking in Brixton Academy on December 9th before finishing in Belfast on the 11th. The band, Mark Collins on guitar, Martin Blunt on bass, Tim Burgess vocals and Tony Rogers on keyboards will be joined by The Verve’s Pete Salisbury on drums The band releases their new album on May 26th. ‘Different Days’ features an array of special guests including Paul Weller, Johnny Marr and New Order’s Stephen Morris and is already receiving rave reviews - Q described it simply as “A wondrous record” and first single ‘Plastic Machinery’ went straight on the A list at 6Music....