Northeast Music Guide

The Slow Readers Club Announce Rescheduled UK Tour This Autumn UK Top 10 Album: The Joy Of The Return Out Now The Slow Readers Club have announced their rescheduled UK Tour.  North East Date: 22 Oct – The Sage 2, Gateshead Tickets: https://ticketmaster-uk.tm7560.net/9kzx5   #Ad A statement from the band reads:  "We realise that this is an awkward time to be announcing things, and a difficult time for a lot of people. But as so many of you were asking, and as we could all do with something positive to focus on for once all this has calmed down, here are our rescheduled dates for later this year. All tickets for March / April dates remain valid. EU dates are still being worked on and there’ll be an announcement in the near future, along with supports for all shows. Hope you can all make it and until then stay safe x" The new tour dates are as follows:  AUTUMN 2020 UK & EU TOUR DATES  20 Oct – King George’s Hall, Blackburn 21 O...

DAVID GRAY SEVENTEEN DATE UK AND IRELAND TOUR INC. LONDON'S ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL - SUN 17TH MARCH NEW ALBUM "GOLD IN A BRASS AGE" OUT 8TH MARCH DAVID GRAY has confirmed release details for a new album Gold In A Brass Age - his first album of new material in four years - alongside a seventeen-date tour of the UK for 2019. The album will be available on March 8 through IHT Records / AWAL Recordings, with first single ‘The Sapling’ out now. Produced by Ben DeVries, son of producer and soundtrack composer Marius, Gold In A Brass Age finds Gray in renewed creative form. The album arrives just ahead of a run of headline shows, commencing at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on Friday, 15th March and including London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, 17th March before culminating with two nights at Dublin’s Bord Gais Theatre on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April. Stream ‘The Sapling’ here. Gold In A Brass Age is defined by an intuitive approach from Gray, exploring new...

DAVID FORD UK TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED  ALL NEW UNMISSABLE TOUR BY ONE OF THE UK’S MOST IMPORTANT SINGER/SONGWRITERS   “Unmissable – 5 out of 5.”  The Guardian “One of Britain’s best.” The Times “Genuine depth and striking authority.” Rolling Stone "Smart, angry, witty, emotional songs, delivered with raw-throated passion.” The Telegraph “Puts everything into every word.” The LA Times “David Ford is the eternal thrill of a young man going way too far and pulling it off.” Word Magazine “Sends a chill up the spine.” The Sunday Times With four critically-acclaimed studio albums and a live show defined by the British music press as “unmissable,” DAVID FORD is essential listening for anyone who gives a damn about music. Ford’s songs combine Americana, English melodicism and a touch of rock ‘n’ roll, tied together with finely-crafted lyrics. His emotive stories of social commentary, politics and love in a world going to hell are powerful, engaging and...

Review: Toyah “Love is the Law Tour” first date Newcastle Legends 18/10/2013 Toyah was supported by Alexa de Strange, a dramatic old-school rock band. Their style was indicated by the name of their new album Tits of Death which was performed with great passion by the 4 piece from Yorkshire. Alexa certainly has an impressive set of lungs on her, belting out those songs like a the pro she is. Toyah is on tour to reanimate the 1983 album Love is The Law , and this she did. She expressed in her interview with me on NE1fm this week, her love for the album, and the fact it represents one of the best years of her life. She said this again tonight.         Toyah is a natural performer. Decades of acting, performing music, voiceover work, interviews and taking whatever the showbiz world threw at her has given her an amazing ability to present these songs in the way only she could. Her voice has, if anything, become stronger, more resonant a...

THE SOUTH announce an Autumn / Winter 2013 – Sweet Refrains Tour! The South make a welcome return to UK venues when they return with a ‘Sweet Refrains – Autumn / Winter 2013 UK Tour’. Ex members of The Beautiful South, Dave Hemingway and Alison Wheeler will be singing many of those hits including A Little Time, Don't Marry Her, Rotterdam, Good as Gold, Perfect 10 and many more from the back catalogue. This 9 piece band will also be performing several songs from their wonderfully received debut album as The South, Sweet Refrains (available now on iTunes). Photo by Amy Brammall History - from The Housemartins to The Beautiful South to The South Formed in 1988 ,   The Beautiful South had a string of hit singles such as Old Red Eyes Is Back, Rotterdam, Don't Marry Her, Perfect 10 and Number One single A Little Time. Their greatest hits album, Carry On Up The Charts, was one of the fastest-selling albums in UK history, entering at N...

Ian Anderson announces 2014 tour & is to be Honoured at the Progressive Music Awards 2013           Legendary Prog Rock icon Ian Anderson has announced a 2014 UK tour, following the release of his new concept album to be recorded early next year and released around Easter.   Anderson will also be recognised as one of the foremost influencers of rock at this years Progressive Music Awards , by being honoured with the Prog God Award.   Anderson will be touring throughout 2014, starting in the UK late April; the show will feature a selection from his new 2014-release concept album - which he defines as ‘Folk-Prog-Metal’ - in its more theatrical setting, together with a selection of Jethro Tull highlights. The upcoming record release will feature heavier, less acoustic guitar sounds and more of Anderson’s trademark flute.   He says “After winning the Grammy for best “Hard Rock/Metal”...