Northeast Music Guide

REDFACES // RETRO VIDEO CLUB // BLACKWATERS Join Forces for… THE THIRD WHEEL TOUR   Three of the UK's most exciting young bands embark on a UK tour later this month. RedFaces from Sheffield, Retro Video Club from Edinburgh and BlackWaters from Guildford, have joined forces on what has been christened the Third Wheel Tour. Calling across England, Scotland and Wales, the bands will be visiting all of their respective home towns, as well as a number of other key cities as they set out to prove that contrary to popular belief, guitar bands are far from over. RedFaces are in the middle of promoting current single, Way Down, which has fast become a live favourite since being unveiled at the end of the Summer. The band are currently on tour with Sheffield legends Reverend and the Makers. Retro Video Club release their new single, 3AM, on LAB Records on the 12th of October and join the tour straight off the back of a prestigious support slot with The Academic. ...

@John Lewis: Never Knowingly Undertweeted A brand new show from Simon Jay, the creator of double Fringe sell-out Trumpageddon premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe this August with a great response from audiences and critics alike. John Lewis is a computer scientist, father of four, social liberal, atheist, and not a retail store. John Lewis is also a chain of high-end UK department stores. Unfortunately for both John Lewis (no relation), the Twitter handle @johnlewis belongs to the former. This new piece of writing from Simon Jay and Ben Nardone explores the Twittersphere’s enduring confusion between the two, and how one man from Virginia, USA calmly handles daily complaints about too-high prices and belated deliveries. Drayton Arms Theatre 153 Old Brompton Road London SW5 0LJ

ANNOUNCE DELTA TOUR – A GROUND-BREAKING NEW SHOW IN THE ROUND. OVER 800,000 TICKETS ON SALE FOR HUGE SIXTY DATE WORLD ARENA TOUR FROM 9:00AM FRIDAY 12TH OCTOBER FOURTH ALBUM “DELTA” RELEASED 16TH NOVEMBER METRO RADIO ARENA, NEWCASTLE SUNDAY 25 TH NOVEMBER 2018 Tickets on sale 9th October  affiliate link Mumford & Sons are excited to announce details of a huge world arena tour in support of their forthcoming fourth album, Delta. An incredible 800,000 tickets go on sale for sixty dates from Friday 12th October, heralding the band’s biggest tour since forming ten years ago, and they’ll perform the show on a new ground-breaking stage right across the middle of the room. The sixty-date tour will kick off in Dublin at the 3 Arena which doubles up as an album launch party on 16th November before arriving in Newcastle at the Metro Radio Arena on Sunday 25 th November 2018. The Delta world tour will include a night at London’s O2 A...

BEANS ON TOAST PULLS IT OUT OF THE BAG WITH HIS MOMENTOUS 10 TH  STUDIO ALBUM:  “A BIRD IN THE HAND” OUT 1st DECEMBER 2018 - PRE-ORDER   HERE WATCH THE VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE: ‘ANOTHER YEAR’   HERE  + 2019 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED BEANS ON TOAST is back with a landmark new album: “A Bird In The Hand”, set for release on 1st December. In commemoration of what will be his 10th studio long-player, Beans is leading the charge with an achingly beautiful new single straight from the heart: ‘Another Year’. An ode to both his Dad and his daughter, both of whom feature in the video for the song, you can watch it right here: https://beans.lnk.to/AnotherYearYT Sticking firmly to his tradition of releasing a new album on the same date each year, 2018 was always going to be a big deal for Beans on Toast with album double-digits on the cards. Fittingly for this anniversary, Beans got back in touch with  Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons , who had pr...

Coming up next week at Sage Gateshead,  Monday 8 October Highlights include: An Audience with Simon Reeve Joanna Lumley will embark on her first ever live tour on 10 October. TUSK Festival brings a diverse programme of international music to the North East of England. An Audience with Simon Reeve Tuesday 9 October, 7.30pm, Sage One Simon Reeve’s first-ever theatre tour will feature the world-famous journalist recount tales from over 15 years of travelling to the most remote and extreme corners of the planet. From being chased by pirates, hounded by the Mafia and bombed by Columbian barons, Simon Reeve has travelled through over 120 countries and his BBC documentaries have sold to over 60 countries around the world! ‘An Audience with Simon Reeve’ is not only a fascinating and educational show, but at times shocking, inspirational and hilarious! This show includes exclusive multi-media footage and a 20 minute Question & Answer session. Don...

CALVA LOUISE ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM "RHINOCEROS" OUT 1ST FEBRUARY VIA MODERN SKY UK PRE-ORDER  HERE + UK TOUR DATES FOR OCTOBER & NOVEMBER “Calva Louise clearly aren’t a band hanging around” – The Line Of Best Fit “A pummelling introduction from the scuzz-punk trio” – Clash “Captivating pop hooks and riotous guitars” - Dork London newcomers CALVA LOUISE announce the arrival of their eagerly anticipated debut album  Rhinoceros , due for release 1 st  February via Modern Sky Records. Having already spawned lead singles  Outrageous  and  I Heard A Cry,  the trio continue to receive widespread acclaim throughout the online community (The Line Of Best Fit, Clash, Dork) and across the airwaves (BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Radio X) with these early glimpses of their glistening potential. Flourishing within London’s thriving punk scene since their formative days, the band’s (one part Venezuelan, one part Māori and another part ...

HOLY MOLY & THE CRACKERS UNVEIL CRACKING NEW LIVE VIDEO FOR ‘COLD COMFORT LANE’ - WATCH + UK TOUR DATES THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER 2018 NEW ALBUM EXPECTED EARLY 2019   Holy smokes! Yes it’s true - Holy Moly & The Crackers, the North East frenetic alt-rock folk septet with a hankering for the good times today let us in on a few little surprises they’ve been keeping hush hush… until now.  Popping the lid on a new live video for ‘ Cold Comfort Lane ’, a chock-load of UK shows ahoy and even circulating rumours of a new album hovering, there’s plenty to catch up on with these busy bees.  Never ones to miss an opportunity to let their (and your) hair down, the rabble rousing bunch will be hitting the road for a slew of their famously feverish  live dates  before 2018 is out. Eyeing up UK towns and cities the length and breadth of the land, the outfit will be embarking on an adventurous November tour kicking off at  Southampton’s 1865  on the...