Half Man Half Biscuit At Stockton Arc
Half Man Half Biscuit play Stockton Arc on Saturday June 8th. Cannot wait.
It’s almost possible to sum up everything that’s great about Half Man Half Biscuit just by listing a few song titles. Joy Division Oven Gloves. Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess. Twenty Four Hour Garage People. All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit. For over 25 years now, Nigel Blackwell’s indomitable four-piece have been the most incisive, acerbic and downright hilarious chroniclers of ....
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Boro Backing James Arthur – Bongo To X Factor Glory
James Arthur, from King of the Bongo to X Factor Final in eight months.
With the backing of the Boro squad and Boro manager he now faces his X factor final frontier and who knows where that path to glory might take him. At the start of the year he was bidding to win a battle of the bands and quite literally singing for his supper, this weekend the whole of Teesside is backing him. A win for Boro at Peterborough and James on the X Factor would make for an incredible double.
In a week ....
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Africa Express Storms Boro
Sizzling four-hour show thrills packed Town Hall crowd - Groundbreaking music collective Africa Express have described their sizzling four hour show in front of a packed crowd at Middlesbrough Town Hall last night as “the perfect way to kick off their tour.”
A train packed with more than 80 musicians thundered into Middlesbrough yesterday with a jaw-dropping line-up including Blur & Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, Maximo Park, former Libertine Carl Barat, Jon McClure from ....
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Kendal Calling Sells Out For 7th Year Running!
With 7 weeks to go until the irrepressible Kendal Calling festival lands at Lowther Deer Park, organisers are delighted to announce that tickets are now sold out, breaking last year’s record for the fastest sell out to date! Tickets were snapped up for this year’s show quicker than ever before, with lucky ticket holders set to enjoy headline performances from some of the UK's biggest names including Dizzee Rascal, James, Maximo Park, and many more.
FESTIVAL DATES: FRIDAY ....
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Stockton Calling Returns– Bigger And Better Than Ever!
Five Stockton venues are readying themselves for a packed out day on Saturday 7 April as Stockton Calling returns for it’s third year – and it’s expected to be a sell out.
Headliners for this year are indie rock behemoths The Pigeon Detectives, exciting new talent King Charles, Bluetones front man Mark Morriss, Teesside troubadours Young Rebel Set and American multi-instrumentalist Laura Gibson.
After a sell out success in 2011 ARC, The Georgian Theatre, KU Bar, The Sun Inn ....
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Kendal Calling 2011 Wins ‘best Small Festival’
The Lake District based festival Kendal Calling took home the Live UK music industry award for Best Small Festival - under 15,000. The award is a true accolade as the event was nominated to win by music industry experts. LIVE UK, who host the awards, are the only magazine dedicated to the UK’s contemporary live music industry; providing news, features and information to 2,500 key professionals. Kendal Calling were cherry picked, and the team are delighted to receive this valuable and ....
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Deer Shed Festival Tickets On Sale Monday
Tickets for Deer Shed Festival 2012 go on sale Monday 10th October 2011
DEER SHED FESTIVAL
JULY 20th – 22nd 2012
BALDERSBY PARK, TOPCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The delights of the Deer Shed Festival will return for a third outing in 2012. Tickets for the music and arts festival that goes that extra (North Yorkshire) country mile in laying on the best facilities, line-up and atmosphere for festival-loving families go on sale this Monday with the first 150 adult ....
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Billy Bragg Will Be Solid Gold At The Uni
Big news as Billy Bragg will be playing at Teesside University in November in a massive scoop for The Kids Are Solid Gold and Cosmos and for his many fans on Teesside. Can’t wait.
TKASG & Cosmos in association with CODA proudly present
LEFT FIELD IN MOTION tour with
BILLY BRAGG, THE KING BLUES and SOUND OF RUM
Wednesday 16 November 2011, 7.30pm
Tickets £13 Adv / £15 Door (on sale at 9.00am Tuesday 13th Sept 2011)
Ages 18+
The Hub
Teesside ....
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Kendal Was Calling
Kendal Calling 2011 was amazing. It’s a mini Glastonbury for the North, but on a smaller, more manageable scale. There is so much to see and do, and the atmosphere projected by staff, artists and festival-goers alike is a very warm and friendly one. From the moment I arrived I felt welcome, and the free products from the sponsors were a bonus (Lucozade and Alpro Soya, but there are many other energy drinks and milk based products to choose from).
The variety of ....
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When Kendal Came Calling
Eight stages – 3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District
The 6th Kendal Calling has gone out with a bang! The Lake District’s premier music festival has once again wowed a sold-out audience in its beautiful site with stunning art and a high-hitting music line-up. Blondie closed the main stage on Sunday with a scorching set, it was the perfect ending to a weekend bathed in brilliant sunshine with heaps of highlights.
Winner of Best Small ....
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Saint Saviour Of Stockton Weekender
Stockton Weekender is almost upon us. A long weekend of top music and comedy. The deadline for the discounted advanced tickets is 9pm this evening so act fast and save yourself a few quid. What makes this event unique for me is the way local talent gets to rub shoulders and share the same stage as top national touring outfits. This year we have a couple of acts that tick both boxes. Saint Saviour was brought up in our neck of the woods and then went on to hit the heights vocalising for Groove ....
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Weekender Advance Tickets - Snap Them Up
As Stockton's biggest music and comedy festival Stockton Weekender gets closer, it’s organisers Tees Music Alliance (TMA) are urging anyone wanting to attend the festival to get an advance ticket whilst they can.
Advance tickets are currently available from Green Dragon Studios, ARC and Stockton TIC, until Thursday 4 Aug at 9pm. Tickets on the day will be more expensive and queues are expected.
Another way to beat the queues is to head over to Green Dragon Studios on ....
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The Chapin Sisters Are Waiting For You
All the way from LA. The pristine harmonies and haunting melodies from THE CHAPIN SISTERS arrive to entertain you at the Waiting Room, Eaglescliffe, this evening.
Abigail and Lily Chapin have gained comparisons to sister acts of old and Appalachian family groups, yet their songs and arrangements have a very contemporary aspect, with elements of pop, blues and psychedelic rock.
“There’s a sinsister tenderness to this L.A. duo’s sad, soft, gorgeous ....
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Thousands Enjoy Intro Festival
Thousands of music fans turned out to enjoy Middlesbrough’s first ever Intro Festival yesterday (Sunday 5 June).
This year’s Intro line-up of almost 100 acts across a dozen stages right in the heart of the town centre included big-hitters Example, Feeder, Chipmunk, Wretch 32, huge indie faves Jon Fratelli, Darwin Deez and Miles Kane, plus more local bands than ever before.
This year saw an entry fee charged for the first time for the former Music Live, with ....
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Pellethead And Shrug Big Fmttm Finale
Pellethead and Shrug will close the fmttm stage this evening at Square One, next to the Thistle Hotel.
Two of the stalwarts of the local band scene for two decades and counting. Pellethead had the honour of headlining the local, Homegrown stages a couple of years back and are just back from touring in Czech Republic. Pellhead play at 6.40pm and Shrug at 7.50pm.
Shrug made a rare outing at the Georgian Theatre last week and singer Rob Shrug has jus been invited to perform on ....
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Intro Tickets On Sale On The Day
HMV shop in The Mall (Cleveland Centre) is selling a limited number of tickets for Intro (formerly Middlesbrough Music Live) on Sunday from 10.30am. Get yourself down there in the morning, sales will continue whilst stocks last until the shop closes at 4.30pm.
Some other Intro news – gates open 11.30am! If you have bought a ticket online then you will be collecting on the gate. Keep left as you come down Albert Rd. We've got a lane for you, remember bring your ....
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Intro Stage Is Set For Sunday!
Boro gets ready for Intro
Music fans are gearing up for Middlesbrough’s first ever Intro Festival this Sunday (5 June) – with the Main Stage already beginning to dominate the Boro skyline opposite mima in Centre Square.
This year’s Intro line-up of almost 100 acts across a dozen stages right in the heart of the town centre includes big-hitters Example, Feeder, Chipmunk, Wretch 32, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, former Specials frontman Neville Staple, and huge ....
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The White Negroes At Fmttm
LEGENDARY band The White Negroes are taking the stage at Middlesbrough Intro Festival – to re-confirm their status as the best live band Teesside has ever produced. See them storm the Square One stage at 5.30pm Sunday.
The group celebrated their 20th anniversary with a festival-stealing show on Music Live’s Hairy Lemon stage last summer that thrilled audience and reviewers alike.
Such was the overwhelming reaction to the live performance that the band dismissed any thoughts that ....
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The Port Authority At Fmttm
The Port Authority bring their big expansive songs to the fmttm Square One stage at 4.30pm. Former Mooch and Spadger maestro Dan Angus is front man to The Port Authority and tells us a few reasons to make a beeline to their stage. I would check out the myspace myself because the music really speaks for itself, some quality tunes. Oh and they take a good photo as well don’t they?
Here’s Dan.
I always find it hard to write about our band, we have been together for ....
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Young Hegelians On Fmttm
The second band on the fly me to the moon stage are relative newcomers to the Teesside music scene. Young Hegelians are a post punk three piece who are quickly garnering a reputation as an antidote to careerist rock and indie bands.
Young Hegelians take to the fmttm stage in Square One at 3.30pm their brutally honest social commentary led to their first single being adopted by the Macedonian Communist Party and became a viral hit on left wing blogs world wide. When you hear them its ....
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The Fmttm Approved
The Approved are playing it cool as they get set to play their first festival stage but our local spies have been out and talk about something very special brewing indeed. Here’s what the duo have to say about themselves.
Hang on a minute though as I explain what this is all about – this Sunday fmttm has been asked to put the fanzine/website name to a stage at Square One venue (Gurney Street) and starting from this afternoon we are going to profile all the acts in ....
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Fmttm Intro
For the very first time fmttm proudly puts its name to a stage at next weekend’s live music extravaganza, Intro. With the end of the play offs it is now officially the close(d) season and football gives way for music this Sunday at Middlesbrough’s Intro Festival. We will be there in Square One pub bringing you some of the most distinctive and distinguished sounds from Teesside. Kick off 2.30pm.
Formerly known as Middlesbrough Music Live this festival has in the past ....
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Fly Me To The Moon Stage At Intro
Fly Me To The Moon – that’s this place in case you weren’t sure – will be putting its name to a brand new stage at Middlesbrough’s Intro Festival on Sunday June 5th.
The Stage inside Square One pub will feature a cluster of local acts that we wanted to keep for our own crowd. Square One is situated just next to the Thistle Hotel, Dragonara in very old money and is a regular haunt on matchdays for Riverside-bound Boro fans. This year it will be ....
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Boro’s Big Intro!
Clutch of top bands announced for Boro’s new look Music Live.
Middlesbrough Music Live is no more…long live INTRO!
The Town’s flagship music event has been re-christened and remodelled and organisers today announced the first raft of bands for the Main Stage at Intro 2011 – a line-up that includes a tasty assortment of established and emerging acts.
At the top of the bill chart sensation Example, indie legends Feeder, cool New Yorkers the Fun ....
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The Purnells Rock The Riverside
This season the Riverside has been rocked before kick off by a series of top notch bands playing in the West Stand car park. Organised jointly by Teesside music promoters northeastlive.net and MFC Supporter services from a fmttm idea the pre match gigs have been a great success.
Last weekend The Purnells played in the driving snow before the Manchester City Cup game. It was a case of third time “lucky” for the plucky Teessiders as they had seen their first gig ....
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