The Lindsay Tin Announce Ep Release And Sage Launch Show
Stockton Calling favourites release new EP with prestigious gig. Following the release of their debut single, Fire at Will in November, The Lindsay Tin are to launch their new EP with a show at The Sage this Friday on April 12th 2013.
One of the favourites of many at this year’s sell out Stockton Calling Easter fest, the Lindsay Tin are making tracks to set the north east ablaze this ....
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Stockton Calling Celebrates Third Sell Out In A Row!
Teesside’s multi-venue, all day, music spectacular Stockton Calling celebrated it’s third sell out success on Saturday 30 March, as 1,300 music lovers flocked to Stockton for the event.
Now in it’s fourth year the event took in seven venues around the Town centre, expanding from the original three venues - ARC, KU and The Georgian Theatre - that it started with in 2010.
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Attila The Stockbroker & Patrik Fitzgerald
Two punk legends in one massive Saturday night at the Westgarth Social Club, Middlesbrough.
Fellow promoters and co-conspirators Above The Parapet and Building Bridges are joining forces in April to bring, not just one but two punk heroes to Teesside.
Attila the Stockbroker first took his radical, political and often incredibly funny poems and songs to the stage in 1980, and has ....
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James Skelly And Frankie And The Heartstrings For Weekender
Having already revealed a mass of big names set to invade Stockton’s Riverside on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July, Stockton Weekender organisers Tees Music Alliance (TMA) has announced even more top talent for the festivals third instalment.
James Skelly & The Intenders, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Wild Smiles, Sons & Lovers and Bo Bruce have been added to ....
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Bob Log Iii
Whisky slinging, one-man music machine Bob Log III heads to Stockton’s tiniest venue, 60-capacity The Green Room, on Monday 8 April, on the back of supporting Alabama Shakes on their Australian tour.
During performances, he plays old silver tone arch top guitars, wears a full body cannonball man suit, and a helmet wired to a telephone which allows him to devote his hands and feet ....
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Music V Cancer Weekender In Hartlepool
Music v Cancer is using the power of music to push a very important charity for a memorable weekend at The Grand Hotel, Hartlepool. The charity set up to use music against bowel cancer will bring a big hitting line up to the region this coming weekend. Acclaimed Anglo-Italian singer songwriter Jack Savoretti and his band will lead the cast including Al Lewis, Jonny The Firth and Hayley ....
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Misty's Big Adventure's Aggression
Those marvellous maverick Midlander musical maestros Misty's Big Adventure have released a brilliant new single video Aggression. Alliteration apart the Brummie music makers always pack a punch but none has so far been driven home with such aplomb as this all too familiar tale of inner city violence.
Aggression has much of the atmosphere and mood of a 21st century Ghost Town update. ....
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Stockton Calling Gears Up For Another Record-breaking Year…
Teesside’s multi-venue, all day, music spectacular Stockton Calling returns this weekend, Saturday 30 March, for its fourth year, after a record-breaking sell-out in 2012 – and it’s gearing up to be another record breaking event.
2013 sees the festivals stage count rise from five to seven, adding The Green Room and The Storytellers to the ever-growing huddle of venues taking ....
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Graham Gouldman's Heart Full Of Songs
Anyone who has attended a 10cc concert in recent years is likely to have seen band co-founder Graham Gouldman's opening acoustic set, featuring some of the hits he wrote for other artists.
Taking it a stage further in spring 2013, under the banner of Graham Gouldman's Heart Full of Songs, Gouldman and his 10cc bandmates Rick Fenn, Mick Wilson and Mike Stevens will give a series of ....
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Two More Great Classics Coming Up Soon At Middlesbrough Town Hall
Classical music fans have two more great nights to look forward to over the next few weeks, as Middlesbrough Town Hall continues with the second part of its 2012/13 Classical season thanks to funding from Arts Council England.
The Chamber Philharmonic Europe Orchestra calls into the Town Hall next Wednesday (27 March) – with tickets at a bargain £10 for the Town Hall’s ....
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Louis Barabbas At Mink
Louis Barabbas tops off 4 epic days of entertainment this long week at Mink Bar, Middlesbrough.
It all starts tomorrow, Friday 22nd Mink burlesque Cabaret Club presents…..
One Night In Hollywood
Putting on the Ritz will be a team of singers, dancers and burlesque acts, a full cabaret night of glitz in the true Hollywood fashion, an opportunity to ....
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Natalie Coyle Is Backing Blake At The Forum
Natalie Coyle – a young classically trained soprano singer is looking forward to supporting Blake at Billingham Forum Theatre next Wednesday (March 20).
Now a trio, the UK’s most popular Brit-Award-winning harmony group’ Blake return with a new tour for 2013, featuring songs from their latest album ‘Start Over' and introduce exciting your soprano Natalie Coyle.
Natalie ....
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Temples At The Westgarth
Temples - One of the most hotly tipped bands of 2013 are bound for the Westgarth Social Club, Middlesbrough. A band already booked for major festival fun and frolics this summer, what an opportunity to see them up close and personal in a local venue. And not just any local venue but The Westgarth.
Temples are one of the most hotly tipped bands breaking through in 2013. With a neo-psych ....
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No Split Festival For 2013
Organisers of Sunderland's Split Festival have announced that there will be no festival in 2013, but have promised that Split will return in 2014, with a bigger and even better event.
Split Director, Barry Hyde, explained the decision: "We have decided to follow in the footsteps of the greatest festival on Earth, Glastonbury. Every four, or so, years Glasto has a fallow ....
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Big Names Set For Small Venue
Stockton’s tiniest venue, 60-capacity The Green Room, is welcoming two big names to its cosy surroundings this April in the form of American, slide guitar, one-man band Bob Log III and Radio 1 favourite Luke Sital-Singh.
One-man music machine Bob Log III comes to the venue on Monday 8 April, on the back of supporting Alabama Shakes on their Australian tour.
During performances, he ....
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Opus 1 Launched At Waiting Room
On Sunday 10th of March, as a precursor to the new Waiting Room Sunday Matchbox Cabaret season, photographer Tracy Hyman is launching her debut photo exhibition with some sparkling live music.
The exhibition itself features photographs of a selection of local bands and local venues, hopefully showing Teesside the hidden gems that have been happening on our doorstep. Tracy's photos ....
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Wildcats St Patrick's Eve Party
A riotous knees-up with The Wildcats of Kilkenny has become as much a part of local St Paddy’s tradition as floppy green hats and pints of frothy black stuff, and this year they’re bringing their inimitable party anthems to back to ARC by popular demand.
Saturday 16th March 2013The Wildcats of Kilkenny St Patrick’s Eve Party + Rob Heron and the Tea Pad ....
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Stockton Weekender Gets Spiritual
Teesside’s biggest outdoor music festival, Stockton Weekender, has announced further artists set to play this years event on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 July, including platinum selling act Spiritualized.
The experimental rock band, fronted by Jason Pierce aka J. Spaceman, will take to the Main Stage on Saturday 27 July, before Primal Scream. Saturday will also see Dublin’s most exciting prospect Kodaline and the flamboyantly entertaining King Charles perform to the Riverside ....
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The Chapman Family Kicks Off 20-year Celebration Of The Georgian Theatre
Teesside’s favourite sons The Chapman Family and North East super group B>E>A>K are performing a special gig on Friday 8 March to kick off a year of celebrations at The Georgian Theatre in Stockton, as the venue celebrates 20 years since opening it’s doors as an independent live music venue.
The Georgian Theatre has an extraordinary and checkered history; built in ....
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Auction For The Promise Club Rattled The Keys
They travelled all the way up from Cornwall in horrendous weather for a one off midweek gig in Middlesbrough, no one could accuse three-piece indie band Auction For The Promise Club of being anything other than fully committed. Thankfully there was a big receptive audience to welcome them and yes they absolutely brought the house down.
Support, Dead New Blood had only played one gig before ....
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Shrug Will Spark Up At Festival Of Light
If you like your music and images on the psychedelic, surreal, post post punk style then join Shrug as they play their first gig of 2013 for the magical, madrigal Festival of Light at the Sun Inn, Stockton tomorrow (Sat 2nd March).
Also on a marvellous bill will be the mighty Lemontops who revive flavours of the 60s in their mod-endorsed set.
DJ Tim will be spinning disks between bands. "With ....
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Get Stripped Down At Pure With The Sunshine Underground
On the 31st March 2013 Pure Live are set to celebrate the start of summer with a little help from The Sunshine Underground. Offering a unique mix of punk, funk and indie the group are set to play a rare and exclusive stripped-down acoustic gig at the Sunderland venue.
The Sunshine Underground (or TSU to their followers) launched onto the music scene in 2005 with their debut single ....
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De La Soul No Longer Set For Teesside
American Hip-Hop trio De La Soul, who were scheduled to perform at Stockton Weekender on Sat 27 July, have cancelled a string of dates in the UK.
Despite confirming their appearance only last week, Weekender organisers Tees Music Alliance (TMA) have sadly been informed by De La Soul’s UK agent that due to a rearranged schedule in the USA, the band now won’t be travelling to the ....
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Taking Tea With Barrett And Muggins
Following on from brilliant gigs by the likes Cattle & Cane, The Lake Poets, To Kill A King, Franz Nicolay, Brown Hound James, The Daydream Club and many more, we're looking forward to welcoming the wonderful Serious Sam Barrett to The Olde Young Tea House, on Sunday 3rd March.
Serious Sam Barrett + Old Muggins
Sunday 3rd March - 7:30pm - £5
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The Green Room Turns 1!
Stockton’s most intimate venue The Green Room, located in Green Dragon Studios, is celebrating its first year in action with a weekend of special events.
On Friday 1 March the live motion picture soundtracking experience Cinemusique returns to the venue featuring three of Teesside’s most intriguing bands.
The event sees musicians perform original soundtracks live behind a large ....
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