Festival strikes gold

6:08pm Thursday 26th June 2008

THIS Saturday, Bishop Auckland College marks its 50th anniversary with a free Live Outdoor Music and Arts Festival.

The Buzzcocks in Darlington

5:42pm Thursday 19th June 2008

MUSIC lovers are being offered a treat with one of the most fun and influential bands to come out of Manchester visiting the region.

Barny Big Bash

5:40pm Thursday 19th June 2008

BARNARD Castle has got a foot on the music festival ladder. This August the town is home to an amazing line-up of some of the best UK and international musicians and groups.

Hall of Famers pair up for North-East gig

2:52pm Thursday 12th June 2008

AUGUST sees visits to the North-East by a legendary combination of musicians performing for the first time together in the UK and featuring both US and UK inductees to the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame: Steve Cropper of Booker T and the MGs (1992) and John Steel of The Animals (1994).

All that jazz

2:56pm Thursday 5th June 2008

AN extra dimension was added to Jazz North East's On the Outside Festival, which starts tomorrow, when singer Maggie Nicols revealed that she may throw a bit of tap dancing into her act.

Stockton Fringe Festival

4:58pm Thursday 15th May 2008

LEGENDARY is an often over-used term, but in the case of the latest headliners to be announced for this year's Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival, it hardly begins to describe The Happy Mondays.

Alistair’s tour kicks off at the Arc

12:59pm Thursday 8th May 2008

ALISTAIR Griffin is set to lose his nickname "that bloke from Fame Academy" as he hits the road for a national tour supporting up and coming band, Ivyrise.

Academy welcomes pioneers of oddpop

8:43pm Thursday 1st May 2008

UK pioneers of oddpop, The Hoosiers, will be touring to Newcastle's Academy on October 13.

Tour news

5:18pm Thursday 24th April 2008

NEWCASTLE-based NE1FM community radio station presenter Sam Harris stages a fundraising night at The Swallow Hotel, Gateshead on Sunday between 7pm-11pm.

Jazz vocalist returns to Durham for only North-East date

11:57am Friday 18th April 2008

FORMER Durham student, Gwyneth Herbert, returns to the city's Gala Theatre next month as a highly-acclaimed jazz vocalist.

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