Frank Turner kicked off his Campfire Punkrock Twenty Tour with a raucous, high-energy sing-along at Newcastle University’s Student Union last Wednesday. This, show number 3135 (his 23rd in Newcastle), ...

What did you expect from The Vaccines? Fifteen years ago, The Vaccines stormed into the British consciousness, seemingly out of nowhere, transitioning from 100 capacity venues to 1000+ in the blink of ...

The Cramlington Train Wreckers hits Theatre Royal Newcastle on 12th July, bringing the centenary of the 1926 General Strike ...

Joanna Long chats with Nicola Mantalios and Kerris Gibson ahead of their ensemble piece at Live Theatre, Newcastle on Friday ...

Enterprising Newcastle-based musician Idene Roozbayani is keen to redress the balance when it comes to how artists make money from streaming services. His brand new streaming platform, Fairstream, ...

We find out all we can about the Gateshead music-maker before their headline show at The Cumberland Arms on Friday 17th July ...

Newcastle’s Dinky Bossetti return this summer with double A‑side Sick Of Myself / Lovebombs, as vocalist/guitarist Jade Mia ...

From 1st July to 2nd August Queer Pleasure Archive takes up residence in Baltic Library, taking a fresh look at the library collection through a queer lens and making interventions that celebrate ...

NOVUM Festival drops its first wave of events, promising a three‑day takeover of culture, play and performance across ...

Twisterella returns to Middlesbrough on Saturday 3rd October with a new wave of artists announced for its 12th edition, bringing another all‑day sweep of emerging music across five city‑centre stages ...

With its hazy awakening, Holy Wave’s album opener US 54 brings us swiftly to a woozy driving groove with subdued synth and an ...

Mavis Staples is an astonishing woman, a living embodiment of the history of popular music. As one of the Staples Singers, with whom she started performing in the fifties, she was at the forefront of ...