The Daisy Hill, Sacriston ceases live music!
I am sorry to have to advise you that the owner of the pub has decided that no further live music/bands will be promoted at this venue until further notice. This is effective immediately. Your gig bookings for 2010, at this venue, therefore, are no longer available and it […]
Echo & The Bunnymen. O2 Academy, Newcastle, Monday 14th December 2009. A very atmospheric delivery from Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant and Co. Billowing smoke with lights often directed at the audience, rather than the players, kept the Bunnymen shrouded in a mystical haze which gave the gig a dream-like quality while generating a tremendous atmosphere […]
The Campus Academy, Sunderland, Saturday 28th November 2009. After first seeing Numan in 2008 at The Academy in Newcastle, touring his second album Replicas, I just had to catch this tour which paraded his third album The Pleasure Principle, also from 1979. This album, which was released under his own name rather than Tubeway Army, […]
The rumours were rife about the possible closure of The Egypt Cottage in Newcastle but we all hoped it wouldn’t happen. The three gigs we did there in January, April and July 2009 were all excellent and we loved this intimate, unique venue. (See earlier posts with gig reports and video clips). Another one bites […]
The Gala Theatre, Durham, Thursday 5th March 2009. The voice of The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell, was out touring with his new band and a new album titled Hooverdam. I love most of The Stranglers back catalogue but ain’t seen them live in any shape or form since 1985 so I was keen to see what […]
Lux Interior, lead singer of influential garage-punk act The Cramps, died Wednesday morning (February 4) due to an existing heart condition. He was 62. Lux started the Cramps in 1972. Their music was heavily steeped in camp, with Interior’s lyrics frequently drawing from schlocky B-movies, sexual kink and deceptively clever puns. (J.H. Sasfy … “The […]
Word came through via text just before we began our gig at The Daisy Hill on Friday that The Clarendon in Sunderland has closed its’ doors on live music. Three future dates we had planned there have now been removed from the web. Bumma!
Took the bike out today and called in on a great Sunday afternoon gig by 1977 at The Clarendon in Sunderland.
Bill da bass was in full comedic mode between songs while being typically chastised by Cass (drums) and Jax (guitar/vocals). The lads delivered the punk/new wave goods yet again with their never-tiring passion, reminding us […]
Velvet Revolver has officially sacked their lead singer Scott Weiland because they claim that he is not “100 percent committed” to the band. The group has been clashing publicly for the past month, after Weiland missed a series of concerts to attend rehabilitation. “This band is all about its fans and its music and Scott […]
During Velvet Revolver’s show on Thursday 20th March 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland, frontman Scott Weiland made a rather peculiar and unexpected announcement, one that stirred considerable debate among VR fans all weekend. According to several media and fan accounts, Weiland told the sold-out crowd that they were “watching something special … the last tour by […]
Wednesday 19th March 2008. In the afternoon, bassist Duff held a signing session at GuitarGuitar prior to an awesome gig at The Carling Academy. Having spent the last two years blasting STP and VR it was kinda surreal to see them walk on stage. Scott emerged sporting beard and shades and coated and scarfed up […]
The Carling Academy, Newcastle, Friday 7th March 2008. “Now the light fades out and I wonder what I’m doing in a room like this”. Fantastic gig! First time for me as a Numanoid. Have plenty of his early stuff but never got round to seeing him. Great light show and when was the last time […]
The Stone Temple Pilots reunion will touch down for the first time at the Rock on the Range festival, to be held May 17-18 2008 at Columbus, Ohio’s Columbus Crew Stadium (USA). Rock on the Range will be Stone Temple Pilots’ first show in more than seven years. Frontman Scott Weiland recently entered rehab but […]
Weiland told the Miami Herald (January 2008) to be on the lookout for a Stone Temple Pilots reunion in the months ahead. The band members are reportedly on good terms again after their less than friendly break-up in 2002, and Weiland told The Pulse of Radio a while back that he wouldn’t rule out getting […]