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Friday 25th February 2022 at Live Lounge, Sunderland (photo by Tim Ross)
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All gigs start at 9pm and are FREE ENTRY unless stated otherwise

2026

42 gigs
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Sun 4 January, 4.30pm – The Crook Hotel, Hope Street, Crook, DL15 9HU
Sun 11 January, 4pm – The Rum Pot, Red Rose Terrace, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3LN
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Fri 6 February – The Garden Farm, Carlingford Road, Chester-le-Street, DH2 3EH
Fri 13 February, 8.45pm – Live Lounge, Park Lane, Sunderland, SR1 3JE
Sun 15 February, 5pm – The Old Fox, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0HQ
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DARTS at Salt Market Social

Sat 21 February – Salt Market Social, North Shields Fish Quay, NE30 1HE. Presented by MJ Promotions (Ticket Only).

6.00pm MAD MANNERS (Ska solo)
7.30pm TUBESNAKE
9.00pm DARTS (50th Anniversary Tour)
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Sun 22 February, 6.30pm – The Phoenix Tap, Hillheads Road, Whitley Bay, NE25 8HS
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Sun 1 March, 4.30pm – The Penny Gill, Spennymoor, DL16 6QE
Fri 6 March – The Beamish Mary Inn, No Place, Beamish, Stanley, DH9 0QH
Sat 14 March – The Voyager, 145 Anderson Street, South Shields, NE33 2RJ
Sun 15 March, 4.30pm – Shotton Comrades, Shotton Colliery, DH6 2QJ
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Fri 10 April – The Crown, Whickham, Gateshead, NE16 4DT
Sat 11 April, 8.45pm – The Sun Inn, Burnopfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 6PU
Fri 24 April – The Station, Killingworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 6RA
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Fri 1 May, 8.30pm – The Gunners, 10-11 Mary Street, Sunderland, SR1 3NH
Sat 2 May – The Fat Ox, Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2TG
Fri 29 May, 8.30pm – Private Party
Sat 30 May, 8.30pm – Heaton Buffs Club, Heaton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 1SD
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Fri 26 June – The Three Tuns, Sheriffs Highway, Gateshead, NE9 5SD
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Sunday 19th March 2017 at The Cluny, Ouseburn (photo by Angi Wallace)
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Fri 3 July – The Moorcock, Burnhope Way, Peterlee, SR8 2HW
Sat 25 July – The Queens Head, Front Street, Framwellgate Moor, Durham, DH1 5EE
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Sun 2 August 5.30pm – The Steelies, Westbourne Road, Hartlepool, TS25 5RE
Sat 8 August – The Old Fox, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0HQ
Fri 14 August, 8.45pm – Live Lounge, Park Lane, Sunderland, SR1 3JE
Sun 16 August, 7pm – The Cottage Tavern, Cleadon, South Shields, SR6 7PL
Fri 21 August – The Rum Pot, Red Rose Terrace, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3LN
Sat 22 August – New Hartley SMC, New Hartley, Whitley Bay, NE25 0RL
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Fri 11 September – The Beamish Mary Inn, No Place, Beamish, Stanley, DH9 0QH
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Fri 9 October – The Crown, Whickham, Gateshead, NE16 4DT
Sun 11 October, 4.30pm – The Penny Gill, Spennymoor, DL16 6QE
Sat 17 October, 8.30pm – Heaton Buffs Club, Heaton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 1SD
Fri 23 October, 8.30pm – The Gunners, Sunderland, SR1 3NH
Sun 25 October, 4.30pm – The Crook Hotel, Hope Street, Crook, DL15 9HU
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Sat 7 November – The Fat Ox, Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2TG
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Zombie Fest 2026

Sun 8 November, 6.45pm – Zombie Fest Weekender Day 2, The Lindisfarne, Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE28 8LG
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Fri 13 November – The Garden Farm, Carlingford Road, Chester-le-Street, DH2 3EH
Sat 14 November, 8.45pm – The Sun Inn, Burnopfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 6PU
Fri 20 November – Ignition at The Venue, Stanhope Street, South Shields, NE33 2DQ
Sun 22 November, 4.30pm – Shotton Comrades, Shotton Colliery, DH6 2QJ
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Fri 11 December – The Three Tuns, Sheriffs Highway, Gateshead, NE9 5SD
Sat 12 December, 8.30pm – Byers Green Club, North Street, Spennymoor, DL16 7PU
Sun 20 December, 4pm – Seahorse Bar Whitley Bay F.C., Hillheads Park, Whitley Bay, NE25 8HR
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Sunday 6th April 2024 at Whitley Bay C.C. (photo by danielle amin)
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All gigs start at 9pm and are FREE ENTRY unless stated otherwise

2027

31 gigs
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Sun 10 January, 4.30pm – The Crook Hotel, Hope Street, Crook, DL15 9HU
Fri 15 January, 8.45pm – Live Lounge, Park Lane, Sunderland, SR1 3JE
Sun 17 January, 4.30pm – The Penny Gill, Spennymoor, DL16 6QE
Mon 25 January – Mill View Social Club, Fulwell, Sunderland, SR6 9AE
Sat 30 January – The George Stephenson Inn, West Moor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 7NJ
Sun 31 January, 5pm – The Old Fox, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0HQ
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Fri 5 February – The Rum Pot, Red Rose Terrace, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3LN
Sun 14 February, 4pm – Private Party
Sun 21 February, 5.30pm – The Steelies, Westbourne Road, Hartlepool, TS25 5RE
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Sun 14 March, 4.30pm – Shotton Comrades, Shotton Colliery, DH6 2QJ
Fri 19 March – The Crown, Whickham, Gateshead, NE16 4DT
Sun 21 March, 7pm – The Cottage Tavern, Cleadon, South Shields, SR6 7PL
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Sat 10 April – The Fat Ox, Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2TG
Sat 17 April, 8.30pm – Heaton Buffs Club, Heaton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 1SD
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Fri 28 May, 8.45pm – Live Lounge, Park Lane, Sunderland, SR1 3JE
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Sat 5 June – The Old Fox, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0HQ
Sat 26 June, 8.30pm – Byers Green Club, North Street, Spennymoor, DL16 7PU
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Sat 3 July – The George Stephenson Inn, West Moor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 7NJ
Sun 11 July, 4pm – Seahorse Bar Whitley Bay F.C., Hillheads Park, Whitley Bay, NE25 8HR
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Fri 6 August – The Rum Pot, Red Rose Terrace, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3LN
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Fri 10 September – The Crown, Whickham, Gateshead, NE16 4DT
Fri 24 September, 8.45pm – Live Lounge, Park Lane, Sunderland, SR1 3JE
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Sun 10 October, 4.30pm – The Penny Gill, Spennymoor, DL16 6QE
Sun 17 October, 5pm – The Old Fox, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0HQ
Sat 23 October – The Fat Ox, Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2TG
Sun 24 October, 4.30pm – The Crook Hotel, Hope Street, Crook, DL15 9HU
Sat 30 October, 8.30pm – Heaton Buffs Club, Heaton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 1SD
Sun 31 October, 4.30pm – Shotton Comrades, Shotton Colliery, DH6 2QJ
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Sun 7 November, 5.30pm – The Steelies, Westbourne Road, Hartlepool, TS25 5RE
Sun 14 November, 6pm – The Grey Horse, Old Penshaw Village, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 7ER
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Sun 19 December, 4pm – Seahorse Bar Whitley Bay F.C., Hillheads Park, Whitley Bay, NE25 8HR
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Friday 4th November 2022 at The Rose Inn, Wallsend (photo by Nicola Bowden)
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Gig Stats:
2025 57 gigs
2024 54 gigs
2023 54 gigs
2022 58 gigs
2021 32 gigs … Coronavirus Pandemic: gigs in July to December only
2020 23 gigs … Coronavirus Pandemic: 57 gigs cancelled out of 80 bookings
2019 79 gigs
2018 78 gigs
2017 74 gigs
2016 66 gigs
2015 58 gigs
2014 54 gigs … Tenth Line-Up: Martin Craggs replaces Tom Atkinson on guitar from April
2013 63 gigs
2012 34 gigs
2011 45 gigs
2010 51 gigs
2009 52 gigs
2008 49 gigs
2007 14 gigs … Ninth Line-Up: Tom Atkinson replaces Dave Lunn on guitar from June after a 6 months break
2006 23 gigs
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992 09 gigs … A 5-piece Tubesnake is launched and gigs for the first time on 12th September 1992
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Saturday 18th December 2018 at The Ship Inn, Benton (photo by paul smith)
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“Music is your only friend. Until the end.”

Jim Morrison
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