Concert Reviews

It may well be Sunday night, but Tyneside’s dance music fraternity make the most of the final hours of their weekend as Moloko’s Róisín Murphy turns up the heat at the Boiler Shop in Newcastle. (more&...

Appearing box fresh from a main supporting slot at Eric Clapton’s Royal Albert Hall residency, a sharp-suited, slick greased hair Jimmie Vaughan presents himself onstage at Dingwalls tonight looking the real ...

In 1999 Tobias Sammet started his side project AVANTASIA. What was originally planned as a one-off studio affair, was revived in 2007. The album "The Scarecrow" was released in 2008 and was officially amongst t...

This three-day festival kicks off the summer touring circuit with bands such as Tool, Papa Roach, Evanescence, and more. (more…)...

Much has been said and written about the announced closure of The Borderline due to the devil’s own three-pronged axis of evil: Crossrail, soaring rents and high business rates. As I write, these three heinou...

There’s a scene in the 1959 classic movie Some Like It Hot where both a dragged-up Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are playing the saxophone and double bass with wild abandon and slap bang in the middle of these ...

Wildwood Kin makes a welcome return to the North East of England as part of the Under The Apple Tree tour curated by Old Grey Whistle Test legend Bob Harris. (more…)...

Time for a Thursday Thrash Throwdown at the Sanctuary in Detroit as Iron Reagan and Sacred Reich light up the night (more…)...

Armed with a name suggestive of being more familiar stringing a tennis racquet than a guitar and with an Amazonian figure of catwalk proportions, Belgrade born Ana Popovic is not your usual guitar goddess ...

US-based rap-metal outfit Hollywood Undead makes a rare appearance on Tyneside as part of their current extensive UK tour. (more…)...