Sunday Sun - What's On - Music & Gigs

North bands are ready to rock festival

Sunday Sun — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT

BANDS from the North will be joining Guns n’ Roses and Arcade Fire at a major music festival. CHLOE TAYLOR finds out more.

Be home soon pet

Sunday Sun — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

FRESH from their triumphant set at Glastonbury, the Pet Shop Boys are heading up North.

Bombay boys back for gig

Sunday Sun — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

BOMBAY Bicycle Club will be playing in the North tomorrow. HERBERT SODEN catches up with bass guitarist Ed Nash.

Dive into the festival experience

Sunday Sun — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

TWO of Britain’s biggest bands are to headline a music festival set in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside. LIZ LAMB has the details and brings you the chance to win tickets to the event.

Coheed and Cambria at Newcastle 02 Academy

Sunday Sun — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

FANS waited with high hopes for this American quartet to play their sci-fi progressive rock and heavy metal anthems and when Claudio Sanchez walked on to the stage, the pensive crowd exploded into cheers.

“THERE is growing concern that the President’s angry rhetoric is going over the top and risks dividing the United States and the United Kingdom“ – Tory MP and former Foreign Secretary SIR MALCOLM RIFKIND, pictured, on BP.

Sunday Sun — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

“A WALKING Smirnoff processing plant“ – Newly-unearthed description of BORIS YELTSIN, the late former Russian leader.

LANGHORNE SLIM at Cluny II, Newcastle

Sunday Sun — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT

THIS was one of those rare occasions when a band delivers something really special.

Go West back on road and travelling North

Sunday Sun — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WHAT'S the secret behind the sound of 80s band Go West? It’s all about compromise, singer Peter Cox tells Laura Wain.

Doherty festival coup

Sunday Sun — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ROCKERS Guns ‘n’ Roses and indie band The Libertines are thought to be among the headline acts playing this year’s Leeds Festival.

Fantastic line-up

Sunday Sun — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A NORTH club has announced a cracking line-up of gigs over the next few months.

DELPHIC at Digital, Newcastle

Sunday Sun — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE bar has been set high for a band like Delphic. They are one of the acts to watch this year and recently came third on the BBC’s Sound of 2010, so expectations were high when they played Digital as part of Radio One’s and Pete Tong’s In New Music We Trust.

GRIME artist Tinie Tempah, who is currently at number one with his single Pass Out, is heading to the Middlesbrough Empire next week.

Sunday Sun — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Creating a buzz within the urban scene, Londoner Tinie, 21, shot his first music video aged 17 for promotional single Wifey, which was destined to become an underground smash hit. Since then, Tinie has ascended into the mainstream. His highly anticipated album Discovery is due for release in early 2010.

Shedding Light on our success

Sunday Sun — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE chart-topping Editors are on another UK tour and will be in Newcastle tomorrow. LIZ LAMB chats to drummer Ed Lay about the band’s rise to fame.

Shambling in

Sunday Sun — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

HE’S more famous for his private life than his music these days but Pete Doherty has sold out two dates in the North with his band Babyshambles.

Undefined Headline

Sunday Sun — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ALPHABEAT – THE BEAT IS...: A clear tradition of Scandinavian pop/rock groups incorporating a male/female vocal dynamic runs from Abba through Roxette and on to Aqua, and it will surely be continued by a second album from Alphabeat, which is crammed full of catchy, undemanding chart-bound fun. The charming interplay between the two main singers certainly raises their sophomore effort above the vast miasma of contemporary processed and packaged pop. The beguilingly effective tracks here are Always Up With You and Till I Get Round. The Beat Is . . . also showcases a fashionable dance music swagger at times, with the current single Hole in My Heart and the title track proving particularly beat-heavy.

PICK OF THE UNSIGNED TALENT

Sunday Sun — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

NEXT week, The Journal Tyne Theatre in Newcastle will host the regional finals of Live and Unsigned – one of the biggest UK talent competitions in the music industry.

Gearing up for flight of the Falcon

Sunday Sun — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE Courteeners play the Radio 1 In New Music We Trust gig in Newcastle on March 4 before embarking on their UK tour. LIZ LAMB talks to the band.

Mixing it up with Maximo

Sunday Sun — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

INDIE rockers Maximo Park are offering up-and-coming musicians and bedroom DJs the chance to showcase their skills by remixing the band’s latest album. LIZ LAMB chats to keyboard player Lukas Wooler.

Evolution end for Donovan

Sunday Sun — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

LEGENDARY singer Donovan will be performing his last ever gig when he appears at this year’s Evolution Festival on Newcastle’s Quayside.

RADIO ONE’S IN THE TOON

Sunday Sun — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SOME of the greatest acts in the new music scene are heading to the North next month.