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Futureheads set to release brave new album

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:33:30 +0000

INDIE-rock band The Futureheads are set to return with possibly their boldest move yet.

Album review: Simple Minds - X5 boxset

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:29:30 +0000

THE best thing about boxsets like this is that in just a few hours, they lead you through a journey which originally took several years.

Album review: Sleigh Bells - Reign Of Terror

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:25:27 +0000

THIS is the sophomore outing for the noisy Brooklyn duo, whose innovative melding of summery synthpop and vicious hardcore worked wonders on excellent 2010 debut Treats.

Live review: Cherry Ghost, The Cluny, Newcastle

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:22:31 +0000

WITH two heartfelt albums under his belt, Simon Aldred (aka Cherry Ghost) is still something of a cult concern.

Live review: Brand New, O2 Academy, Newcastle

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:19:30 +0000

MUSIC is rife with bands who have made successful u-turns, but the transformation Long Island quartet Brand New have made over the past decade is spectacular by anyone’s standards.

TV crew at yard when boat comes in

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:03:04 +0000

A SOUTH Tyneside yard will make waves when it stars in a TV documentary about a ferry contract.

Little Mix-ing it at the Brits

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:02:41 +0000

THEY weren’t up for any awards – but Little Mix still picked up a new fan at last night’s Brit Awards.

Landmark welcomes its 27,000th visitor

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:03:21 +0000

STAFF at a South Tyneside landmark have welcomed their 27,000th visitor to the tourist attraction.

Singer Sarah unleashes her vocal power

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:50:32 +0000

A TEENAGE singer from South Tyneside is preparing to make her solo debut in a classical concert.

Corrie actor’s tonic for Shields patients

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:48:56 +0000

FORMER Coronation Street star Bruce Jones made a surprise visit to South Tyneside District Hospital.

Rare Lowry painting could fetch £350,000

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:09:29 +0000

A RARE oil painting of South Shields by LS Lowry is set to sail off for £350,000 after coming back onto the market.

Annabel’s on song in Euro festival bid

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:40:25 +0000

A TEENAGE singer from South Tyneside could soon be gracing the stage of a European music festival.

Digging through coal mine’s past

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:32:41 +0000

MORE than a century after opening, Hay Royds is now one of the last working pits in the country.

Live review: Laura Veirs, Hall Two, The Sage Gateshead

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:56:25 +0000

BESPECTACLED American singer-songwriter Laura Veirs transfixed an enthusiastic audience with her folk and country-tinged ditties.

Live review: Big Country, O2 Academy, Newcastle

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:41:55 +0000

“OH Lord, where did the feeling go?”

Album review: Ramones - Loco Live

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:19:26 +0000

THIS is a long-overdue CD release for what was, at the time (1991), only the second live album by New York’s finest.

Album review: Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:19:22 +0000

FORMER Screaming Tree Mark Lanegan is often touted as a grunge legend, but he’s become so much more than that, having collaborated with Isobel Campbell, Greg Dulli and Josh Homme, among others.

Album review: Young Guns - Bones

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:15:05 +0000

IT’S become a cliche to tag music with phrases such as ‘stadium-sized’ and ‘arena filling’, but in the case of this Welsh trio, there’s no getting away from it.

Beth’s turn for pop success at last

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:59:43 +0000

RISING star Beth Jeans Houghton seems to have every ingredient needed for pop success.

Creative teen takes on literary world!

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:50:45 +0000

A YOUNG South Tyneside writer is following in the footsteps of her literary heroes.