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- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
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- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
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- Protesters refused cathedral appeal
Music
Futureheads set to release brave new album
INDIE-rock band The Futureheads are set to return with possibly their boldest move yet.
Album review: Simple Minds - X5 boxset
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
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
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
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.
Little Mix-ing it at the Brits
THEY weren’t up for any awards – but Little Mix still picked up a new fan at last night’s Brit Awards.
Annabel’s on song in Euro festival bid
A TEENAGE singer from South Tyneside could soon be gracing the stage of a European music festival.
Live review: Laura Veirs, Hall Two, The Sage Gateshead
BESPECTACLED American singer-songwriter Laura Veirs transfixed an enthusiastic audience with her folk and country-tinged ditties.
Album review: Ramones - Loco Live
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
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
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
RISING star Beth Jeans Houghton seems to have every ingredient needed for pop success.
Live review: Van Morrison, The Sage Gateshead
THE artist variously known as Van the Man and the Belfast Cowboy played a blinder for a sold-out house at The Sage.
Male vocal group will sing for their cuppa!
A MALE vocal group plan to hit the road to sing for their cuppa.
McFly and The Wanted top Mouth of the Tyne bill
TWO of Britain’s biggest pop bands will headline this year’s Mouth of the Tyne Festival.
Album review: Big Country - The Crossing (deluxe edition)
THIS lavish reissue marks the 30th anniversary of the debut which introduced the Scottish rockers’ much-maligned ‘bagpipe-guitar’ sound.
Madonna announces world tour, including UK dates
FRESH from her record-breaking performance at half-time of the weekend’s Super Bowl XLVI, pop queen Madonna has announced she’s hitting the road again.
Kings Of Swing recreate big band era
THE coolest cats around are vowing to take South Tyneside music fans back to the golden era.
Album review: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
THE 25-year old New Yorker rode an unprecedented wave of hype last year, with her singles, including the stunning Video Games, sending online communities into pandemonium.
Album review: Dan Sartain - Too Tough To Live
THIS is the sixth album by Birmingham, Alabama, native Dan Sartain, who’s best-known for his blues and rockabilly sound.
Album review: Django Django - Django Django
THIS arty quartet are one of the most hotly-tipped new bands of 2012, with this debut arriving three years after their formation.
60s star pulls out of Shields show
SIXTIES star Gerry Marsden has pulled out of a South Tyneside gig.
X Factor Joe headlines tsunami fundraiser
SINGING star Joe McElderry is urging South Tynesiders to support a fundraising concert for victims of the Japanese tsunami.
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Brave Lynda gets to meet her pop heroes
A BRAVE terminally-ill mum from South Tyneside enjoyed a special birthday treat this week – when she met her pop heroes.
Brits nominee Laura Marling set for The Sage
ONE of the brightest stars of the British folk movement is heading for Tyneside as part of her latest tour.
Live review: King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Hall Two, The Sage Gateshead
KENNY Anderson, aka King Creosote, returned to the region for the second time in a couple of months, for a very different show to his last.
Happy Mondays kick off reunion tour in Newcastle
HOT on the heels of the reunion of The Stone Roses, another of the defining bands of the baggy era have announced they are reforming.
Scooch star winging his way to Southend
A SOUTH Tyneside pop star is flying high after his latest gig offering.
End of the road for Minnie and the Victors
A POPULAR South Tyneside blues band are signing off.
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Big Country to tour classic debut album
ONE of the biggest rock bands to come out of Scotland in the 1980s are hitting the road to tour their classic debut album.
Album review: Frank Turner - The Second Three Years
AS the title suggests, this collection packages together odds and ends from the second three years of folk-punk singer Frank Turner’s career.
Album review: First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar
THIS is the sophomore album from Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, and one that sees them take an enormous step up from 2009’s The Big Black & The Blue.
Album review: Lamb Of God - Resolution
AMONG the most successful US metal bands of the last decade, this is the Virginia quintet’s seventh studio album, but their first since 2009’s Wrath.
Live review: Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations, The Sage Gateshead
AMERICAN singer-songwriter Josh Rouse has been on a long journey throughout his career.
Live review: Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, The Sage Gateshead
I LOVE tribute bands. You know what you’re going to get – very good musicians who have dedicated their lives to performing the songs of a band that they, and probably millions of fans, love.
- Tottenham Hotspur set to swoop for Newcastle United ace
- Footballer says sorry for horror-injury tackle
- Newcastle striker spared long trip before Sunderland clash
- Transfer Rumours Feb 22: Demba Ba, Asamoah Gyan, Newcastle, Sunderland, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea
- Transfer Rumours Feb 22 update: Demba Ba, Asamoah Gyan, Newcastle, Sunderland, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Leicester
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Weather for South Shields
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 7 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 25 mph
Wind direction: West
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Sunny spells
Temperature: 4 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 26 mph
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