Sam Fender has rescheduled his upcoming shows at the O2 Academy Newcastle due to illness. The sold-out shows for the 4th and 6th of February have now been rescheduled for the 17th and 19th of February respectively. This follows a previous cancellation and subsequent rescheduling of his gigs in December. […]
Newcastle based This Is Tomorrow festival has just two female headline acts this year. The festival, which takes place on the Newcastle Town Moor will be on the weekend of May 22-24. Of the 16 headliners due to perform, just two are female or have female members. This comes as […]
Tits Upon Tyne is a live music fundraiser that was started in 2019, recruiting local bands and out of town artists with the aim to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. Natalie Greener is a student at Northumbria University, who created a whole festival from nothing other than […]
Newcastle College student Abby Hillyer has set up new initiative aimed at helping women and non-binary people break into the music industry. Soundlass was created from a passion of getting women into the music industry after a successful all-female music event was set up by Abby herself, including […]
BBC Music Introducing in the North East have revealed the local artists that they tip for 2020, and it features some familiar faces… These artists could follow in the footsteps of previous BBC Music Introducing favorites such as BRIT’s Critic’s Choice winner Sam Fender, BBC Radio 1 playlisted L […]
Popstar Jade Thirlwall has teamed up with leisure operators Red Door to open a late-night cocktail bar in her hometown of South Shields. The 350 capacity venue, situated on Ocean Road, is owned by Jade but will be operated by Red Door. With successful bars already based in Liverpool and […]
£437 has been raised for Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen during a charity gig at Independent Sunderland last weekend. The show took place Saturday October 19 with three local Sunderland artists playing cover sets of famous bands to […]
Four local Sunderland artists are set to play cover sets as four famous bands for one night only in the hope to raise funds for Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen. Plastic Glass are playing as Arctic Monkeys, Ryan Robinson is playing as Oasis, The Tonalities are playing as Queen and Lost […]
Emeli Sandé MBE, the multi-platinum selling singer and songwriter, is to become the University of Sunderland’s new Chancellor, following in the footsteps of Steve Cram CBE who steps down after 11 years in the role. Emeli will be installed as Chancellor in a ceremony to be held during the University’s […]
SR news has spotted one of Sunderland’s hidden gems: a location for remarkable celebrations of Greek culture, in a local bistro you have probably overlooked. Olive Affaire is a small bistro located in Sunderland city centre, local to the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. The family-run bistro has been open […]