WHICKHAM, near Newcastle, has been added as a third date for the North East Fake Festival and will take place on Saturday, June 21, at Fellside Park.

License holder Bec Evans has booked tributes to The Killers, Kasabian and Kings of Leon (The Fillers, Kazabian and Kings of Lyon), as well as five local support acts.

“We have been in talks for a while now about adding a third date in the region, after the huge success with Tynemouth and Chester-le-Street Fake Festivals last year,” explains Evans.

“The festivals have proved to be a hit with people of all ages, and it’s great to be able to bring another live music event to the area.”

With ticket prices being kept low, the organisers are keen to provide a festival experience in the North-East with the chance to watch world class tributes bands on the main stage.

“Fake Festivals prides itself on staging community-led events, and after receiving support from North Tyneside and County Durham last year, we’re confident the people of Whickham will be wowed in the same way,” says Evans. “We have only just started letting people know about this confirmed date through social media, and early bird tickets are already selling quickly. This year there is an added bonus for ticket-holders, because everyone has the opportunity to register their ticket online for the free Big Fake Festival that takes place from September 5 to September 7, at Thorseby Park, in Nottinghamshire.

This means you can have four days of festival fun for the price of one.”

  • Whickham early bird tickets are available until May 21: Adult (18+) £15, young person (10-17 yrs) £8. Family (2 x adult, 2 x young person) £38, child (0-9 yrs) free. Tickets from May 22 are £18, £10 £46. Tickets on the door will cost extra.
  • Tynemouth Fake Festival takes place at Percy Park on May 3 and Chester-le-Street Fake Festival is at Riverside Park on August 2. For more information visit fakefestivals.co.uk or telephone 0800-652-2852 THE September Girls are to play the Head of Steam, in Newcastle, on May 5.

Their debut album, Cursing The Sea, is described as “a dark kaleidoscope of echoey drums, buzzsaw bass, angular guitars and reverb-drenched vocals that blends garage rock and post-punk to extraordinary effect”.

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The girls are Paula (bass and vocals), Caoimhe (guitar and vocals), Lauren (keyboards and vocals), Jessie (guitar and vocals) and Sarah (drums) and draw inspiration from the likes of Phil Spector, The Velvet Underground, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus And Mary Chain.