http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/ The Northern Echo /leisure/entertainment/music/news/ en-gb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:24:36 +0100 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:24:36 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/850268/?type=rsslogo http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4484935.Wyman_to_visit_Sage_on_UK_tour/?ref=rss ROCK and roll icon, author, restaurateur and legendary former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman continues to live life to the full with a UK tour which takes in The Sage Gateshead and Harrogate in November. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:00:16 +0100 1dd21dd59adc612db838c94dd501e9a1 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4472684.Neon_Kicks_off_with_four_track_EP/?ref=rss FOUR-PIECE Neon Kicks, based at Durham and Leeds, have won a national competition for student bands and will now have a fourtrack EP released on next month's cover of music magazine Artrocker. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:11:03 +0100 18be227dba66729c987e7fa860bb2f3b http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4460264.Michael_Jackson_is_dead/?ref=rss Tributes have been paid to Michael Jackson, whose death has stunned the showbiz world and left millions mourning his loss. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:29:11 +0100 d895a81ff384d9abedbd4f3eaa6b345a http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4460076.Catch_Durham_four_piece_Motion_Theory_in_region_before_UK_tour/?ref=rss TONIGHT at Newcastle’s Head Of Steam pub you can catch Motion Theory, the four-piece alternative-progressive rock band from Durham, before they head off on their second UK tour. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:47:14 +0100 7f4b24e675d157199f877789a2de667d http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4445460.Sting___s_Sage_debut/?ref=rss The iconic music venue, The Sage, is five years old and includes Sting in its celebrations. Viv Hardwick reports. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:38:46 +0100 0168eff5c9e48022f0a3e2e00271785f http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4433941.Byrds__legends_embark_on_UK_solo_tour/?ref=rss LEGENDARY former Byrds frontman and founding member, Roger McGuinn, returns for a hotly anticipated solo UK tour which includes the Sage Gateshead on Sunday, June 21. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:42:07 +0100 61dea28d538adcdfcabd93184203b712 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4432399.Oasis_concert_in_Sunderland_hailed_a_success/?ref=rss THE OASIS concert at Sunderland's Stadium of Light was hailed a success last night, despite long queues and transport headaches. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:29:48 +0100 1e6976ccb91d8b0316bd020cecfed9c2 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4431733.Oasis_of_cash_for_the_North_East/?ref=rss Big-name acts pumping ‘up to £40m’ into region’s economy. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:07:31 +0100 9f2f54b64de9ce42ae6756e5f0f3c5e9 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4425621.Thousand_attend_Middlesbrough_Music_Live/?ref=rss THE sun was shining and some of the country’s best known bands were singing at a North-East music festival yesterday. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:25:50 +0100 938058e5fa89d9b05baa3d08ee549451 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/music/news/4404500.Beverley_Folk_Festival/?ref=rss BILLY Bragg, Seth Lakeman, Peatbog Faeries, Lonnie Donegan Band and Peter Donegan, John Hegley, Peter Robinson and Eliza Carthy, Henry Priestman, Eric Bogle and John Munro, Tanglefoot, Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams are some of the acts lined up for the Beverley Folk Festival, June 19-21. Thu, 28 May 2009 19:07:58 +0100 2402c491ffcb815c8b9c4f4ee4067ba4