The call of the 60s
	3:55pm Thu 24 Jan 08
	A 50-year career is beckoning, as 60s star Pete Langford talks to Viv Hardwick about the highs and lows of touring

Little big time

3:38pm Friday 18th January 2008

Andy Welch and Viv Hardwick look at the potential hit-makers over the next 12 months

Smooth starters

6:18pm Friday 11th January 2008

Viv Hardwick talks to radio boss Kevin Howard as Smooth Radio takes to the air at Gateshead

Amy-azing 07

4:44pm Friday 28th December 2007

So did anyone have a more eventful pop year than Amy Winehouse?

The Futureheads, Independent, Sunderland

10:21am Monday 10th December 2007

BEING dropped by your record label after two albums might put some acts off. Being faced with such a vote of no-confidence could sound the death knell for a band, but The Futureheads have never been an outfit to take the road most travelled.

	Festive fun
	2:59pm Thu 29 Nov 07
	Two musical events are helping to put Middlesbrough on the map next weekend. Viv Hardwick reports

Northern Sinfonia and Chorus, The Sage Gateshead

9:27am Tuesday 27th November 2007

THE Northern Sinfonia and Chorus, under the baton of the young Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet- Seguin, presented an imaginative mix of Bachs at their latest concert at The Sage Gateshead.

	Roar of reggae
	5:53pm Thu 15 Nov 07
	AS Britain's biggest reggae festival heads for Tyneside, Viv Hardwick talks to organiser Adam Collerton
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	No regrets
	4:55pm Thu 18 Oct 07
	Michael Quinn talks to Steve Pratt about having no regrets as a TV Grease also-ran as he takes Dirty Dancing on tour to York

Soul survivor

12:27pm Thursday 27th September 2007

Beverley Knight tells Viv Hardwick she has sympathy for Amy Winehouse as she begins a massive UK tour which includes Middlesbrough and Gateshead.

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