A PIONEERING punk band has sold out the first public concert at a North-East university venue for several years.
The Damned will play the 700-capacity Dunelm House, Durham, on Saturday, May 7.
The hall hosted some of the biggest names in rock in the 1960s and 1970s, but in recent years has largely staged student-only dance events.
Promoter Jon Connor said: "The response has been amazing. It's like Beatlemania. We are still getting disappointed fans ringing up for tickets.
"Within a day of the last article in The Northern Echo, the last 40 or so had been snapped up.
"We are staging the Buzzcocks there next and they are generating a lot of interest.''
The Buzzcocks and The Lurkers will play on Sunday, May 29. Tickets are £15, and £14.50 for students, available on 0191-383 0745.
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