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Interview: Bee Gees metal tribute act Tragedy May 23 2012

IT’S one of the least likely musical mash-ups but in just five years Tragedy’s heavy metal take on the Bee Gees has become a must-see show for fans of tribute bands the world over.Read

Preview: Kilimanjaro at at World Headquarters Newcastle May 23 2012

MAKING their debut at a Boss Sounds gig in Newcastle on Friday will be an African band called Kilimanjaro – all the way from Newcastle!Read

Review: Elvis Costello at Newcastle City Hall May 22 2012

HOW does an artist with 20-plus albums and hundreds of songs choose the select few to fill a two-and-a-half hour concert?Read

Preview: Brit Floyd in Hall One of The Sage Gateshead May 17 2012

LLANDUDNO, Torquay, Whitehaven, Basingstoke and Gateshead have at least one thing in common.Read

Charity is inspiring our musical youth May 16 2012

A MEETING of North East minds and voices is taking place this week thanks to Samling, the Hexham-based charity that inspires musical excellence in young people. Sir Thomas Allen, who was born in County Durham, has many claims to fame.Read

Review: Westlife Final Farewell Tour 2012, Metro Radio Arena May 16 2012

THE kings of the charts proved they’re still Flying Without Wings as they gave thousands of fans the chance to say goodbye.Read

Kristyna Myles heading to Newcastle for Malmaison gig May 14 2012

A STREET busker who was snapped up by record label Universal is fast-tracking a career in the music industry with a UK tour which brings her to Newcastle tomorrow.Read

Preview: BBC Young Musician 2012 at The Sage Gateshead May 12 2012

IT has been a long road of hard graft, concentration, triumph and disappointment but with a glittering prize to drive the competitors along. The final push comes at 3pm tomorrow – and I don’t mean the last match of this year’s Premier League.Read

Review: New Order at Newcastle O2 Academy May 10 2012

DURING a titanic Temptation, Bernard Sumner is briefly bathed in light; rock royalty in a golden crown.Read

Interview: Singer-songwriter Amy Holford May 10 2012

ASK Amy Holford what it was like supporting singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner at the Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre in Newcastle on Monday night and she replies, quite simply: “Mind-blowing.”Read

Music hubs to offer “joined-up” music tuition in North East May 09 2012

ARTS Council England (ACE) has announced the establishment of 122 nationwide music education hubs, including six covering the North East.Read

The Royal Opera House comes to Middlesbrough May 08 2012

THE weather might be telling us otherwise but summer is indeed on its way.Read

Preview: The Heartbreaks at the Head of Steam, Newcastle May 08 2012

YOU would be hard-pressed to mistake The Heartbreaks for a 1960s American girl band, but that was the thinking behind the name.Read

Folk and Traditional Music degree celebrates turning 10 May 07 2012

FOR a decade it has nourished and nurtured young folk musicians and now England’s only Folk and Traditional Music degree is having a party to celebrate turning 10.Read

Review: Ladyhawke at The Sage Gateshead May 05 2012

TIMID and polite, Ladyhawke, or ‘Pip’ as she’s know to her fans, opened her performance with sudden white noise in pitch black.Read

Review: 10cc at The Sage Gateshead May 03 2012

THEY say nostalgia is not what it used to be. In this case it was an absolute triumph and delight.Read

Review: The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block at Metro Radio Arena Apr 28 2012

COMBINING their boy band appeal, the two American five-pieces served up one enormous, scream-inducing show.Read

Preview: Specialized at Legends, Washington Apr 18 2012

AN evening of ska, reggae and punk is heading to the region on a national tour celebrating the songs of The Specials.Read

Review: Dancing on Ice, Metro Radio Arena Apr 18 2012

JAYNE Torvill, Christopher Dean and their entourage of celebrity and professional skaters made it a night to remember as they began their latest tour in Newcastle.Read

Review: The Wrigley Sisters, Tyneside Irish Centre Apr 16 2012

JENNIFER and Hazel are twin sisters from the Orkneys who, over the last 20 years of performing traditional folk music together, have travelled the world.Read