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Overall Rating: 6.5/10 Highlight: Mothers It’s not every day that you come across indie pop albums about grand theft gorilla. If that’s what you’ve been searching for though, today is your lucky day. Blossoms are back with their latest album Gary, and they’re getting groovy. Fresh off the back of their third UK number-one album, […]
Ocean Colour Scene have announced that they will be coming to the North East as part of their 22-date UK & Ireland tour in 2025. The band announced their latest tour following a string of successful summer festival appearances. Looking ahead to the tour, lead vocalist Simon Fowler said, “Having had such a great time […]
“I want to be the lighthouse / Bring all of you together”: Stevie Nicks, the transcendent songstress of Fleetwood Mac legend, has released her first single in two years, raising her own flag for women’s rights in the teeth of America’s anti-abortion court ruling. The Lighthouse is Nicks’ protest against the American Supreme Court’s decision, […]
After 16 years, The Cure are back with their new single ‘Alone’. The legendary post-punk outfit premiered the first song off of their upcoming album Songs of a Lost World exclusively on BBC Radio 6. The track opens in classic The Cure fashion, with a lengthy instrumental intro. As the first song on the album, […]
Sting, legendary ex-frontman of The Police, has announced the UK dates of his world tour – but he is not coming to his native North East. The STING 3.0 tour will hit a variety of towns and cities next summer, including Tetbury, Liverpool, Glasgow, Cannock, and Cardiff, and include headline slots at the Isle of […]
A North East music centre is asking locals to reach into their pockets and give money to support their community. The Forum Music Centre, in Darlington, which promotes local music, launched a community share offer on Friday 20th September, asking the public to invest directly in its future ability to support local musicians. Money contributed […]
A former University of Sunderland student has reached number two in the music charts after his debut release. Nathan Brown, from Ryhope, Sunderland had his first single released earlier this month after signing with Italian record label DPE. His two track EP went to number two in the Beatport electronic music chart. The single ‘I […]
Small music venues are in crisis, according to the Music Venue Trust, 66 venues have closed in the last 12 months. However, we at Spark believe they need celebrating. As part of this we went to Cobalt Studios and asked them why they love their venue and why you should too. One of the reasons […]
