WWW.NEVOLUME.CO.UK FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES WE’RE THE DECLINE OF MUSIC VENUES! LISTENING! WE REVIEW MADNESS AT METRO RADIO ARENA! ISSUE #41 FEBRUARY 2019 NEWCASTLE PUPPETRY FESTIVAL! LEONARDO DA VINCI IN SUNDERLAND! FOLLOW NE VOLUME ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: A FESTIVAL, A PARADE! WE REVIEW OCTOPUS8’S LATEST RELEASE! ON SOCIAL MEDIA SLEAFORD MODS AT MIDDLESBROUGH TOWN HALL! WE SPEAK WITH DEATH VALLEY GIRLS! PICK UP OUR FREE NORTH EAST MUSIC/CULTURE MAGAZINE! TO NE VOLUME MAGAZINE WELCOME ISSUE #41! Thank you so much for picking up NE Volume magazine - the magazine produced by local music CONTENTS and culture fans, for local music and culture fans. It’s time to get NEWS over those January blues because gig season PG.7 Du Blonde at The Cluny! is back – and with a vengeance. 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Thompson, Rosie Murphy, Charlie Richardson, Sam Dobinson, Whilst captivating celebrity fans such as Steve Coogan, Peter Wayne Madden, Tobias Halford, William Brown, Samantha Hall, AT ARC, STOCKTON Hook and Paul McCartney, John Cooper Clarke passionately Stephen Jude, Rhiannon Banks, Damian Robinson, Kyrie Morris. remains a man of the people and his work is a tribute to the ordinary, humorous and indeed sometimes miserable reality We could be about to see some big things from Welsh-born of life in modern Britain. He delivers gritty messages about singer John Adams as he dives straight into the New Year with urban life that have stood the test of time and are even more a seven-week-long tour around the UK. Taking to the stage at relevant today than when Cooper Clarke emerged during the ARC in Stockton as part of his ’No White Lies’ tour, attendees are explosion of punk in the 1970s. Songs, stories and verse will NE VOLUME sure to be treated to some open, heartfelt lyrics and mesmerising form a unique set stripped back by a performer who enjoys storytelling. His music career began busking on the streets, but nothing more than sharing experiences with his audience. IS A PROUD passion and powerful vocal ability have brought him to where Poetry is a vastly underperformed medium at local venues, and Magazine designed by Printed by JAK HQ Limited he is now – an artist in his own right with a wealth of musical this performer is one of the masters. Dr John Cooper Clarke Tom Brown Graphic Design. www.jakinc.uk SUPPORTER OF achievements under his belt. His popular songs include ‘See You heads to Middlesbrough Town Hall on Thursday 21st February. Again’ and ‘Dandelion Wishes’, however, John has already teased STEPHANIE THOMPSON Contact Unit 4 Station Road, ‘MvC Live Sessions and signed memorabilia auctions fund state a new EP for 2019 - and there is no doubt he will showcase email: [email protected] Chester-le-Street, DH3 3DY. of the art cancer equipment and intiatives into the NHS and vital some of this new material. John Adams plays ARC, Stockton on website: tbgraphics.co.uk [email protected] awareness campaigns’ www.musicvcancer.com Wednesday 20th February. KATHERINE SHANKS Tickets: £22.50 (+ Booking Fee) Tickets: £10.00 Advance | Visit: arconline.co.uk Visit: middlesbroughtownhall.co.uk 4 \\ NE VOLUME MAGAZINE 1. Alice Hadden NEWS // NE VOLUME MAGAZINE // 5 GIG PREVIEW GIG PREVIEW GIG PREVIEW 1 GIG PREVIEW SAM LEWIS PAUL WELLER + LUCAS RENNEY AT DALBY FOREST, NORTH YORKSHIRE AT INDEPENDENT, SUNDERLAND Paul Weller has just been announced as the first artist to take part in Forest Live 2019. The summer concert series, which heads Nashville born-Sam Lewis, who writes roots-based country music to forests across the UK including Dalby Forest, near Pickering, that moves the soul, makes his way to Sunderland on Friday 8th North Yorkshire, will welcome the iconic artist whose latest release February to play a highly-anticipated show at the Independent.