SHOCKING: 6 - What They Never Told You

Tina Turner’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

She made her name with Ike, but her stardom became all her own. As Tina: The Tina Turner Musical celebrates five years in the West End, we round up the best of a barnstorming performer

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023

"We were living on next to nothing and weren't even able to pay the gas bill": The song that transformed Dire Straits' fortunes and set them on the path to global fame

Inspired by watching a hopeless jazz combo play in a deserted pub, Sultans Of Swing sent Dire Straits on a journey to superstardom

Louder · Feb 10, 2023

Stadium starstruck by Kidman and Urban glamour couple

THE hallowed turf of McDonald Jones Stadium isn't foreign ground when it comes to star power. It's played host to football icon David Beckham, turned green and gold for the Socceroos and Matildas and been the playground of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. But Newcastle isn't LA, or even Sydney,…

Newcastle Herald · Jan 9, 2023

Sam Fender arrives on stage in style to Local Hero at intimate O2 City Hall gig

Sam Fender's sax player, Johnny 'Blue Hat' Davis, opened the show with a rendition of the Mark Knopfler classic

Chronicle Live · May 24, 2022

Thousands of fans sing along to Local Hero as Sam Fender kicks off second homecoming gig

Sell-out Newcastle Utilita Arena crowd get behind their local hero's homecoming

Chronicle Live · Apr 6, 2022

Nick Forbes 'nearly resigned' over arts funding cut clash with Sting, Mark Knopfler and Bryan Ferry

The council leader has looked back on a "low point" that saw him accused of exaggerating the scale of budget cuts needed in Newcastle to further his own career

Chronicle Live · Mar 7, 2022