North East Music Weekend Preview – 25th – 27th October

It’s Halloween weekend so what better time to get out of the house and sample what’s happening around the region.

Image credit – Joseph Jordan

With it being Halloween, the North East is a awash with club nights over Friday and Saturday night. RISE at Greys club, a popular alternative club night, is offering up an IT themed night on Saturday night running into the early hours of Sunday morning.

With four rooms open with music spanning from classic rock to metal, it should be a decent night as RISE often offers up on Halloween.

If that isn’t for you then World Headquarters is offering up an 80’s themed Halloween extravaganza with hits from the decade as well as soundtracks from various eighties movies.

O2 ACADEMY- Where the Wedding Present will play Saturday – image credit Joseph Jordan

However, if nights out are not for you then there are various artists playing across the region over the weekend.

Perhaps the most exciting of which is the visit of Dublin indie upstarts, Inhaler who play The Cluny on Sunday.

The band, who performed at This is Tomorrow in 2018, are quickly becoming one of indie’s biggest rising stars with a flurry of strong singles with their latest ‘Ice Cream Sundae’ dropping last month.

Punk band The Dunts also perform on Sunday night at Think Tank Underground with tickets from £8 as well as 80’s indie icons The Wedding Present who play the Academy on Saturday with tickets priced at £22.50.

Finally, Friday will see presale for This is Tomorrow 2020 go on sale with headliners such as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Foals topping the bill in 2019 it will be interesting to see what the third annual festival will bring.

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