Lindisfarne Christmas concert
Folk-rock band Lindisfarne are reuniting this Christmas in a bid to help save Newcastle City Hall from potential closure.
Folk-rock band Lindisfarne are reuniting this Christmas in a bid to help save Newcastle City Hall from potential closure.
Lindisfarne's Ray Jackson is inviting anyone who has ever played with the band to reunite for a Christmas show. The performance is aimed at highlighting the importance of Newcastle City Hall, which is under threat because of council cuts.
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.