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.
It's been two decades since folk band Lindisfarne has performed at Newcastle City Hall over Christmas.
Now they are back and it's opening night tonight! Queues were down the street when the box office opened, and they sold 1,000 tickets in 60 minutes. The band has called the come-back 'the ultimate Geordie night out' with Ray Jackson fronting the shows this Christmas.
"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.