The town of Newcastle is usually bustling with plenty of activity. Music isn’t just a fave pass time here ; the locals take their music seriously. There are many local bands jostling for Newcastle gigs held at the many entertainment spots and arenas all over the town. Newcastle also plays host to several countrywide and global artists who are always guaranteed of a warm reception whenever they come to perform for these funny music lovers. Any local artist or group that shows a glance of real talent immediately attracts a huge interest and following. The fans can be quite demanding so it is the privilege of the performing artist to ensure that the gang is pleased with their performance.

One of the most important Newcastle gigs of modern times was the concert by Motorhead at the Newcastle City Hall in November 2005. The band was in top form and started continuously much to the elation of the loving crowd. One of the highlight performances was the song ‘Killed by Death’ which caught the spectators and drove them into madness as they jumped and sang along to the words. In between their songs, they took breaks to switch their costumes which brightened up their performances and added to the subjects of the tunes.

The Roxy Music Newcastle gig held earlier in the year in January proved to be a disgruntlement due to very poor sound quality. The band is gifted and the difficulty was likely not of their making. The organizers were just sloppy and the bunch was kept waiting for long as they fiddled with the sound system. When Roxy Music took to the stage, the bunch showed a large amount of eagerness, but this was dampened by the distorted sound coming thru. In addition, there were several security staff who appeared to harass fans. The organizers disappointed the large crowd that had turned up to cheer an otherwise gifted band.

The Metro Arena in Newcastle played host to Paul Weller and his entourage in May this year. This came after an analogous event slated for December last year was delayed. It had been a breezy evening, and the wind energetically blew at the many imitation hair-cuts adorned by Weller fans. Weller took to the stage and gave a varied mixture of new and old songs at an exceedingly high tempo. The energy shown by the 52 years old performer was marched by the positive crowd. It’ll go down as one of the most successful Newcastle gigs this year.