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Quick! Free tickets for Duane Eddy this weekend
IT starts with a crazed-and-cantering guitar salvo. Then comes an unmistakable low-string, spy-theme twist – a twang, if you will - that announces the fantastically titled The Attack of the Duck Billed Platypus, the opening track on his new album Road Trip. It is a track that serves as confirmation enough that one of the truly legendary guitarists of our time, the man behind Rebel Rouser and Ramrod, is back.
Artist’s tribute to Jubilee year
Tadcaster artist and novelist Clive Perry has unveiled his tribute to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
The Chevin - is big music the next big thing?
YOU might remember me rabbiting on a few weeks back in this column about Live at Leeds proving that the guitar band wasn’t dead yet.
Orchestral boost for HCS’s royal show
HARROGATE Choral Society are preparing to add their own sparkle to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a special show at the Royal Hall on June 2.
No protesting about Gaughan’s greatness
MORE than just a protest singer, Dick has been at the cutting edge of Scottish music for almost four decades.
Old Time Music Hall with some extra youthful energy
FINAL preparations are being made for Harrogate St Andrew’s Players’ Old Time Music Hall show which takes place at the Royal Hall this weekend.
Harrogate choir’s taste of X Factor glamour
THE X Factor came to Harrogate with the arrival of the hit show’s artistic producer Eliot Kennedy and his team at the Rock Up and Sing! Studio on Claro Road in Harrogate.
It’s not just Elton who’s got recipe for a great show
CHEF Ian King is polishing up his act in readiness for masterminding the food and drink at one of the country’s top concerts.
End of art year - start of future
HARROGATE School of Art and Design is to present an exciting, innovative and prestigious Foundation Degree and BA (Hons) End of Year Show 2012.
Punk’s not dead - and win Pigeon Detective tickets
IT’S one of the peculiarities of Harrogate which many people will be unaware of that this quintessentially Victorian town and bastion of classical music is also a stronghold of punk, writes Gig Sceen Editor Graham Chalmers..
LOCAL CD REVIEW: The Birdman Rallies - Moons (album)
BEFORE you read on I’d like to say you’d be better advised to buy the new album by The Birdman Rallies rather than actually reading this review.
Blues Bar owner takes over popular Leeds music venue
THE owners of one of Harrogate’s most popular bars have taken over the running of one of Leeds’ most well-known music venues.
Live at Leeds review
IS it a compliment or an insult to say that a lot of the venues in this year’s mammoth Live at Leeds all-day indie music festival seem to be full of people who don’t care which act is on?
No casualties on top night of comedy
SITTING Room is rapidly turning into Harrogate’s shiny gem of a comedy club, bringing monthly line-ups from the ripest pickings of the comedy circuit.
Feast of colour for the eye at new joint exhibition at Walker Galleries
WALKER Galleries in Harrogate are hosting a joint exhibition of the latest works by Caroline Bailey RSW and Jenny Wheatley RWS NEAC later this month.
Booming comedy club’s new show
FOLLOWING a sold-out show last month for Sitting Room when the Wharfedale Suite at the St George Hotel, Harrogate hosted more than 200 comedy fans, this popular Harrogate comedy club returns next Wednesday, May 9 with another strong bill.
Wind in their sails for top show
IT’S springtime and curious Mole, bored with housework, leaves his molehill to explore.
St Andrew’s feast of Music Hall
THE band are tuning up for the upcoming Music Hall extravaganza by Harrogate St Andrews Players.
In praise of 1966 and all that. . .
IT’S rare to get the chance to see art which sums up the spirit of the 60s without adding to its long list of clichés.
Dragongate Festival music line-up unveiled
THE line-up has been announced for Harrogate’s family-friendly three-day extravaganza of local music over the Diamond Jubilee Weekend.
All hail guitar bands!
GIG SCENE: THE guitar band is dead – well, certainly in terms of chart sales in the UK and US over the past few years. Oh, really?
Old-fashioned fun and games over bank holiday
RETRO games and activities are the order of the day this bank holiday weekend at Harewood House.
Stars line up for Northern Aldborough
ONE of the world’s leading pianists, Angela Hewitt, is set to headline this year’s Northern Aldborough Festival.
Festival 2012: bigger, bolder, better
HARROGATE International Festival’s summer programme looks set to be the biggest and boldest for many years.
Get set for Alan Bennett’s famous version of Wind in the Willows
AUDIENCES can look forward to some real animal magic next week as Harrogate Dramatic Society launches its latest production, Alan Bennett’s adaptation of the classic comedy The Wind in the Willows.
Win tickets to see Example in Leeds
SEE chart-topper Example play his 500,000-selling single Changed The Way You Kiss Me (and more!) for free courtesy of harrogateadvertiser.co.uk and SJM Concerts.
Silvertone come alive on the sofa
KNARESBOROUGH-based rock band Silvertone seem to be going from strength to strength after last year’s impressive debut EP.
Kevin Bridges to play Harrogate
TICKETS are on sale as we speak for top comedian Kevin Bridges, yes, Kevin Bridges (!) at Harrogate Theatre.
Major exhibition by pioneer of 60s Pop Art
POP Art pioneer Dudley Edwards is the focus of a new exhibition in Harrogate which captures visually the spirit of the swinging sixties in Britain.
Award-winning Spiers & Bowden for theatre gig
BELLOWHEAD founders Spiers & Bowden are to bring their exciting mix of pirate tales and Morris dancing, fiddles and squeezeboxes, Tom Waits and Benjamin Britten to Harrogate Theatre this weekend.
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