Metropolis present a killer line up, with The Futureheads, The Courteeners and more on Thu 4 Mar. This event broadcasts on BBC Radio 1 from 7pm as part of In New Music We Trust Live - 3 nights of music and shows from Newcastle.

His anonymous live show, playing under the band name ‘Light’, received rave reviews last year. Now multi-instrumentalist James McCartney embarks on his first ever UK tour, delivering a set of melody driven, hook laden anthems on Sun 28 Feb.

Bringing the noise to O2 Academy Newcastle, The Red Chord are joined by Aborted, Rotten Sound and Those Who Lie Beneath on Tue 20 Apr as part of their three-way rotating headline tour.

Still together after thirty-one years, The Adicts are one of the longest serving punk acts with their full original line up. Promising an urgent, uptempo and light hearted show, they hit Newcastle on Sat 1 May.