Veteran folk rockers Lindisfarne take to UK stages in 2024 with 60 dates signed up including performances at 02 Academy venues in Bournemouth, Leicester and London’s Shepherd’s Bush.
Famed for hits such as “Run For Home”, “Meet Me On The Corner” and “Lady Eleanor”, the ever-popular Geordies under the steerage of founder member Rod Clements continue to win the hearts and minds of live music lovers over 50 years on from their founding in the north east of England.
Says Clements: “People keep coming back to Lindisfarne and while that carries on, we carry on.
“Each year we seem to put on more shows and we’re thrilled to be adding 02 Academy theatres to our itinerary in 2024”.
The tour coincides with the release of legacy releases by both founding member Alan Hull and the band itself.
The late Hull’s 4CD, 90-track anthology ‘Singing A Song In The Morning Light’ includes no less than 77 previously-unreleased tracks, with several dozen titles previously undocumented.
The package is being released by Cherry Red Records, the label also behind ‘Brand New Day – The Mercury Years 1978-1979’ a 3CD summary of Lindisfarne’s mid-period with Mercury Records including all the albums plus A and B sides of singles and previously unreleased live recordings from the time.
Lindisfarne 2024 UK dates:
4th Apr – LEICESTER – O2 Academy Leicester Fully Seated – TICKETS
5th Apr – NEWBURY (Oxon) – Arlington Arts Centre – TICKETS
6th Apr – EMSWORTH (Hants) – St James’ Church – TICKETS sold out
7th Apr – BOURNEMOUTH – 02 Academy Bournemouth Fully Seated – TICKETS
13th Apr – CLITHEROE – The Grand – TICKETS
14th Apr – WETHERBY (Yorks) – Wetherby Folk Club (The Engine Shed) – TICKETS sold out
10th May – BRADFORD-ON-AVON – Wiltshire Music Centre – TICKETS sold out
11th May – PONTARDAWE – Pontardawe Arts Centre – TICKETS
12th May – NEWPORT – Tredegar House Folk Festival – TICKETS
17th May – WHITBY – Whitby Pavilion – TICKETS
18th May – MORPETH – West Benridge Farm – TICKETS
24th May – LONDON – Cadogan Hall – TICKETS
25th May – CANTERBURY, Kent – Colyer – Ferguson Hall – TICKETS
26th May – BANBURY – The Mill Arts Centre – TICKETS
14th July – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE – Palace of Arts at Wylam Brewery – TICKETS
10th Aug – EDINBURGH – The Queen’s Hall – TICKETS
16th Aug – FARNHAM, Surrey – Weyfest – TICKETS
23rd Aug – CHEPSTOW (Monmouthshire) – Castell Roc 2024 – TICKETS
25th Aug – COTTINGHAM (East Yorkshire) – Cottingham Folk Festival – TICKETS
30th Aug – BEAL, Northumberland – Lindisfarne Festival – TICKETS
1st Sep – LONDON – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire Fully Seated – TICKETS
12th Sep – SUNDERLAND – The Fire Station – on sale soon
13th Sep – BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE – The Old Laundry Theatre – TICKETS
14th Sep – BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE – The Old Laundry Theatre – TICKETS
3rd Oct – STOCKTON-ON-TEES – ARC – Stockton Arts Centre – TICKETS
4th Oct – LOWDHAM – Lowdham Village Hall – TICKETS
5th Oct – GRANTHAM – Guildhall Arts Centre – TICKETS
6th Oct – BURY ST EDMUNDS, Suffolk – The Apex – TICKETS
19th Oct – STROUD – Subscription Rooms – TICKETS
20th Oct – FROME – Cheese and Grain – TICKETS
29th Oct – MILTON KEYNES – The Stables – TICKETS
30th Oct – HALIFAX – Victoria Theatre Halifax – TICKETS
31st Oct – SETTLE, N Yorks – Victoria Hall – TICKETS
1st Nov – SETTLE, N Yorks – Victoria Hall – TICKETS
2nd Nov – LYTHAM ST ANNES – Lowther Pavilion – TICKETS
17th Nov – WORCESTER – Huntingdon Hall – TICKETS
27th Nov – CARLISLE – Old Fire Station – TICKETS
28th Nov – CARLISLE – Old Fire Station – TICKETS
29th Nov – MORECAMBE – The Platform – TICKETS
30th Nov – FORFAR, Angus – The Reid Hall – TICKETS
1st Dec – ABERDEEN – Lemon Tree – TICKETS
6th Dec – KINROSS – Backstage at the Green Hotel – TICKETS
7th Dec – KINROSS – Backstage at the Green Hotel – TICKETS
13th Dec – MANCHESTER – The Stoller Hall – TICKETS
14th Dec – LIVERPOOL – Liverpool Philharmonic – Music Room studio – TICKETS
15th Dec – LIVERPOOL – Liverpool Philharmonic – Music Room studio – TICKETS
21st Dec – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE – O2 City Hall – TICKETS
Contact venues shown for ticket details and sales.
More 2024 dates to be announced at www.lindisfarne.com
ABOUT LINDISFARNE
“Meet Me On The Corner”, “Lady Eleanor”, “Run For Home” and “Fog On The Tyne” are all songs that continue to resonate down the years and in the process have slipped into the very fabric of British culture.
In 2024, Lindisfarne are set to entertain with an extensive repertoire of world-renowned songs delivered in the inimitably engaging way that has trademarked the band’s stage act right back to 1970.
That’s when band writers the late Alan Hull and Rod Clements emerged from Tyneside to quickly carve out a unique place for themselves fronting one of British rock’s most original bands.
Their pioneering sound, combining acoustic instruments like mandolin and fiddle with their electric blues roots, proved the perfect medium for their catchy, memorable songs.
The Clements-penned hit “Meet Me On The Corner” paved the way for their classic ‘Fog On The Tyne’ release to become the UK’s top-selling album of 1972.
Further acclaimed albums were to follow, buoyed up by powerful live performances. An accessible, unpretentious style bestowed them with an enviable reputation as festival favourites, while the Lindisfarne annual Christmas concerts held in their native Newcastle became the stuff of legend.
Today’s Lindisfarne comprises a classic five-piece line up of long-standing members fronted by original founder-member Rod Clements (vocals, mandolin, fiddle, slide guitar), Steve Daggett (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Paul Smith (drums), Ian Thomson (bass) and Alan Hull’s son-in-law Dave Hull-Denholm (vocals, guitars, piano).
Further information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindisfarne_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Hull
Available for interview: Rod Clements
MEDIA CONTACT
PETER MUIR peter<at>singsongmusic.com
ELLA MUIR ellamuir<at>live.co.uk