Folk rock veterans Lindisfarne are playing the UK’s theatres and festivals in 2022.
Fielding a rich repertoire of much-loved hit songs like Meet Me On The Corner, Fog On The Tyne, Lady Eleanor and Run For Home, Lindisfarne enjoy a reputation for live performance guaranteed to get crowds on their feet and singing along.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the band’s album Fog on The Tyne hitting the number one spot in the album charts and a similar achievement for single Meet Me On The Corner, penned by co-founder and current band member Rod Clements.
“We are having a great time on the road,” says Rod.
“The big thing this year was rejuvenating our set list, keeping the hits in of course, but introducing also some other songs from our past we’ve not played for a while and that went down exceptionally well.”
The dates come as the Lindisfarne ‘live’ experience comes to the home screen and player with a DVD release of 2021 concert performances expected later this year along with a definitive 6CD box set of the band’s BBC session work dating right back to its origins.
Full details on venues and tickets at https://www.lindisfarne.com/
Photo credits: Jason Warnes/Gren Sowerby
LINDISFARNE LIVE DATES 2022
Date
23rd Sept CHELMSFORD Social Club TICKETS
24th Sept BOGNOR Alexandra Theatre TICKETS
30th Sept OSWALDTWISTLE Civic Arts Centre TICKETS
1st Oct MINEHEAD Butlins – Big Weekends TICKETS
15th Oct SKEGNESS Butlins – Big Weekends TICKETS
26th Oct WAVENDON Stables TICKETS
27th Oct LEEDS City Varieties TICKETS
18th Nov MORECAMBE The Platform TICKETS
19th Nov CARLISLE Old Fire Station TICKETS
1st Dec CARLISLE Old Fire Station TICKETS
2nd Dec KINROSS Green Hotel TICKETS
3rd Dec KINROSS Green Hotel TICKETS
4th Dec KINROSS Green Hotel TICKETS
9th Dec LIVERPOOL Philharmonic (Music Room) TICKETS
10th Dec LIVERPOOL Philharmonic (Music Room) TICKETS
11th Dec MANCHESTER Stoller Hall TICKETS
17th Dec NEWCASTLE City Hall TICKETS
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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.
But then Lindisfarne pretty much never went away and 50 years later continue entertaining crowds 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.
Fast forward to 2022 and today’s Lindisfarne comprises a classic five-piece line up of long-time 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