The International Festival of Country Music introduced country music to the British public almost 45 years ago. The shows, promoted by the legendary Mervyn Conn, ran for 23 years from 1969 to 1991 at Wembley Arena. Hugely popular, the shows always featured the biggest stars of Country music fans were treated to outstanding performances by [...]
Donegal’s favourite son Daniel O’Donnell at Newcastle City Hall
If you were the kind of person who liked to attend Country Music Festivals then like me you will remember the halycon days of The International Festival of Country Music (The Wembley Festival). The Portsmouth Festival The Morecambe Festival and The Peterborough Festival. American acts of varying status appeared over a period of twenty five [...]
Evolution music fest is a sizzling success
There was little room for any sporting doom and gloom along the Newcastle-Gateshead riverside over the Bank Holiday Sizzling temperatures helped make Orange’s Evoloution music-fest a huge success as up to 35,000 music fans came to party. On Baltic Square and at the Innovation stage on Spiller’s Wharf they were treated to a host of [...]