Two popular bands from the BritPop period of the 1990s will help a town mark a turning point in its reasonably brief history, later on this month.
In a very first for Newton Aycliffe, a live music celebration will be staged to mark the County Durham brand-new town’s 75th anniversary, on Saturday July 29.
The AycLive event will include 8 live bands, consisting of heading acts, 1990s’ chart-busters’ Cast and Dodgy.
Indie-rockers Cast, formed in Liverpool in 1992, saw their launching collection, All Change, in 1995, ended up being the highest-selling album for the Polydor label.
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Riding the crest of the mid-90s BritPop wave, the band took pleasure in 7 leading 10 hits, the best-known of them being Sandstorm, Alright and Flying.
Alongside Cast will be another well-known BritPop band, Dodgy, formed in Hounslow, west London, in 1990.
They were most likely most well-known for the hit single Good Enough.
Apart from the headliners, the celebration will likewise display regional groups, Another Crisis, playing ‘classic pop’ sounds, The Breakfast Club, concentrating on 80s’ music, a more 70s’-orientated band, Sleeze Sisters, the Gangsters of Ska, covering the 2-tone music of the two years, Northern Soul Elite, declaring the Northern Soul/Motown category, of the 70s, plus rock champs, Sound Divide.
The inaugural celebration will occur around the running track at the OakLeaf Sports Complex, on School Aycliffe Lane, from 12-noon till 11pm.
Showgoers will have well-stocked bars and refreshments/concessions’ stands on hand, plus numerous fairground trips, as a counter destination.
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Organisers think tickets are reasonably-priced, at £20, for grownups, and £15 for under-18s, in the 14 to 17 age band, with totally free entry for under-14s accompanying a ticket-holding grownup.
Online sales will sustain an extra £1 reservation cost, which is immediately included.
Further info and information of online ticket sales can be discovered by means of the celebration website, www.ayclive.co.uk, while the AycLive group can be followed on Facebook by ‘liking’ and ‘sharing’ AycLive.
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The AycLive Events group wants to make the celebration a yearly occasion, with the assistance of townsfolk in Newton Aycliffe and music-lovers throughout the area.
It is said to have actually been 2 years in the preparation, with the help of ShildonLive organisers, Northern Productions, supported by Great Aycliffe Town Council, Gestamp, Kudos Commercial Finance and McDonalds (Newton Park).
Organisers likewise thanked Aycliffe Radio and Stuart McLean, the combined driving forces behind the task.
