An ensemble from Whitburn Band have featured in a popular BBC football show. Whitburn and the Whitburn Juniors Football Club were the focus of a short film in this week's episode of the BBC Scotland ...

With the new financial year approaching, benefits for claimants in Northern Ireland are set to rise. The Department for Work and Pensions announced a series of changes in January, which are set to ...

For those facing mobility challenges, the costs of transportation can add up. Whether it's maintaining a personal vehicle or relying on taxis it can quickly eat into your budget. To assist ...

“The game was open, it was cool to be on the radio”, he later told the band’s biographer, Graeme Thomson. “I remember hearing Party Fears Two by The Associates. Where did that come from ...

But, behind closed doors, things were beginning to fracture. “We were having a very, very difficult time as a band,” Chris Martin recalled to Rolling Stone last year. An array of problems were causing ...

On March 28, the English punk rock band announced their first North American tour since 2003 with a lineup of original members Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, plus vocalist Frank Carter.

The Sex Pistols, the legendary English punk band that helped the underground subculture of the genre to reach mainstream heights, is going on its first North American tour in more than 20 years.

Acclaimed alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine have announced their first tour in more than a decade - with a date in Scotland. Last time the band, fronted by lead singer Kevin Shields ...

Talk about quirky. Whitburn knew how to have fun with a difference 50 years ago. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get unlimited access to the website including ...

The organisers ran away with my money and others too. My band was not even given food, hotel and even water. My husband and his boys went and provided them food. Inspite of all of this we still ...

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