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Off The Beat #11 - a round up of all the gigs across Teesside for the next fortnight and as we kick on into autumn this is where things start to get busy and so now is the time to step out and take in some live music.
We kick off with a review of BBC Introducing at Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt...
Fantastic little one day annual festival at stages clustered around the mainline railway station in Darlington.
This year, for the first time the main Hippodrome Theatre stage was one of those venues.
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Fmttm Issue 638: Boro v QPR - Annual slow start issue - still waiting for first win - interview with Marrie Wieczorek #UTB
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A brand new Off The Beat #9 is out today. All your Tees gig listings plus a look at the legendary Rockgarden revisited with A Man Called Adam at Mima - we also review the mighty Nel Unlit back in their home from home, The Little Theatre Club, Toft House, Linthorpe. Plus, looking ahead all your...
It is a momentous day for women's football. England Lionesses are poised to play a World Cup Final v Spain and nearer home Middlesbrough Women begin a new chapter as part of the Boro. Hopefully celebrating a World Cup win this afternoon Middlesbrough Women play a home derby against Norton and...
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Off The Beat #6
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Following the sad death of former Boro coach and Scotland legend Gordon McQueen I thought it would be useful to reflect on the work of Dr Judith Gates and her campaign about the dangers of dementia from football. Dr. Gates is wife of former Boro centre back Bill Gates as well as being an...
This issue of Off The Beat #4 features one of the foremost touring protest singer songwriters in the world today - playing at his Teesside Home from Home - The Little Theatre Club - Toft House.
With the sun belting down outside and the Ashes going on our bi-weekly gig guide we also include a...
Rosedene Nurseries, which has 10 settings across Tees Valley and North Yorkshire, welcomed families across the region to a family fun day, featuring a guest appearance from Middlesborough mascot, Roary the Lion.
Children from all the settings headed to the Herlingshaw Centre in Normanby to play...
Tees music scene review, gig guide and gig photos from Off The Beat - June 2023 edition.
This is a little bi-weekly what's on, review and photo blog that hopefully helps support a live music scene that is many ways still recovering from a ravaging from covid, recession and austerity.
We hope...
Meet Middlesbrough Women's New Manager - Mick Mulhern
Last Friday was a massive date in the history of Middlesbrough Women, becoming officially part of Middlesbrough Football Club and appointing a new full time manager Mick Mulhern. Mick was the man that guided the women's team at Sunderland...
Tackle This? The Biography of Football Hardman Mick Kennedy by Johnny Meynell – Legends Publishing
Biography of Mick Kennedy – Boro, Pompey and Rep of Ireland midfielder. (Born 9 April 1961 – Died 9 February 2019)
Right Place Wrong Time would perhaps be the best phrase to sum up tough...
A wonderful little festival, Songs From Northern Britain showcases the brightest new talent from either side of the Anglo-Scottish border and rounds them all up to entertain audiences in the Georgian Theatre and Green Room, Stockton. Jointly promoted by The Kids Are Solid Gold and Tees Music...
No. 1 of Off The Beat - a new bi-weekly music review/listings from Tracy Hyman and Robert Nichols. Once, many moons ago we combined Tracy's photos and my words in a weekly review in the Evening Gazette - now we have revived the format to do our little bit to bring some extra profile to the...
And so it all comes crashing down. Not on the crisp turf of Wembley, as perhaps seemed the stronger possibility, but at fortress Riverside.
It seemed like a statistical improbability. Not only had we not failed to score in a single game there in Michael Carrick’s tenure as Middlesbrough...
No. 1 of Off The Beat - a new bi-weekly music review/listings from Tracy Hyman and Robert Nichols.
Once, many moons ago we combined Tracy's photos and my words in a weekly review in the Evening Gazette - now we have revived the format to do our little bit to bring some extra profile to the live...
Fmttm Issue 636 v Coventry City - possibly the first of three games in a row against the Sky Blues - important interview inside with Dr Judith Gates - Head for Change; Unpleasant End of Term Exam; The Many Moods of Michael: Upwards and Onwards Boro in the play offs etc etc.
And so...