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Split Festival Christmas Special
01 year ago
Split Festival Christmas Show was brilliant last night! Bar was packed, there were bird masks given out by B>E>A>K, a lot of dancing to Hyde & Beast & lots of singing along. Especially to the The Futureheads & their
rendition of ‘the old dun cow’. To be honest i’m a bit sad it’s all over but can’t wait for the next split festival event!
I have put together a short video of the bands performing below. There were a lot of lights which are on the video just to warn you.
Split Festival To Bring Christmas Cheer
01 year ago
Following on from the success of this summer’s Split Festival, organisers have begun to programme a series of musical and culinary events, which will take place throughout the year, in different venues throughout the city of Sunderland. This is all planned to supplement their annual music festival, held every summer at Ashbrooke Sport Club and ‘give Wearside an excuse to party on a regular basis’.
The first of these events will be the Split Festival Christmas Special which will take place on December 10 at the Sunderland University venue, North Shore. The line up will feature live music from The Futureheads, Hyde & Beast and B>E>A>K and an aftershow club night with a DJ set from Frankie & The Heartstrings. There will also be drinks promos and festive themed food, from BBC Masterchef finalist Stacie Stewart. Tickets are only £12.50 in advance.
Split’s Barry Hyde, who is also front man of The Futureheads, can’t wait to play his beloved home city: “This gig is going to be a very special night; The Futureheads haven’t played a headline gig in Sunderland since September 2010! Far too long!”
In fact Barry will be performing in all three bands on December 10. He plays keyboards in Hyde & Beast, who are fronted by his younger brother Dave and the multi-instrumentalist will also be making a special guest appearance with B Split’s Richard Amundsen, who also performs in B Split’s music programmer and Futurehead, Ross Millard, had this to say: “After meeting Sunderland City Council and the University and getting them both on board, we’re looking to put on more big nights like this in Sunderland and bring in some national touring acts to North Shore in 2012. We also plan to have some good food at these events and Stacie Stewart, who currated our excellent food tent at Split 2011, will be on hand with some festive feasts. It’s exciting times here at Split and we hope to announce our next projects following this one early next year and also confirm the dates of Split Festival 2012.” Ticket details: £12.50 advance/£15 on the door. Tickets available from: Hot Rats, HMV, ALS, RPM, & See Tickets. See www.splitfestival.com, Facebook and Twitter for on line ticket purchases, further details and updates.