Shields Gazette, August 29, 1981: Difference between revisions
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Today is the big day that Tyneside rock fans have been dreaming of. | |||
It marks the beginning of the first ever major rock festival to be staged in the North-East. | |||
While the promoters pray for sunshine to bring in the crowds — and possibly people living near Gateshead Stadium invest in a pair of earplugs or prepare to spend the weekend away — local fans can count themselves lucky. | |||
Fifteen bands will be performing over the two days of the Rock on the Tyne festiva1. | |||
And summer time is normally such an entertainment black spot for rock fans, as the big local venues and the colleges dose clown for a seasonal break. | |||
All of which makes it a little surprising that the festiva1 organizers are showing some concern the weather. | |||
"I think if the sun shines over the weekend, then we should have no trouble packing the place," says promoter Barry McKay. | |||
"We would probably be all right even without the good weather, but festivals are so much more enjoyable if the sun shines. | |||
"There would be no danger of the festival being cancelled if it did rain. We are putting up a huge Hollywood Bowl type stage — which means that the electrics — and the performers will be all right. | |||
"Also a fair number of the crowd will be under cover." | |||
There is a feeling in the music business that the promoters may have blundered in staging the festival on the same weekend as the Reading Festival — Britain's only regular major rock festival. | |||
"I don't think that is true," says Barry McKay. | |||
"Reading does not worry us. I've looked at the bill they have and I don't think it compares with ours. | |||
"We have put together a list of artists that we know will appeal to local people." | |||
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