‘The north east is the best region in the country’. Those were the words roared by native Geordie Sam Fender after he picked up the Mercury Prize for his album People Watching at Newcastle’s Utilita ...

The nominations for this year's Brit Awards were announced early on Wednesday evening with Sam and JADE in the mix ...

Through floods of tears, visibly shaking and backed by the deafening audience roar of “Toon, Toon”, Newcastle’s homegrown hero Sam Fender won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, People ...