![]() Vox Magazine End Of Year Lists.. UK Publication From the makers of NME. Last edition June 1. End of year lists : -! Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray. Morrissey - Your Arsenal. Tom Waits - Bone Machine. Elvis Presley - The King Of Rock And Roll (The Complete 5. ![]() Masters)9. Faith No More - Angel Dust. The Fall - Code: Selfish. Prefab Sprout - Life Of Surprises - The Best Of Prefab Sprout. Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream. Julian Cope - Floored Genius - The Best Of Julian Cope And The. Teardrop Explodes. ![]() A fan applauds Ocean Colour Scene in Moseley Park, 2016 (Photo: Graham Young) “We are hoping it will also give a push to local bands who will include The Twang. The Brit Awards takes place tonight, with the likes of Justin Bieber and Little Mix scheduled to perform. But it wasn't always thus. The annual ceremony was once a. When an AccurateRip program is installed, it will be in an unconfigured state for the reason no accurate rips can take place until the offset of your CD. MILE END AND NEEDLE DROPS: DANNY BOYLE ON BRITPOP AND THE MUSIC OF TRAINSPOTTING. Pitchfork: Britpop was an important part of the Trainspotting soundtrack: Blur. A Record Store Day participating store is defined as a physical retailer whose product line consists of at least 50% music whose company is not publicly owned. Neneh Cherry - Home Brew. The Beautiful South - 0. The follow up to 2015's acclaimed High on Tulsa Heat. The new album from John Moreland is an honest, bruising experience. A beautiful record about love, faith and the. The Virgin All-time Album Top 1000 List From the book by Colin Larkin. Colin says almost 200,000 people participated in the poll. He also notes, that the poll is. Direct link to this description. WORCESTERSHIRE is an inland shire in the west midland, near the Welsh border and in the basin of the Severn, not far above the reach. The Beautiful South. Neil Young - Harvest Moon. The Black Crows - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion. Reggae Album - Bob Marley - Songs Of Freedom. Dance, Rap And Soul Album - Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months And. Days In The Life Of. The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads. Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been. Pj Harvey - Rid Of Me. New Order - Republic. Neil Young - Unplugged. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen. Teenage Fanclub 0 Thirteen. The Breeders - Last Splash. American Music Club - Mercury. Aimee Mann - Whatever. The Posies - Frosting On The Beater. Paul Weller - Wild Wood. Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day. Also Mentiond: . Oasis - Definitely Maybe. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication. Morrissey - Vauxhall And I5. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible. Nirvana - Unplugged In New York. Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Sleeps With Angels. Hole - Live Through This. Suede - Dog Man Star. Echobelly - Everyone's Got One. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Let Love In. The Beautiful South - Miaow. Suger - File Under: Easy Listening. Various Artists - Natural Born Killers Soundtrack. Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star. Deus - Worst Case Scenario. Counting Crows - Auguset And Everything After. Shane Macgowan And The Popes - The Snake. Dinosaur Jr - Without A Sound. Blues Album - Elmore James - The Classic Early Recordings 1. Country Album - Willie Nelson - Healing Hands Of Time. ![]() Dance Album - Portishead - Dummy. Jazz Album - Joshua Redman - Wish. Reggae Album - Terror Fabulous - Yaga Yaga. Roots Album - Ali Rarka Toure With Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu. Vox 1. 99. 4 Singles. Veruca Salt - Seether. The Beastie Boys - Sabotage. G- Love And Special Sauce - Blues Music. Stereolab - Ping Pong. Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust. Lemonheads - Big Gay Heart. Stina Nordenstaam - Little Star. Skip To Top. Vox Albums Of 1. Manic Street Preachers - Every Thing Must Go (Epic) 2. Beck - Odelay (Geffin) 3. Orbital - In Sides (Internal) 4. ![]() Dj Shadow - Endtroducing (Mo. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic (Creation) 6. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants (Boy. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (Mute) 8. Kula Shaker - K (Columbia) 9. Suede - Coming Up (Nude) 1. The Lemonheads Car Button Cloth (East West) 1. Screaming Trees - Dust (Epic) 1. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (Domino) 1. Ash - 1. 97. 7 (Infectious) 1. Nicolette - Let No One Live Rent Free In Your Head (Island) 1. Fugees - The Score (Columbia) 1. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream (Elemental) 1. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself (Columbia) 1. Tricky - Pre- Millennium Tension (Lsland) 1. The Divine Comedy - Casanova (Setanta) 2. Rem - New Adventures In Hifi (Warners) 2. Beth Orton - Trailer Park (Heavenly) 2. Placebo - Placebo (Elevator Music) 2. Afghan Whigs - Black Love (Mute) 2. Alex Reece - The Story So Far (Island) 2. Nirvana - Live From The Muddy Banks Of The Wiskah (Geffen) 2. Boo Radleys - C'mon Kids (Creation) 2. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (City Slang) 2. Babybird - Ugly Beautiful (Echo) 2. Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet (A& M) 3. Patti Smith - Gone Again (Arista) 3. The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly (Superior Quality) 3. Chuck D - Autobiography Of Mistachuck (Island) 3. Animals That Swim - I Was The King, I Really Was The King. Elemental) 3. 4. Ghostface Killah - Iron Man (Epic) 3. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Duphonic) 3. New Kingdom - Paradise Don't Come Cheap (Island) 3. Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals (Mca) 3. Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle (Blue Rose) 3. Tiger - We Are All Puppets (Island) 4. Sebadoh - Harmacy (Domino) 4. The Cardigans - The First Band On The Moon (Stockkolm) 4. Gallon Drunk - In The Long Still Night (Cityslang) 4. Nas - It Is Written (Columbia) 4. The Don Illuminati - The Seven Day Theory (Island) 4. Lush - Lovelife (4ad) 4. Terrorvision - Regular Urban Survivor (Parlophone) 4. The Beatles Anthology Ii (Parlophone) 4. Steve Earle - I Feel Alright (Transatlantic) 4. Folk Implosion - Kids Soundtrack (London) 5. The Aloof - Sinking (East/West) Compilation Albums. Trainspotting - Soundtrack 2. Rebirth Of Cool - Volume Six 4. Heavenly - Live At The Social I Vox 1. Singles. 1. Underworld - Born Slippy 2. Manic Street Preachers - Design For Life 3. Prodigy - Firestarter 4. Fugees - Ready Or Not 7. California Love 9. The Charlatans - One To Another 1. The Bluetones - Slight Return 1. Kula Shaker - Tattva 1. Kula Shaker - Govinda 1. Super Furry Animals - God Show Me Magic 1. Folk Implosion - Natural One 1. Nas - If I Ruled The World 1. Dodgy - Good Enough 2. Fugees - Killing Me Softly 2. Beth Orton - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine 2. Rev Corps Teen Jesus - Frankie Teardrop 2. Supergrass - Going Out 2. Rocket From The Crypt - Young Livers. Skip To Top. Vox Albums Of 1. Nick cave And The Bad Seeds . Wyclef Jean Featuring Refugee Allstars . Echo And The Bunnyman . Fables Of The Reconstruction/Life. Dexys Midnight Runners . OK Computer - Radiohead. Urban Hymns - The Verve. Vanishing Point - Primal Scream. The Fat of the Land - Prodigy. In It For the Money - Supergrass. New Forms - Roni Size + Reprazent. Heavy Soul - Paul Weller. Portishead - Portishead. Dig Your Own Hole - Chemical Brothers. Skip To Top. Vox - The Greatest Live Albums Ever. First published in Vox January & February 1. See Also: Mojo Live Albums. In Alphabetical order. Aerosmith - Classics Live II! The Allman Brothers Band - At the Fillmore East - 1. Aswad - Live and direct - 1. The Band - The Band (in concert) Rock of ages - 1. The Beach Boys - In Concert - 1. Blue Oyster Cult - On your Feet On your Knees - 1. James Brown - Live at the Apollo - 1. Tim Buckley - Live in London 1. Johnny Cash - A Folsom Prison - 1. Ray Charles - Ray Charles at Newport - 1. Ry Cooder - Showtime - 1. Sam Cooke - Live at Harlem Square - 1. The Cramps - Rockinnreelininaucklandnewzealandxxx - 1. Cream - Wheels of fire - Live at the Fillmore - 1. The Crusaders - Scratch - 1. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street - 1. Miles Davis - Live- Evil 1. The Doors - Absolutely Live - 1. Doctor Feelgood - Stupidity - 1. Bob Dylan And the Band - Live at the Albert Hall - 1. Bootleg). 2. 1. Joe Ely - Live Shots - 1. Everly Brothers - The Everly Brothers Show - 1. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Last of the Red Hot Burritos - . Aretha Franklin - Live at the Filmore West - 1. The Grateful Dead - Europe . Donny Hathaway - Live - 1. Jimi Hendrix - In the West - 1. Iggy and the Stooges - Metallic 2. XKO - 1. 97. 6 2. The Jefferson Airplane - God Bless It. Elton John - 1. 7- 1. Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power - 1. BB Kink - Live at the Regal - 1. The Kinks - Live at Kelvin Hall - 1. 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Traffic - On the Road - 1. Trouble Funk - Saturday Night Live from Washingtin DC - 1. Various Artists - Folk Festival of the Blues - 1. Otis Redding/Jimi Hendrix Experience - Historic Performances - . Various Artists - Woodstock - 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live Alive - 1. Velvet Underground - 1. VU Live - 1. 97. 4 6. Muddy Waters - Live at Newport - 1. The Who - Live At Leeds - 1. Neil Young - Time fades away - 1. Frank Zappa - You can. Skip To Top. Vox - 1. Albums That Shook The. World Part One 1. Vox's definitive guide to the recorded. First published in January and February 1. Move It On Over - Hank William 2. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan 3. Good Rocking Tonight - Wynonle Harris 4. Flamingo - Earl Bostic 6. Rocket 8. 8 - Jackie Brenston 7. Shake, Rattle & Roll - Joe Turner 9. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley 1. I Got A Woman - Ray Charles 1. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 1. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard 1. Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan 1. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 1. Please Please Please - James Brown 1. Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf 1. Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers 1. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry 1. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens 2. It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly 2. Apache - The Shadows 2. The Twist - Chubby Checker 2. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles 2. Lets Go Tripping - Dick Dale 2. Green Onions - Booker T & The MG. You Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles 2. She Loves You - The Beatles 2. Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen 2. Needles And Pins - The Searchers 3. House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals 3. You Really Got Me - The Kinks 3. Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas 3. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin - Righteous Bros 3. The Times They Are A- Changin' - Bob Dylan 3. Mr Tamborine Man - The Byrds 3. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett 3. Highway 6. 1 Revisited (LP) - Bob Dylan 3. Britpop The Brit Awards takes place tonight, with the likes of Justin Bieber and Little Mix scheduled to perform. But it wasn't always thus. The annual ceremony was once a riot of bad behaviour, with Oasis, Blur, Pulp and co outdoing each other at the bar as well as on stage. To celebrate those bygone days of Britpop, we've tracked down 5. The East Anglian Railway Museum - Blur's first gig (they were then called Seymour) took place in a goods shed at this living heritage site in Essex. They returned for an anniversary concert in 2. Camden - It was after a 1. Camden Falcon that Blur, still called Seymour, were signed by Dave Balfe and Andy Ross from Food Records. The Good Mixer in Camden is where the Oasis/Blur rivalry is rumoured to have started; Graham Coxon became part of the furniture during the Nineties, occupying his favourite spot and chatting to anyone who had the time. Neuschwanstein Castle - Country House was the single which won the Battle of Britpop for Blur. The cover features Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. Mile End Stadium - The running track and sports centre hosted a 1. Blur and featuring Pulp, The Boo Radleys and Dodgy. Pulp would later sing a less- than- flattering song about a flat in Mile End. Walthamstow Stadium - This former greyhound racing track, just off the North Circular, was where the cover for Parklife was shot. It closed in 2. 00. Trellick Tower - The video for Blur's single For Tomorrow features a whistlestop tour of the capital, with Primrose Hill, Trafalgar Square and Erno Goldfinger's Trellick Tower all appearing. Prague - The Czech Republic features in the video for the wonderful single To The End, taken from the album Parklife. Locations include the National Museum in Prague and Z. Leytonstone - A blue plaque was unveiled at Damon Albarn's childhood home on Fillebrook Road, Leytonstone, last year. Ford Street - This hamlet near Colchester is where Albarn lived from the age of 1. Among his haunts were Fiddlers Wood and the Shoulder of Mutton pub (still open). Goldsmiths, University of London - Albarn met Graham Coxon and Alex James at Goldsmiths College. Fellow alumnus Damien Hirst directed the video for Country House. Greenwich Peninsula - This London area, whose landmarks now include the O2 Dome, is where the video for Parklife, featuring Phil Daniels, was shot. The Charlatans were also regular visitors. Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton - Oasis played here twice in 1. Weston- super- Mare - The cover photo for the single which pitted Oasis against Blur in the battle of Britpop, Roll With It, was shot on the beach at Weston- super- Mare. It was chosen due to its proximity to Glastonbury, where Oasis were playing that weekend. The pier burned down in 2. Berwick Street, London – The album cover of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? The two men on the cover are DJ Sean Rowley, left and facing, and album sleeve designer Brian Cannon. Stocks House, Hertfordshire - The pool at this Hertfordshire mansion, once owned by the Playboy executive Victor Lownes, was where Oasis dumped a Rolls Royce for the Be Here Now album cover. It was a spa and golf resort at the time, but is now a private home. Primrose Hill is the location. Menlove Avenue, Liverpool - John Lennon's childhood home (a blue plaque marks the spot) appears on the cover of the single Live Forever. Derbyshire Moors - The cover photo for the single Whatever features the Derbyshire Moors. Southend- on- Sea - You'll spot Southend Pier in the video for Rock 'n' Roll Star, along with the bowling alley that used to live there before it burned down in 1. For other music videos shot in Southend, see this helpful guide. Cromford Station, Derbyshire - The cover for the single Some Might Say was shot on the platform at this railway station near Matlock. Wigan - An alleyway outside a Wigan boxing club is where the cover for D’You Know What I Mean? Bournemouth - That's the beach at Bournemouth on the cover of All Around the World. A homecoming gig at Haigh Hall in 1. Thor's Cave, Staffordshire - It features on the cover of The Verve's first studio album A Storm in Heaven. Hoxton Street - The classic video for Bittersweet Symphony sees Richard Ashcroft lip- synching while walking down a busy London pavement. He begins at the junction of Hoxton Street and Falkirk Street, before heading north. Richmond Park - The cover photo for Urban Hymns was shot in Richmond Park. Merton Avenue, Chiswick - The band walk out from Merton Avenue at the start of the video for The Drugs Don't Work. Thames Wharf, Hammersmith - The video for Lucky Man was filmed at this riverside spot. That's an English Electric Lightning fighter riddled with bullets. Lisson Green Estate, London - This Westminster housing estate appears in the video for Animal Nitrate. They reportedly used flat number 1. Holborn station - A disused Piccadilly line platform at Holborn features in the video for Saturday Night. Lindfield, Sussex - The village where frontman Brett Anderson was born and where he met bassist Mat Osman. Founding members Paul Draper and Stove King both worked for rival printers at the same industrial park in Little Stanley, on the outskirts of the city. Liverpool Street Station - As part of a publicity stunt, Mansun (funded by their record company) chucked . The incident can be seen in the video for Taxloss. St Barnabas Church, East Molesey - The life- size cutouts of the six Pulp members were added to a real wedding photograph - that of Sharon and Dominic O'Connor on August 1. A Different Class. Frank's Cafe, London - You can recreate the cover photo for Common People at this cramped little cafe under the railway at Kensington Olympia. Stepney's Nightclub, London - That 7. Sadie Frost, and Jarvis Cocker's sensational dance moves.. It's Stepney's Nightclub, which now lies abadoned beside the George Tavern on Commercial Road. Plans to demolish what has been described as a . Bhaktivedanta Manor, Watford - A visit to this Hare Krishna Temple by Crispian Mills, with his mother at around the age of 1. Briton and eventually form the band's trademark style. Tower Bridge - The video for Hey Dude sees the band performing on an open- top bus. Tower Bridge is the most recognisable landmark to appear. The name of their second album was Moseley Shoals. Leamington Spa - The cover of Moseley Shoals, however, features the Jephson Memorial in The Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa. Stoke - Their first gig, meanwhile, was at The Exchange on Trinity Street in Hanley, Stoke- on- Trent. The cover art for Japanese version of the band's second album, In It for the Money, shows the band sitting in a circular window at the restaurant. They were signed following a show at the city's Jericho Tavern - the same venue where Radiohead played their first gig. Portmeirion, Wales - That joyous music video for Alright, with bicycles and a bed on wheels, was shot in Portmeirion. The Royal Exchange, London – The band took a trip to the capital to shoot the cover image for their 1. All Change. Button up your sheepskin Caraway. Rainy cafe, Kentish Town, Tuesday. Barry's looking through the Racing Post. Orders coffee, another round of toast Radiohead Eldon Street, London - The Abingdon band were known for their quirky music videos, with No Surprises (1. Just (1. 99. 5) being among the best. The latter, which features lots of pedestrians lying motionless on the pavement, was shot close to Liverpool Street Station. San Leandro, California - Two videos were shot for High and Dry, including one at Dick's Restaurant & Cocktails in San Leandro, California. They returned to California to shoot the video for Street Spirit (Fade Out). Other early venues include The White Horse in Hampstead, the Esquires Club in Bedford, Powerhaus in Islington and Camden Falcon. Oasis, Blur, Supergrass and Suede all played there during its heyday. In number 1. 8 there lives a big butch queen He's bigger than Tyson and he's twice as mean In 6. Mr. Miller He's our local vicar and a serial killer. Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia. Newcastle upon Tyne. City and metropolitan borough. Nickname(s): Newcastle, The Toon. Motto: Latin: Fortiter Defendit Triumphans(. Newcastle also houses Newcastle University, a member of the Russell Group, as well as Northumbria University. The city developed around the Roman settlement Pons Aelius. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the 1. The port developed in the 1. River Tyne, was amongst the world's largest shipbuilding and ship- repairing centres. Newcastle's economy includes corporate headquarters, learning, digital technology, retail, tourism and cultural centres, from which the city contributes . Among its icons are Newcastle Unitedfootball club and the Tyne Bridge. Since 1. 98. 1 the city has hosted the Great North Run, a half marathon which attracts over 5. It was given the family name of the Roman Emperor. Hadrian, who founded it in the 2nd century AD. This rare honour suggests Hadrian may have visited the site and instituted the bridge on his tour of Britain. Pons Aelius' population at this period was estimated at 2,0. Fragments of Hadrian's Wall are visible in parts of Newcastle, particularly along the West Road. The extent of Hadrian's Wall was 7. Britain; the Wall incorporated the Vallum, a large rearward ditch with parallel mounds. The town was henceforth known as Novum Castellum or New Castle. The wooden structure was replaced by a stone castle in 1. Much of the keep which can be seen in the city today dates from this period. Incorporated first by Henry II, the city had a new charter granted by Elizabeth in 1. The Scots king William the Lion was imprisoned in Newcastle in 1. Edward I brought the Stone of Scone and William Wallace south through the town. Newcastle was successfully defended against the Scots three times during the 1. Henry IV in 1. 40. This monopoly, which lasted for a considerable time, helped Newcastle prosper and develop into a major town. The phrase taking coals to Newcastle was first recorded contextually in 1. He was persuaded to sail a shipment of coal to Newcastle by merchants plotting to ruin him; however his shipment arrived on the Tyne during a strike that had crippled local production; unexpectedly he made a considerable profit. In 1. 93. 5 after a government document requested its cities build air- raid shelters; part of the tunnel was converted. In the 1. 63. 0s, about 7,0. Newcastle died of plague, more than one- third of the population. In 1. 64. 4, the Scots then captured the reinforced fortification on the Lawe in South Shields following a siege. It was eventually stormed (. The grateful King bestowed the motto. Charles I was imprisoned in Newcastle by the Scots in 1. In the 1. 9th century, shipbuilding and heavy engineering were central to the city's prosperity; and the city was a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution. In 1. 88. 2, Newcastle became the seat of an Anglican diocese, with St. Nicholas' Church becoming its cathedral. Another art gallery, the Hatton Gallery (now part of Newcastle University), opened in 1. The city's last coal pit closed in 1. The slow demise of the shipyards on the banks of the River Tyne happened in the 1. The raids caused 1. The federal structure of the University of Durham was dissolved. That university's colleges in Newcastle, which had been known as King's College, became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (now known as Newcastle University), which was founded in 1. The Military Vehicle museum closed in 2. The city is located on the northwestern bank of the River Tyne at a latitude of 5. It is 4. 6 miles from the Scottish border, south of Southdean. The ground beneath the city is formed from Carboniferousstrata of the Middle Pennine Coal Measures Group—a suite of sandstones, mudstones and coal seams which generally dip moderately eastwards. To the west of the city are the Upper Pennine Coal Measures and further west again the sandstones and mudstones of the Stainmore Formation, the local equivalent of the Millstone Grit. Narrow alleys or 'chares', most of which can only be traversed by foot, still exist in abundance, particularly around the riverside. Stairs from the riverside to higher parts of the city centre and the extant Castle Keep, originally recorded in the 1. Close, Sandhill and Quayside contain modern buildings as well as structures dating from the 1. Bessie Surtees House, the Cooperage and Lloyds Quayside Bars, Derwentwater House and House of Tides, a restaurant situated at a Grade I- listed 1. Close. The city has an extensive neoclassical centre referred to as Tyneside Classical largely developed in the 1. Richard Grainger and John Dobson, and recently extensively restored. Broadcaster and writer Stuart Maconie described Newcastle as England's best- looking city. The street curves down from Grey's Monument towards the valley of the River Tyne and was voted England's finest street in 2. BBC Radio 4 listeners. Just outside one corner of this is St James' Park, the stadium home of Newcastle United F. C. It is larger than London's famous Hyde Park and Hampstead Heath put together. James' Park, Newcastle United Football Club'sground, though this is not exercised, although the Freemen do collect rent for the loss of privilege. Honorary freemen include Bob Geldof. From 1. 97. 0s until 2. Newcastle Military Vehicle Museum; which closed in 2. The pavilion is now being used as a microbrewery and concert venue for Wylam Brewery. It is on UNESCO's list of outstanding 2. A new Chinese arch, or paifang, providing a landmark entrance, was handed over to the city with a ceremony in 2. The village is the first step in the City Council's plans to transform Newcastle into a science city. The Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides are now a thriving, cosmopolitan area with bars, restaurants and public spaces. As a tourist promotion, Newcastle and Gateshead have linked together under the banner . The River Tyne had the temporary Bambuco Bridge in 2. Grainger Town. Established on classical streets built by Richard Grainger, a builder and developer, between 1. Newcastle upon Tyne's finest buildings and streets lie within this area of the city centre including Grainger Market, Theatre Royal, Grey Street, Grainger Street and Clayton Street. Richard Grainger was said to 'have found Newcastle of bricks and timber and left it in stone'. Hodges, who also built Nelson's Column, designed and built the statue. The opening was celebrated with a grand dinner attended by 2. Laing Art Gallery has a painting of this event. Dan Smith, the leader of Newcastle City Council. A corruption scandal was uncovered involving Smith and John Poulson, a property developer from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, and both were imprisoned. Echoes of the scandal were revisited in the late 1. BBC TV mini- series, Our Friends in the North. However, being in the rain shadow of the North Pennines, it is also among the driest cities in the UK. Temperature extremes recorded at Newcastle Weather Centre include 3. Newcastle upon Tyne is generally believed to be the coldest major city in England, and shares the same latitude as Copenhagen, Denmark and southern Sweden. Climate data for Newcastle Weather Centre 4. Month. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. Average high . Durham's inland, less urbanised setting results in night- time temperature data about 1 degree cooler than Newcastle proper throughout the year. Climate data for Newcastle (Met Office Durham)Month. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. Average high . Heavy industries in Newcastle declined in the second half of the 2. The city was recognised for its commitment to environmental issues, with a programme planned for Newcastle to become . As part of Tyneside, Newcastle's economy contributes around . The largest of these is the Eldon Square Shopping Centre, one of the largest city centre shopping complexes in the UK. This John Lewis branch was formerly known as Bainbridges. Newcastle store Bainbridge's, opened in 1. The Bainbridge's official ledgers reported revenue by department, giving birth to the name department store. A new bus station, replacing the old underground bus station, was officially opened in March 2. In a 2. 00. 4 report, it was ranked as the most expensive shopping street in the UK for rent, outside London. Both stores have entrances into Eldon Square Shopping Centre. Other shopping destinations in Newcastle include Grainger Street and the area around Grey's Monument, the relatively modern Eldon Garden and Monument Mall complexes, the Newgate Centre, Central Arcade and the traditional Grainger Market. Outside the city centre, the largest suburban shopping areas are Gosforth and Byker. The largest Tesco store in the United Kingdom is located in Kingston Park on the edge of Newcastle. They can still be found in areas such as South Heaton in Newcastle but once dominated the streetscape on both sides of the Tyne. A new development in the Ouseburn valley has recreated them; Architects Cany Ash and Robert Sakula were attracted by the possibilities of high density without building high and getting rid of common areas. Newcastle has a population of 2. Office for National Statistics. Areas with predominant student populations include Jesmond and Heaton. Many people in the city have Scottish or Irish ancestors. There is a strong presence of Border Reiver surnames, such as Armstrong, Charlton, Elliot, Johnstone, Kerr, Hall, Nixon, Little and Robson. There are also small but significant Chinese, Jewish and Eastern European (Polish, Czech Roma) populations. There are also estimated to be between 5. Bolivians in Newcastle, forming up to 1% of the population—the largest such percentage of any UK city. The unparished area excludes Newburn, Gosforth and the wards of Castle, Woolsington and Parklands and is made up of 1. Walkergate in the east to Benwell and Scotswood in the west.
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