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Barbara Hodgson

Music legends coming to North East during 2022 from Dionne Warwick to Barry Manilow

After being forced to stay home over much of the past two years, it's no surprise that music stars can't wait to get out and about touring and performing again in 2022.

Just as music fans have missed out during the pandemic on their usual fix of live shows - first cancelled by lockdown then hampered by Covid restrictions - singers and musicians have suffered too, finding their creativity stifled.

So, with normality now returning, they are keen not to waste any more time and there has been a rush from singers and musicians to get new gig dates in the diary - and that goes for big stars too.

Read more: music festivals around the North East in 2022

The knock-on effect is that fans will be spoiled for choice when it comes to on-stage entertainment this year and the North East is preparing to welcome a huge range of performers, including some top names and others which are real blasts from the past.

Here we've rounded up just a few of the biggies heading north to play in and around Newcastle. Some are dates which have been rescheduled, more than once in some cases, so patient fans will be more than ready to party.

Among them are some real surprises - such as 81-year-old legend Dionne Warwick stopping off at the City Hall on her She's Back One More Time Tour - while others, like Tony Hadley and Gary Numan, are celebrating big anniversaries (40 years in their case) and some are almost-forgotten rock classics who are once again taking to the the road. Uriah Heep 50 years on anyone?

30 diary dates in a year of music greats

Simply Red - Utilita Arena, February 8, www.utilitaarena.co.uk

Adam Ant - 02 City Hall, February 22, academymusicgroup

Status Quo - Globe Theatre, Stockton, March 3, stocktonglobe

Randy Newman - Sage Gateshead, March 18, sagegateshead

Van Morrison - Sage Gateshead, March 24, sagegateshead

Barbara Dixon - Sage Gateshead, April 13, sagegateshead

10cc - Sage Gateshead, April 9, sagegateshead

Simple Minds - Utilita Arena, April 10, utilitaarena

Paul Weller - O2 City Hall, April 17, academymusicgroup

Marti Pellow - Sage Gateshead, April 21, sagegateshead

Craig David - 02 City Hall, April 29, academymusicgroup

Gary Numan - 02 City Hall, May 11, academymusicgroup

Go West and Paul Young - Sage Gateshead, May 14, sagegateshead

Whitesnake, Foreigner and Europe - Utilita Arena, May 14, utilitaarena

Bryan Adams - Utilita Arena, May 20, utilitaarena

Tony Hadley - 02 City Hall, May 25 - 40th anniversary tour, academymusicgroup

Elvis Costello - 02 City Hall, June 8, academymusicgroup

Dionne Warwick - 02 City Hall, June 14, academymusicgroup

Elton John - Stadium of Light, June 19, ticketmaster

Barry Manilow - Utilita Arena, June 22, utilitaarena

Diana Ross - Durham Cricket Ground, June 29, ticketline

Tears for Fears - Utilita Arena, July 7, utilitaarena

David Essex - 02 City Hall, September 8, academymusicgroup

Kim Wilde - Sage Gateshead, September 10, sagegateshead

Don McLean - Sage Gateshead, September 24 - 40-year anniversary of American Pie, sagegateshead

Leo Sayer - The Playhouse, Whitley Bay, October 6 - 50 year anniversary tour, whitleybayplayhouse

Uriah Heep - Sage Gateshead, October 8 - 50-year anniversary tour, sagegateshead

Howard Jones - Tyne Theatre, October 26, tynetheatre

Martin Kemp - The Boiler Shop, November 18 - 80s DJ set, ticketweb

Rod Stewart - Utilita Arena, December 17, utilitaarena

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