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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Josh Leeson

Silverchair and Screaming Jets reflect on Cambridge glory days

Chris Joannou, left, and his former Silverchair bandmates Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies, played at the Cambridge Hotel twice during the Frogstomp era. Picture by Darren Pateman

MEMBERS of Newcastle's two most iconic rock bands, Silverchair and The Screaming Jets, have expressed their sadness about the impending closure of the Cambridge Hotel.

The Newcastle West venue will close after Sunday night, but not before hosting a three-day music festival in Wood Street starting on Friday afternoon, which is expected to attract more than 10,000 punters to watch acts like Grinspoon, Peking Duk and Illy.

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