With the offseason now upon us, the crowds will divert from St James' Park to the Town Moor for the eagerly anticipated Rock N Roll Circus. But for Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess it will be a return to a city in which he still holds a "special connection" with.
Burgess makes no secret of his links with Manchester United but spent time in his youth standing on the crumbling Gallowgate End terrace watching a young Paul Gascoigne and enjoying pints in the city "at least once a month" long before serving up no less than three number 1 albums.
Now he returns to Newcastle and will rock a huge circus tent amid the cows on the Town Moor, as live music continues to make a welcome return to our lives. Ahead of his return - where he will on the bill with Noel Gallagher - Burgess took time away from his preparations to tell Chronicle Live: "Newcastle? Special place. "I grew up in Northwich, 20 miles from Manchester, 20 miles from Liverpool. And all my friends were heading off to University.
