Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler\'s understated guitar mastery, global sales.
Sting
From The Police to solo icon, Newcastle\'s most versatile export.
Maximo Park
Art-punk energy from the post-Libertines era.
Prefab Sprout
Sophisticated pop songwriting from Consett via Newcastle.
Lindisfarne
Newcastle folk-rock band behind Fog on the Tyne.
Venom
Newcastle extreme metal pioneers who named a genre.