A County Durham band has spoken about the “unbelievable feeling” of playing in front of 80,000 people as part of Sam Fender’s recent tour. Easington Colliery Brass Band were invited to join the North ...

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Members of a brass band have been reliving their brush with pop stardom after teaming up with Sam Fender to record a track inspired by his grandparents. Easington Colliery Band features on the song ...

Easington Colliery Band at the Victoria Palace Theatre where they performed in the last Billy Elliot the Musical in the West End. It was an amazing and emotional experience for the band members to ...

A rugby club has been flooded and a plaque has been unveiled in Durham for a gay politician. It took six hours to put out the fire at Easington Colliery Nature Reserve, the fire service says. The ...

Following on from the launch of Fenwick's Window and switch-on of the Christmas lights, the city's festive atmosphere will have another boost this weekend, with an opening which promises to be a blast ...

Sam Fender has teamed up with the Easington Colliery Brass Band to record his new single, 'Remember My Name'. Peter Lawson is the secretary of the band and told Amy Oakden how it came about.