The Cluny 2 Schedule

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The opening event occurred on Monday 11th May, and featured performances from Beth Jeans Houghton and Dot To Dots.Since then, Cluny 2 has seen performances by The Low Anthem, Dent May, Alvin Youngblood Hart and The Duke & The King, the new project featuring Simon Felice, formerly of The Felice Brothers.

The Cluny is a live music venue, pub and café, on Lime Street, in the Ouseburn Valley area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

The current incarnation of the Valley as a cultural regeneration hotspot was initiated by the Ouseburn Trust, in partnership with the local authority, in 1996.

The Trust remains a landlord and developer in the Ouseburn, and seeks to involve people in the heritage and regeneration of the area through its programme of free walks, talks and volunteering activitiesOuseburn .The regeneration of the Ouseburn Valley has seen several artistic and cultural enterprises move into the area.

Notable acts to have played the venue in recent years include Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Kate Nash, Evan Dando, Graham Coxon, Seasick Steve, Mercury Prize nominees Led Bib and Paul Heaton.In 2002, The X Factor judge Dannii Minogue played the venue in support of her single Put The Needle On It Kylie’s little sister will play Tyneside pub gig.On 20th January 2007, Maxà¯mo Park previewed their second album, Our Earthly Pleasures in its entirety at The Cluny Maximo Park announce tiny Tyneside tour.In January of 2008, as part of The JD Set, Peter Hook collaborated with The Wombats on a one-off live performance of their single Backfire at the Disco The Wombats & Peter Hook.

Lasting just 12 years, it was re-opened in 1860 as a steam-powered flour mill by Henry Proctor & Co. Ouseburn’s Industrial PastAt some point in its history, the building became a Scotch whisky bottling plant called the Cluny Newcastle Pub Guide: The Cluny, Ouseburn , hence the current name.In 1982, Bruvvers Theatre Company purchased the building Regeneration and it became an artists’ space.A section of the building was opened as The Cluny Bar in 1999, and the same space was taken over by The Head Of Steam Limited in November 2002 About The Cluny, when its current incarnation came about.The Cluny now operates as a bar and live music venue, with food service provided by The Cluny Kitchen Head of Steam, and 36 Lime Street itself is a Grade 2 listed building SINE ProjectThe Cluny is located in Newcastle upon Tyne’s Ouseburn Valley, an area of intense regeneration in recent years.