LINDISFARNE
VENUE OLD FIRE STATION, CARLISLE
DATE 30/11/2023
Introducing All Fall Down, the late
Lindisfarne mainstay Alan Hull’s 1972 protest song about the demolition of parts of Newcastle’s beautiful old city, Rod Clements says the town planners behind the ‘makeover’ claimed they could turn Newcastle into the Brasilia of The North.
“‘Well, good luck with that’, we thought,” adds Clements with perfect comic timing. Like most venerable folkies of yore, he’s great with crowds, skilled with patter.