Following the sell-out full band tour marking twenty-five years since his debut album, Tom McRae brings his career-spanning solo show to intimate venues this Autumn — an evening of live music and storytelling that moves between
the beloved and the overlooked, with the wit and honesty that has made him one of Britain's most enduring singer-songwriters — alone on stage with a guitar and a catalogue that has quietly accumulated some of the finest songs in
British folk and alternative music.

McRae's critically acclaimed debut earned him nominations for the Mercury Prize, a Q Award and the BRIT Award for Best Newcomer. In the quarter century since, he has built one of the most quietly devoted audiences in British music across ten albums — from Just Like Blood and The Alphabet of Hurricanes to his most recent record Étrange Hiver — while resisting every fashion that might have made him more famous and every shortcut that might
have made him less himself.
This evening draws from the full breadth of that catalogue. Expect the songs you know by heart, a few you'd half forgotten, and the candid, witty storytelling between them that makes a Tom McRae show feel less like a concert and more like a long conversation with someone who has been paying close attention to the world.

TICKETS MUST BE PRINTED FOR THIS SHOW.

Description

The Lemon Tree’s artistic programme celebrates the new, up and coming, experimental and alternative in music, theatre, dance, performance art, comedy, spoken word and creative learning.

We’re producing and presenting tomorrow’s legends today, welcoming local and international artists and companies, hosting boundary pushing Artist in Residence programmes, supporting emergent practitioners and homegrown talent and acting as a festivals hub for the North-east. And discover Freshly Squeezed, new voices in music and theatre.

The Lounge can hold 550 at standing gigs and just under 300 seated.

The Studio has a capacity of 166 seated

We have two bars at The Lemon Tree. The Lounge bar stocks a wide variety of drinks including local brewery Brewdog beers while Kate’s Bar offers the chance to relax before seeing a show in the Studio.

The Lemon Tree offers an excellent chance to gather your friends together and enjoy a night you’ll be talking about for weeks to come. Take a look at what’s on and plan your social life now!

Level access is available from the side door on Shoe Lane, please ring the bell for access.
Wheelchair users can be accommodated for all events.
There is a lift in the foyer to gain access to the first floor Studio.
Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome