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And the award for the best band gig in the world this year goes to...

Your will hard pressed to find anyone topping the reception gained by the recent performances of Easington Colliery Band...

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  Now that is some brass band audience...

Easington Colliery Band is still basking in the well-deserved critical spotlight following their contribution in supporting singer Sam Fender on his recent sell out 'People Watching' tour.

Olympic Stadium and St James Park

It saw the band perform at the Olympic Stadium in London, in front of 82,500 ecstatic fans, as well as 150,000 ecstatic fans over three nights at St. James Park, Newcastle.

The amazing live performance experience follows the recording they made with the North Shields singer for his album in 2023.

This was subsequently released in February this year, reached Number 1 in the pop album charts and became of the most financially successful releases of the year.

On Sam's request the band was asked to keep their live performances secret.

That in turn made for a huge emotional response from the audiences when they were introduced to be part of the renditions of 'Remember My Name' — which was written by Sam in memory of his grandparents, and especially his grandmother who suffered with dementia.

Amazing experience

Speaking about the experience, Easington Colliery Band Chairperson, Jonathan Collins told 4BR: "To say this has been an amazing experience is a real understatement.

It has been incredible working with Sam over two years and we hope it has helped to enhance the profile of brass banding and how effectively it can be used in portraying such emotion to the wider musical world."

That in turn made for a huge emotional response from the audiences when they were introduced to be part of the renditions of 'Remember My Name'4BR

Spine tingling

He added: "The reception we had was spine tingling. We can only thank Sam and especially Sandy Smith who orchestrated the music and led us on stage for all this has brought us."

Enjoy

You can enjoy the performance of 'Remember My Name'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWUwIV4mpGI

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