Smoove & Turrell Newcastle 2022: tickets for Central Park concert, UK tour dates, possible setlist

Northern legends Smoove & Turrell are set to play a hometown show this summer as part of one of the many events for Central Park Newcastle.

456Live have organised a stellar line-up of events in Newcastle’s Central Park for the month of August.

Smoove & Turrell are a local band with a catalogue of Northern Soul genre songs, bringing any venue they play an electric show and their audiences a great chance to dance the night away.

So, when are Smoove & Turrell playing Newcastle?

Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming concert.

When are Smoove & Turrell playing Newcastle?

Smoove & Turrell are scheduled to perform at Times Square Centre For Life in Newcastle on Thursday 11 August 2022.

The event is scheduled to start at 8pm.

Can I still get tickets?

Tickets are currently sold out.

Where else in the UK is the band playing?

Smoove & Turrell will play the following UK dates in 2022:

• 4 August - The Brook, Southampton, UK
• 11 August - Central Park, Newcastle, UK
• 20 August - Hanger 34, Liverpool, UK
• 21 August - Truefest, Hereford, UK
• 25 August - The Blues Kitchen, Manchester, UK
• 26 August - Solfest, Silloth, UK 
• 27 August - London, UK 
• 28 August - Leicester, UK
• 2 September - Lindisfarne Festival, Berwick, UK 
• 10 September - Salt Market Social, North Shields, UK
• 17 September - McChulls Glasgow, Glasgow UK 
• 30 September - Leeds, UK
• 12 November - Pop Recs LTD, Sunderland, UK
• 17 December - Bros Circus Xmas Party, Newcastle, UK

What will the setlist be?

While the setlist for Newcastle has yet to be confirmed, setlist.fm did release a setlist from an earlier date on the tour that might give fans a better idea of what to expect.

This is a setlist from Daltrey’s show at Fruit in Kingston upon Hull on 6 May 2017:

• New Jerusalem 
• Slow Down
• No Point in Trying 
• Given It All
• Crown Posada
• Let Yourself Go
• 50 Days of Winter
• Long Way to Fall
• Broken Toys
• Glue Bag Flags
• Hard Work
• I Can’t Give You Up
• Now That Love Has Gone 
• Will You Be Mine?
• Lay It On Me 

Encore:

• Beggarman 
• You Could’ve Been A Lady

Who are the support acts?

The band will have not one but two opening acts for this show. The opening acts are KNATS and Georgia May.

Who are Smoove & Turrell?

Smoove & Turrell are a British band that come from Gateshead.

The band is composed of Jonathan Scott Watson (known as Smoove) and singer / songwriter John Turrell.

They produce a style of music they refer to as ‘Northern Funk’ which is described as a fusion of funk, soul, northern soul, hip-hop and electronica.

The studio and touring band also includes founder member Mike Porter (Keyboards), Lloyd Wright (Guitar), Neil Harland (Bass) and Oscar Cassidy (Drums). Previous members include Athol Cassidy (Guitar), Andy Champion (Bass), Lloyd Croft (Drums), Dave Wilde (Sax) and Tim McVicar (Bass).

They have released six studio albums: Antique Soul (2009), Eccentric Audio (2011),Broken Toys (2014), Crown Posada (2016), Mount Pleasant (2018) and Stratos Bleu (2020).