Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 3.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.30pm — Tickets £20pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.30pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 4.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 4.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 4.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

*Till the next one. Starts 7.00pm from Bewick Street, Newcastle for three-and-a-bit hours of hearty laughter and uproarious mirth (it says here).

Simon Donald and ourselves invite you on another of these one-off tours. You can’t have too many we reckon.

You know the drill by now… these tickets fly off the shelves like tepid tarts, so for all bookings and ticketty stuff please call the rather lush Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or 0191 257 9427 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 4.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

"Best bus trip we have been on, lots of good music, laughs, history. A refreshing way to see the area. My personal favorite was the 'surprise' visit, great. Brilliant, keep it up and hope to join you again in the future." — Satisfied customer of our 1 July South Tyneside Coastal Heroes Tour

Monty Python, Thelma & Louise, Dire Straits, George Harrison, Nellie the Elephant, Little Mix and Chris Ramsey… they all have links to South Tyneside.

Come along on our South Tyneside Coastal Heroes music, film and TV tour and hear the stories, the connections, the coincidences and the gossip, in a three-hour trip on our classic double-decker bus with two refreshment stops at iconic locations, and all linked together with musical gems and a running commentary from Mr Ray Laidlaw (he’s from Tynemouth but has a ferry pass).

Our pickup times are 3.00pm from the Gibraltar Rock pub in Tynemouth then 3.30pm from the Customs House, South Shields.

Tickets are £20pp.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 0191 253 1618 or email julie@tyneidols.com

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 4.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 3.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Starts 3.00pm from Bewick Street, Newcastle to take advantage of the diminishing light — Tickets £25pp

Simon Donald and ourselves would like to invite you on even yet another very special, one-off tour. Well this is now surely the squillionth he has done for us, you know how it gans, but THIS TOUR will include a NEW venue visit so you’ll have to be on it to find out where!

Tickets always disappear fast so for all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay toot sweet on 07944 338026 or 0191 257 9427 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £20pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 3.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 4.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

We are rejuvenating for September 2022 our brilliant Real Ale Tour but with an all-new twist or three!

Join our expert host Mr Rob Shacklock — Master Cellarman at the Three Kings Brewery no less — for a splendid three-hour meander throughout which we will sample the following:

• We depart Bewick Street, Newcastle at 2pm 

• Visit a local Brewery for some welcome beer tasting

• We take the Riverside route to the Ouseburn via several historic brewing sites

• Time for more “neck oil” at the historic Cumberland Arms, Byker

• Pop in for “a cheeky one” at the Seven Stars, North Shields — enjoy a FREE pint of Real Ale on us

• Optional drop off point at the Seven Stars; as for the rest of us…

• The Tour arrives back at Bewick Street

Tickets for this are £20 each and, as always, are available through wor Julie on 07944 338026 or email julie@tyneidols.com 

Mine’s a large one!

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 4.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 4.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Departing from Bewick Street, Newcastle at 7.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Join us for our famous MUSIC & FILM HERITAGE TOUR departing Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 7.00pm and returning roughly three hours later — we’re usually a bit late returning because we always have so much fun!

Our three hour tour of on-board chat and music, hosted by the legendary Mr Ray Laidlaw, includes two stop-offs at very popular watering holes, promising as always to be a fun-packed evening out!

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 3.00pm — Tickets £15pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the three hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be not one but two refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 07944 338026 or email Julie here.

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com.

We are very, very excited to announce Tyne Idols very first tour after COVID spoiled all the fun… but we are back and we hope you are going to join us again!

The Lindisfarne Tour followed by a Fish & Chip supper at The Dome before The Lindisfarne Story at The Playhouse, Whitley Bay — all in one day!

THE TOUR

Leaving 1.30pm at The Links Bus Stop, Eastbourne Gardens Car Park. 

A three hour tour celebrating 50 years of Lindisfarne with Ray Laidlaw as your host. Sez Ray: “The beginnings of Lindisfarne were in North Shields in the mid-1960s. Rod Clements, Ray Laidlaw and Simon Cowe began making music together around the coast, and Tynemouth, Cullercoats and Whitley Bay all featured heavily in the Lindisfarne Story after Ray Jackson and Alan Hull joined the group. There will be lots of tales linked to the locations we visit and loads of music, some of it quite rare.”

THE FISH & CHIPS SUPPER

Arrive at Trenchers Restaurant in The Dome, Spanish City at 5.00pm (supper to include a cup of tea). 

THE SHOW

The Lindisfarne Story at the Whitley Bay Playhouse starts at 7.30pm. 

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lindisfarne’s legendary Fog on the Tyne album, frontman Billy Mitchell and founder member Ray Laidlaw tell the group’s amazing story with a combination of superb songs, vital video, tall tales and of course lashings of scurrilous gossip!!

MORE DETAILS on The Lindisfarne Story via this link…

Why not come with us on the Tyne Idols bus to see Jed Laidlaw and the Sunset Sons band play this beautiful new venue in the centre of Sunderland.

• DEPARTING from the Gibraltar Rock, Tynemouth at 5.15pm then from Bewick Street, Newcastle (opposite Central Station) at 5.45pm.

• ARRIVING at The Firestation, Sunderland at 6.45pm.

• RETURNING after the gig back to Bewick Street and Gibraltar Rock.

£32 per person for ticket and transport (includes standing ticket for the gig and return travel).

Tickets are limited so contact wor Julie sharpish on 0191 253 1618 or email her at juliecevents@gmail.com.

Mouth of The Tyne Weekend!

Leaving the Gibraltar Rock pub, Tynemouth at 3pm — Tickets £15pp

Our Coastal Heroes Tours celebrate local legends of TV, film and music. Hosted by the irresistible Mr Ray Laidlaw, the 3-hour tour will also include some very special guests, and there will be 2 refreshment breaks throughout to whet your whistle in some carefully selected and interesting establishments.

For all bookings and ticketty stuff please call Julie Clay on 0191 253 1618 or email julie@tyneidols.com

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com

We apologise for this announcement but due to the current global situation, we have had to take the difficult decision to postpone this tour till further notice. We will announce a replacement tour in due course. Many thanks for your continued support.

7.00pm from Bewick Street, Newcastle — Tickets £20pp

IT TOOK SOME SOFT-SOAPING DID IT NOT but after years of gentle threats then almost begging, “Please come aboard our bus and tickle our pants off with your tales of growing up, how Viz began, and a bit of stand-up too. And fetch a guitar n all." So won over was Simon Donald to the Tyne Idols cause, this time he’s bringing his brother Chris Donald too.

So, we invite you on this very special, one-off tour. Well actually, this is now the umpteenth “one-off”, and possibly the severalth “final one” but you know the drill.

Tickets will go like s*** from a goose, so please call Julie Clay on 0191 253 1618 or email julie@tyneidols.com

For general enquiries please email info@tyneidols.com