Whitley Bay Film Festival 2018 bring you the ultimate celebration of era-defining Rock Music on film. It brings you an exclusive audience with icons both in front of and behind the camera on the world stage.

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Where - The Exchange,
Howard St, North Shields
When - 18 Aug
Starts 7.30pm
(doors open at 7.00pm)
18 August - Led Zeppelin 'Celebration Day'
with special guest director Dick Carruthers
'Celebration Day' 2012 does what it says on the film can. Our guest Dick Carruther's movie captures the Led Zeppelin reunion, one of the most anticipated in history, at London's O2 Arena in 2007. Already an award winning live concert and documentary director (Rolling Stones, The Who, Oasis), our guest had a unique provenance with Zeppelin who were legendary for their distrust of the media. Dick Carruthers had been entrusted with assembling the band's archival history for DVD and also restoring their only previous concert movie "The Song Remains the Same."
Led Zeppelin made their debut as The New Yardbirds on 4th October 1968 at Newcastle's Mayfair. It was their first UK gig after a fortnight debut plaing in Scandinavia . This enigmatic quartet drew on everything from English folk, classic blues, rock and roll and electronics and created a dynamic so extraordinarily their own. For the next decade, until the untimely death of their drummer, they were, in the words of biographer Mick Wall, "Gods Who Walked the Earth."
'Celebration Day' cements Carruther's reputation as Zeppelin's" fifth member". He uniquely puts YOU the audience in the centre of the musical maelstrom that rages in light and shade on stage. One journalist describes the film as, "Showing rock and roll at its most magical and magnificent." Hopefully, Dick Carruthers will unlock some of the secrets of his art in conversation with Chris Phipps.
Children must be accompanied by an adult

Host and interviewer Chris Phipps has a history of broadcasting and journalism that stretches back to the beginnings of both bands. As an archivist he first worked with Dick Carruthers on the documentary "Metal: Louder than Life" and has guested

both as expert and interviewer during Black Sabbath's long career culminating in joining Dick for "THE END OF THE END".
Chris Phipps will be the presenter for both events
Tickets for both events are availanle to buy online HERE
(please note, there is an online booking fee)
Also now available at The Exchange, Howard St, North Shields
18 August - Led Zeppelin 'Celebration Day'
with special guest director Dick Carruthers
19 August - Black Sabbath The End Of The End
with special guest Tony Iommi and director Dick Carruthers
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Special Thanks to Eagle-rock and Trafalgar releasing
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Whitley Bay Film Festival 2018 dates are 17 Aug - 1 Sep
Full festival programme will be announced in July