The Wildhearts

The Wildhearts play The Engine Shed on Monday 30 November, their first Lincoln date in some time. They've been a fixture of the UK rock scene for three decades, and they're coming to the University of Lincoln venue at Brayford Pool with a full set.

They formed in Newcastle upon Tyne back in 1990, and their sound has always sat in a bit of a gap: hard rock mixed with melodic pop. The music press has cited influences as wide apart as The Beatles and Metallica, and that's a fair way to describe what they do — the heavy stuff and the pop stuff running side by side rather than one giving way to the other. They've built a reputation for loud, festival-topping live shows, so this is them in a proper club setting.

Their latest album is Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts, produced and mixed by Jim Pinder and Carl Bown. It was conceived as a ten-track follow-up to their classic 1993 debut Earth vs The Wildhearts, and the songwriting from main man Ginger is described as signature, ambitious, and not bound to any one genre. That last bit is a good summary of the band in general — they've never really stayed in one lane.

The current line-up is Ginger, Jon Poole, Ben Marsden, and Charles Evans. The show is for ages 14 and over, and under-17s need to be accompanied by an adult. Doors open at 19:00, and tickets are £33.60 including fees, with an early bird price of £28.00 including fees.