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Review: Tomorrow’s Ghosts April 2019

Posted on May 15, 2019

This blog has mused on the divisions in Whitby before, which is home to a long history of UK goth festival action. Never has it been more pronounced than this year when long-standing veterans Whitby Goth Weekend and ambitious newcomers … Continue reading →

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Whitby Ghosts: goth festival season

Posted on April 3, 2019

As Spring, and Easter, and all those sickeningly sweet signs of renewal come rolling round, it also heralds the arrival of ‘Whitby’, the generic term for a horde of Goths heading to the seaside for drinks, dancing and drama.  Continue reading →

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Wayne Hussey: On Tour, On Writing and on Brexit

Posted on March 1, 2019

Wayne Hussey, lead singer and guitarist with The Mission, is making his way to Tomorrow’s Ghosts festival in Whitby on his SALAD DAZE tour – culminating in November of this year. The veteran rock’n’roll performer will make the festival the … Continue reading →

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Whitby Spring: A Tale of Two Festivals

Posted on February 9, 2019

It’s just two months until various goth-themed celebrations begin in Whitby, and time to look ahead to what is happening and when. Continue reading →

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Celebrity Endorsement: I broke my goth addiction and so can you!

Posted on January 31, 2019

Last week veteran DJ Jo Whiley interviewed comedian Dom Joly on BBC Radio 2, in which he remarked he was an ‘ex-goth’, presumably having received his jet-black P45 from the Department of Woe and Pouting. Continue reading →

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