RFTK Promotions are a promotion team based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Specialising in Rock, Metal, Goth and Industrial from both past and present, we run regular club nights and live shows.
Please check our listings or see below for latest news and what is coming up.
Oh my. Yes…. Icon of Coil are, after all these years, doing a tour in the UK. OK, they’ve been here before – but only for festival appearances (all headline!) so it’ll be great to see them in a more intimate setting.
We’re stoked that they’re playing Newcastle as part of this tour… and… we’re the first date so the first IoC tour date will be right here 
I’m sure older fans of the band from their peak in the early 2000s will be very excited about this tour, but also of course many younger fans may have discovered the band via Combichrist – as the success of Combichrist has been one of the reasons why IoC have been in hiatus, he is the mind behind both projects
Their career is plagued with club hits, ‘Floorkiller’, ‘Regret’, ‘Dead Enough for Life’ and ‘Access and Amplify’ amongst them – and of course, they’re working on new material and have also unleashed a new single, ‘PerfectSex’
Tickets for this are £14 advance and on sale now from www.seetickets.com www.ticketweb.co.uk and locally from Reflex and Hot Rats.
After a VERY successful show at Legends last year (which was their first Newcastle gig since 2006!) and an amazing and well received new album (‘As the Dark Against My Halo’ – check it out ) we’re pleased to announced that The Cruxshadows will be returning this August.
What makes this a touch special is they’re only able to do 3 dates in the UK this time around, so we’re thrilled one of them is right here in Newcastle.
Taking musical combinations of synths, violins and rock guitar and adding introspective and positive lyrics, they’re a band who generate an uplifting feeling to any crowd.
They’ve a great reputation as an excellent live band, as anyone who has seen them will testify – and if you’ve not seen them, check them out this summer.
August 5th at Legends, tickets are £14 in advance and available online from www.seetickets.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk and also in person from Reflex Records and Hot Rats.
Here’s a wee video of them
Maybe we should just move into Trillians in this week in July… haha…
Yes, we’ve Faster Pussycat on July 8th – and a new announcement in the form of Aesthetic Perfection on July 9th.
They’re a band who has severely boosted stock over the past few years – from opening for Combichrist up to headlining Resistanz (via 2 ‘Albums of the Year’ in the process) they’re a band who has catapulted up the echelons in the Industrial scene.
Taking a variety of influences – and spewing them out like a bad hangover with too much vodka – their sound is one that can appeal to metalheads and rivetheads alike. Like Marilyn Manson doing a mash-up with Goldfrapp and being remixed by Combichrist. You know it makes sense.
Support tba.
Tickets are £12 and on sale now (Trillians / Seetickets.com / ticketweb.co.uk / Reflex / Hot Rats)
P-P-Pussy…
Taime Downe is leading FASTER PUSSYCAT into Newcastle for a special show at Trillians on July 8th.
Known for hits such as ‘Posion Ivy’, ‘Bathroom Wall’ and of course, ‘Babylon’ we’re pleased to welcome the 90s sleaze rock band back here.
Tickets are £12 in advance (£15 door) and available from Trillians, Reflex, Hot Rats, Beatdown, RPM and online from www.seetickets.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk
Support comes from The Art.
Live favourites Obsessive Compulsive return to Trillians as part of their tour for their second album, Seculo Seculorum.
This was an album the band successfully funded using crowd-funding and we’ve heard it and it’s fantastic!
The noisy Mancurians pack a killer edge on modern metal, fronted by Kelli “Noisy, but sometimes quiet… Angry, but sometimes vulnerable…” says their synopsis!
They’re always a favourite in these parts and so come check them out and give them love and I’m sure you’ll be blown away.
Now, if that’s not enough – special guests on this show are Bad Pollyanna – they’ve also funded an album (and new video!) through crowd-funding and we think they’ll compliment the show beautifully. Check out a vid of them below.
Tickets are only £5 and available behind the bar in Trillians, in Reflex, Hot Rats, RPM and Beatdown – online from our listings page – and also from www.seetickets.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk
We’re pleased to stumble upon this little review that Rush On Rock did of the recent show with Love/Hate we put on
http://rushonrock.com/2013/03/29/review-lovehate/
It was a cracking night, totally – thank you all for coming it was really nice to see a packed venue for a great rock band.
And if you missed it… well…!
It’s been a very busy year for William Control since their last Newcastle show in June 2012.
Album ‘Silentium Amoris’ generated a huge amount of press, they’ve been regularly featured in many shelf magazines – including being named in Kerrangs “top 50 rock stars of our time” and their “top 100 albums of the year” for 2012.
Both are especially great achievements when you consider that the music is very much darkwave influenced, with hints of electronic – styles not commonly given press is that style of magazine. Granted, Will may be known from his other band, Aiden, but this is only a distraction on what has been achieved with William Control.
Even more recently, they’ve released live album ‘Live in London Town’ and are currently touring the US with Black Veil Brides…. oh and starring in the film ‘Legion of the Black’
We are understandably thrilled to be able to bring you a show with them in Newcastle.
May 8th 2013 – live at Trillians. Tickets on sale now via local outlets, plus online at seetickets and ticketweb.
Support for the tour comes from Alterred – who will be celebrating the release of their third album, ‘The Time it Takes To Smile’
We expect this show may sell quite well given the press interest, so bound to be a really good night.
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For the first time in their 22 year history, Bristol’s Mesh will play Newcastle as part of a tour of UK and Europe.
The show takes place on the 19th April at Legends, on Grey Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne in tour of the bands new album ‘Automation Baby’ (released later this month).
They’ve already released lead single, ‘Born to Lie’ and it’s been topping the European Alternative Charts.
And rightfully so.
‘Automation Baby’ is the bands first release since 2009, in which they released album-of-the-year ‘A Perfect Solution’ – early anticipation for the new album is understandably high.
Tickets are £15 in advance and can be bought online from www.seetickets.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk or in person from Reflex Records and Hot Rats.
Mesh will be bringing special guests on the tour, we will of course keep you updated as they’re announced
Although Enuff Z’Nuff are fairly regular visitors to Newcastle, they’ve not played for a couple of years now – but we’re thrilled they’ll be bringing their Blue Island Glam to Trillians this May.
Always a great live band, they’re a band with a big career a big array of hits and a big array of hits and we’re certainly glad to see Chip and Donnie again.
Support comes from hot UK act YOUNG LUST
The show takes place on May 2nd at Trillians Rock Bar, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Tickets are priced at £12 and on sale now from www.seetickets.com www.ticketweb.co.uk behind the bar in Trillians and in local record shops Reflex, RPM and Hot Rats.
Come out of your ‘Straight Jacket’ head to the ‘Boozer’ and ‘Blackout in the Red Room’ – Love/Hate are coming to Trillians !
RFTK Promotions is thrilled to bring you this awesome band, fronted by Jizzy Pearl.
Jizzy will be joined by Robbie Crane (RATT, Lynch Mob), Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper, Slash’s Snakepit) and Matt Starr (Ace Frehley)
Support comes from Knock out Kaine and Gypsy Pistoleros
The show takes places on March 28th in Trillians Rock Bar, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Tickets are on sale now priced at £12 and can be bought in advance from www.seetickets.com www.ticketweb.co.uk behind the bar in Trillians or at local record shops Reflex, RPM and Hot Rats.
We’ve been through a bout of housekeeping and cleared off some old/past shows and news.
Expect some new show announcements and listings in the coming days.