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The Mercury prize moves North

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The Mercury prize moves to Newcastle

To mark the Mercury Prize’s move to Newcastle, Generator – the North’s leading music development agency and Lead Industry Partner for the prize – will deliver a bold, week-long fringe programme showcasing the depth and diversity of...

Community First: How We’re Powering the North’s Creative Culture

At Generator, community is not just something we serve. It’s something we build with. For

The Mercury prize moves to Newcastle

To mark the Mercury Prize’s move to Newcastle, Generator – the North’s leading music

Interval Records, appoints Josh Daniel as label manager.

Generator’s new label, Interval Records, appoints Josh Daniel as label manager.

Generator x Warner Music UK Internship

When we say we are building real pathways into the music industry, we mean it. In early 2024,

Newcastle Gateshead Music City

Newcastle Gateshead Music City: A Transformative Initiative for the North East’s Music

Finn Foster Interval Records

Newcastle-based Interval Records Unveils First Homegrown Signing Led by Acclaimed Industry

Next up X Nrthrn Baby

We’ve teamed up with Newcastle-based music and culture agency Nrthrn Baby to launch a new

Northern music export

Northern musicians are poised to expand their reach internationally through a new initiative

Black Incubator Project

North East headquartered music development agency, Generator and Yaw Owusu’s Nothin But The

BBC Introducing

Music venues, festivals and agencies in the North East have announced a partnership with BBC

MOBO Fringe

In the lead-up to the highly anticipated  MOBO Awards on Tuesday 18 February, Newcastle will

MOBO and Newcastle City Council Announce The Fringe Festival

In Partnership With Generator, Glasshouse, Northern Roots & Nrthrn Baby In the lead-up to
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