Gregory Porter to Headline Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2016

Sage Gateshead is excited to announce one of the first headliners of Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2016, GRAMMY Award-winner Gregory Porter. After an amazing set at this year's Glastonbury Festival and a sell-out concert at Sage Gateshead last October, Gregory Porter will be bringing his Californian charisma to Sage One on Friday 15 April to open the 2016 festival. Tickets for this go on sale Friday 3 July at 10am. Jazz/soul singing sensation Gregory Porter continues to perform to sell out audiences across the world and has achieved international recognition and acclaim with his GRAMMY winning selling album Liquid Spirit.  In the UK alone, the album is certified gold and has had staying power in the Official Album Charts for 80 weeks since release. Critics have labelled Porter as a new ’king of jazz’ and a ‘leader of the pack’ – a performer of extraordinary presence who has been compared with the greatest of the greats, such as Joe Williams, Nat Cole, Donny Hathway and Marvin Gaye. Further festival artists are due to be announced in the autumn. The festival is programmed by Sage Gateshead in collaboration with London-based music producers Serious, and runs from Friday 15 – Sunday 17 April 2016 at Sage Gateshead.