Amelia Coburn Brings Biggest Full-Band Headline Show to The Glasshouse

Amelia Coburn is stepping things up at The Glasshouse on Saturday 5 December, with the Middlesbrough-born singer-songwriter bringing one of her biggest full-band headline shows yet to Sage Two.

Coburn has built a sound that’s difficult to mistake for anyone else: folk-rooted songwriting, vivid characters and a slightly darker theatrical edge, all delivered with enough personality to stop the songs ever feeling too polished or predictable.

Amelia Coburn goes full-band at The Glasshouse

If you’ve mainly caught Amelia playing solo or in a stripped-back setting, this should show another side of the songs. A full band gives those arrangements more room to move, particularly when the music shifts from the quieter storytelling into something more dramatic.

Her writing is usually where you get pulled in first. There are small details, odd characters and flashes of humour running through the songs, and she has a knack for making them feel like little worlds rather than just verses leading to a chorus.

Sage Two feels like the right next step. It keeps enough intimacy for those details to matter, while giving the band space to make the bigger moments properly count.

For a North East artist who has steadily been building an audience well beyond the region, this Gateshead date feels like a good marker of where things are heading next rather than simply another hometown-area show.

Tickets and event details

Date: Saturday 5 December 2026
Time: 8pm
Venue: Sage Two, The Glasshouse, Gateshead

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