DESCRIBED by Mojo Magazine as "the working class heroes" of the music scene, Lindisfarne are back on the road again.

The enduring Geordie folk-rock band are in the middle of a tour which includes a trip across the Solent to play the Medina Theatre at Newport on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday, November 26.

Live gigs have been Lindisfarne's lifeblood throughout their 30-plus-year career. As co-founder and drummer Ray Laidlaw points out: "It's crucial that we continue to perform live. The magic of the band is that creative surge that comes from a living, breathing entity. It continues to excite us that we can re-visit old songs as well as new and give them another spin - that keeps the process interesting for us and, we believe, for the people who come to our shows.

"Unless we continue to be creative, we are selling ourselves - as well as our audience - short."

Lindisfarne's last CD, Promenade, which the band introduced at Southampton's Brook venue earlier this year, showed their sound has evolved into something both classic and contemporary.

This summer also saw a new development in Lindisfarne's rich career when they played club and festival dates in the USA as Lindisfarne Acoustic.

The positive reactions from audience encouraged Lindisfarne to repeat the experience in the UK in the spring of 2003, and dates will be announced soon.

For ticket information, call the Medina Theatre on 01983 527020.