Northern Hospitality: Riot Energy, Real Stories, and the Road Ahead

This North East four-piece have built their reputation on riotous live shows, massive guitar hooks, and choruses designed to be shouted back from the crowd, but beneath the chaos sits a band with genuine heart. If you don’t already know who I’m talking about - it is of course, Northern Hospitality.

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Their songs pulse with emotional honesty just as much as punk energy, balancing anthemic swagger with raw vulnerability. I sat down with Gaz Price, frontman of Northern Hospitality to hear more about the band, stories and tales from behind the scenes and more.

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A breakthrough appearance at Kendal Calling festival marked a turning point for the band; a whirlwind day that started with beers at 10am before culminating in a carnage-filled set in front of a crowd far larger than they expected. 

“We were blown away by the size of the crowd and it was such a wild experience.”

They have since shared stages with Pete Doherty, Kaiser Chiefs, Feeder, and Tom Meighan, proving they belong firmly within the UK’s rising rock landscape.

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Frontman Gaz Price, alongside Georgia Smith on drums, Nico Mouissie on bass, and Sean McCloskey on lead guitar, have created a sound they feel is unmistakably their own.

Like many great bands, Northern Hospitality formed almost by accident.  What began as Gaz Price searching for musicians to support his solo material quickly transformed into something entirely different.

"When we started playing together the first NH songs started coming out and we knew they needed to be given a new name as they were different animals entirely.”

While the band admit their music is constantly evolving “sometimes leaning heavier and darker” they believe Northern Hospitality have fully found their sound, carving out an identity that separates them from the pack.

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That identity can perhaps best be heard in tracks like Runaway Like Me and Goodbye to Shangri-La. Though sonically different, “both songs have that big guitar anthem with quite touching and emotionally honest lyrics which I would say defines a Northern Hospitality song”.

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It’s this balance between explosive energy and sincerity that defines the band’s appeal.

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Their roots, however, remain deeply tied to the North East grassroots scene.

”Having grown up attending gigs at venues like The Studio and KU Stockton, it really shaped us into the musicians we are”.

With momentum building fast, Northern Hospitality are setting their sights on bigger festival slots and eventually taking their own headline tour across the country. Judging by the pace they’re moving, it feels less like wishful thinking and more like an inevitability.

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You can catch them live at Newgate Social on supporting Abnorm at an Alt-Rock Night on the 18th September 2026.

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