Ellen Dixon

Life’s been silly. Life’s been fun.

Here are some great live photos of Smote taken by Ellen Dixon at The Cluny Newcastle on Sunday. Thanks once again for Tyne & Queer for sharing these excellent photos with us. Smote's next run of dates starts tonight with a sellout show at the 100 Club in London: 13 May / UK / London / 100 Club 14 May / BE / Antwerp / Trix 15 May / BE / Brussels / Magasin 4 16 May / NL / Nijmegen / Sonic Whip Festival 17 May / BE / Liège / JauneOrange 29-31 May / IE / Sherkin Island / Open Ear Festival 30 Aug / UK / Muncaster Castle / Krankenhaus Festival 31 Aug / UK / Cambridge / The Portland Arms 02 Sep / DE / Hamburg / MS Stubnitz 03 Sep / DE / Berlin / Neue Zukunft 06 Sep / UK / Bristol / Golden Lion 12 Mar / UK / London / Dingwalls

Hold Your Own is a performance work safely exploring how we as women take up space. Impacted by experiences, the work is an ode to our former selves, a work of empowerment and a space for female strength and autonomy. Catch Hold Your Own at the @pelicantheatre PELICANNNIVERSARY 5 year celebration evening 2nd June 7:00pm @dance_city_newcastle ⭐️ 📸 @ellendixxon

🫶🏻🏳️‍⚧️ Supporting trans+ clients at the backyard… Trans people are always welcome in any/all of our sessions. But if you’d like to join a session exclusively for the trans+ community we have misfits lift club and yoga that you can book FOR FREE via @transfitnessuk #personaltrainer #newcastleupontyne #queerfitness #transhistoryweek #transfitness

*Reposting this as some of the photos were pixelated* Saturday at @thebackyardncl was something truly special ✨ I kicked things off by diving into the deep end with @andyjgardiner Live & Kicking bootcamp. Between the sweat, the laughs, and flipping tractor tyres 🚜💪🏽, I was struck by the incredible energy in the air. It’s rare to find a space that feels like home five minutes after walking in, but this community is clearly built on genuine support and hard work. We transitioned from that high-octane grit straight into our very first Yoga session. Moving from the “power” of the bootcamp to the “presence” of the mat felt so natural. It was a brilliant reminder that we can be both strong and soft, resilient and rested. A massive thank you to everyone who joined me🧘🏽‍♀️✨and to @thebackyardncl for inviting me to be part of the family. I feel so grateful for the opportunity ♥️ and I look forward to running a lot more of these sessions 🕉️ Also a special thank you to @ellendixxon for the incredible photos 📸

We are Irked and The Grievance is now yours. This is not a thank you. This is an instruction. Listen to it, share it, buy it from @wrong_speed_records Love it, loathe it, slag it off, enter into a paranoid spiral wondering if these songs are about you. Do what you like, it's yours. I-R-K-E-D-F-U xox Photo credits @ellendixxon @rhiannonbanksphoto @strummersphotography @tomw19 @nostalgia_kid @benhughesphoto Nod to @prsfoundation for funding the recording of this album🤘🤑

So i was lucky enough to be photographed by the wonderful and the amazingly talented @ellendixxon today in heaton park. Also shoutout to @melaniebakermusic nice to see you in the cafe after. DOWNLOAD HER ALBUM AND GET TICKETS TO HER @thegrovenewcastle GIG PLZ :) Defo worth taking a rest day from uni and touching grass for this :).

Some of our Swing Tyne regulars got papped at the @robheronteapad 15 year anniversary gig last month💃🎶 📸 @ellendixxon #swingdancecommunity #socialdancing #livemusic #swingdancing #swingtyne

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weeeeee thank you so much for having us @banquetrecords 🖤 next up we play RECORD STORE DAY in Nottingham at @roughtradenottm at 5pm 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 SEE U SOON THX FOR BEING SO NICE TO US EVERYONE !!! 📸: @ellendixxon

WOWZERS thank you so much @waxandbeans we couldn’t have asked for a better night in Bury, what a bunch of legends you are!!!!!! it’s really nice playing these ROCK songs acoustic and stripped back, everything laid out bare and vulnerable, the way I wrote them actually. thank you for being so kind and attentive. I can’t believe my debut album is out in the world and people are listening to it. I’m very grateful. I hope it makes you feel a lot of feelings. today we play @banquetrecords in kingston at 6pm. see you soon 🌶️🤘🏻 📸: @ellendixxon

Aberdeen- we’ve just released some extra tickets for our show @cafedrummonds Our first headline in your city - we can’t believe the support thank you 🖤 Just a couple of tickets left for Edinburgh @cab_vol see you next week x Tickets at frightyearsband.com