Well, after 24 years, I met my hero Kelly Jones. Legend 🖤🖤🖤 @stereophonics @farfromsaints

Incase you missed it…. Tickets for our BIGGEST UK Tour yet are on sale now 🙌 x Get yours here -> andrewcushin.os.fan

Feel free to comment, like it and share it. So happy with this video from Big Weekend youtu.be/-pd8D9TcmnY?si=0fa-… via @YouTube

Strangers Live at @BBCR1 Big Weekend is now up on the BBC Music YouTube channel. Such a milestone moment being on that stage x Full Video: youtu.be/0t4IzaeFSbk?si=MCg9… #bbcradio1 #liveperformance #radio1bigweekend

✍️ @thepalewhite @BoilerShopNCL

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EUROPA LEAGUE was never the dream. Not because I didn’t want it. Because if I’m being honest, I never thought it was possible. What kid would? Especially when 12 years ago I was playing non league football in the Ryman Premier and Conference South, just trying to stay alive in the game. What kid dreams about Europe when, two weeks into the off season, his dad has to tell him he’s been released by Watford F.C. over the phone? I was heartbroken. My dad looked at me and said: “What are we doing tomorrow?” To which I replied with the words he’d drilled into me my whole life: “We’re training, Dad.” So we trained. Every single day. My dad emailed every EFL club asking for an opportunity. One club replied. One. That was all I needed. An opportunity. @WealdstoneFC and @wwfcofficial , I’ll always be indebted to you. Then came the move to @SunderlandAFC . A massive club. A massive opportunity. And I couldn’t wait to prove myself. But 45 minutes into my debut… hooked. “Rabbit caught in headlights. Waste of money. Get rid.” Then came the Championship. “He’s not good enough for this level.” Then the Premier League. “Let’s give him a debut and then get rid of him.” I understood the doubt. I’ve faced it my whole career. And truthfully, you doubt yourself too at times. But I’ve always tried to live by one mindset: Outwork your doubt. You don’t always need to see the full journey. You just need to take the next step. Then the next one. And then another. Even when social media tells you you’re not good enough. Even when the voice inside your own head whispers the same thing. Keep working. Keep learning. Keep showing up. Because sometimes the places you end up are bigger than anything your younger self could’ve ever imagined. To any young player reading this, don’t put a ceiling on yourself too early. You genuinely have no idea where this game and life can take you. And to the boys… thank you. You removed the glass ceiling I’d placed on myself. What a team. What a club. What a fanbase. Sunderland… rocking all over Europe ❤️🤍 And in the words of Granit Xhaka: “This is just the beginning.”

Pure LOVE for this team and club. ❤️🤍

Managed to see the last 15 mins after work. Have so far cried twice. I LOVE THIS TEAM ❤️🤍 What a year it has been!!!! @SunderlandAFC 🥰

Off the Wall.

Great stuff @tomasmithmusic and @LeazesOfficial 👏👏

My piece on @SmooveTurrell

Venue appreciation post: The White Room in Stanley, County Durham. A thriving, intimate independent venue supporting a variety of musicians and artists from the local, national and international scene. Gorgeously welcoming atmosphere, with superb coffees and fine drinks.

Out now

It’s a blinder @tomasmithmusic well done 👏

The goal, the poker face, the affection from his teammates. Pure class ❤️🤍

Definitely not.

Remembering all those who lost their lives on the 37th anniversary of The Hillsborough tragedy. Thoughts, love & prayers to their families, friends and everybody affected by that tragic day in 1989. They shall never walk alone. #YoullNeverWalkAlone #Hillsborough #NeverForgotten

10am @tomasmithmusic

Another gem 💎 from @brookecombe

Lush