One of Newcastle’s favourite sons, Daniel Johns, will make a rare appearance on the Civic Theatre stage later this year.

While it’s not a Silverchair reunion, it promises to be just as entertaining.

Daniel Johns in Conversation: What If The Future Never Happened?, an evening of storytelling, film and music, is slated to take place on Friday 7 November.

The recluse will discuss his early life and creative process, sharing never-before-seen photos, moving archival footage and unreleased recordings straight from his personal collection.

He’ll reveal previously unheard demos – from four-track embryonic Neon Ballroom bedroom demos to the original songwriting session of Straight Lines from the band’s final album, Young Modern , to ideas for songs he had written that would never make it

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