Notes on Scottish bands touring internationally and features on Scottish music, sport, film and the life written by and for Scots around the world. More →
As previously revealed on Dear Scotland, Fran and Andy will be playing a series of acoustic shows in New York and LA in September. Additional NY and LA shows have now been added and are on sale today at 2pm. Details about additional tour dates throughout North America and ticket info (including pre-sales) below.
That’s the problem when you start to fly so high. There’s always the danger you might fall and painfully shatter something.
Glasgow fight pop six-piece Dananananakroyd were this week forced to cancel the remainder of their Australian tour after drummer/vocalist John Baillie Jnr broke his arm three songs into a much-anticipated set at the Annandale Hotel [...]
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Mint: “This is Sir David Murray. Sir David, to you. Murray. That’s Sir. David. Murray.”
Watty: “Boss, gonnae gie’s some dough fir some new players?”
Mint: “Walter, I telt you already, naw.”
Watty: “How naw?”
Mint: “Ah’m skint.”
Watty: “Are ye f*ck. Ye’re loaded. That’s why yer caw’d The Mint.”
I’d hate to turn into the sort of parent who thinks their brain-dead, irritating, charmless little f*ckwits of children are cleverer, lovelier and more delightful than the very Baby Jeebus himself, despite their evident lack of any sort of talent or even bare sliver of tolerability to the entire rest of the human race. In [...]
Dear Scotland presents another adventure from the wonderful worlds as created by Scottish animator Swatrick Payze.
This week : Brillso Thrillso – New Trainers
Mogwai will be back in America in August for a couple of shows at the All Points West Festival in New York and then in Washington DC, before joining up with Teenage Fanclub and The Vaselines to play the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan. Ticket information and details below.
Former Scotland striker and Sky Sports / ESPN commentator Andy Gray was in New York recently for a charity dinner and he took some time to speak to Dear Scotland about scoring his first goal for Scotland, being an expat Scot and what he misses about home.
Calvin Harris has announced some more DJ gigs in Europe and North America to promote his new single and album Ready for the Weekend. Get ticket details and learn about Calvin’s sensational Jam TV below.
Vic picks Dananananaykroyd as the highlight of the many Scottish gigs around the world this week. The ‘Naykroyds are visiting Australia right now for the first time and will be in Sydney on Wednesday and Melbourne on Thursday night. According to Vic they may well be the best live band on the planet right now.
