Dear Scotland

This weeks listings include international dates from The Phantom Band, Broken Records and Biffy Clyro, while Vic has more on Edwyn Collins who is in Austria, Germany and Turkey this week. Next month Edwyn will visit New York, Austin and Japan. More below:

Edwyn Collins in Germany, Austria and Turkey
by Vic Galloway

It’s been well documented that Scottish indie legend, Edwyn Collins suffered from a horrific brain haemorrhage and has made an incredible, lazarus-like recovery. It’s testament to such will, determination and raw talent that not only is he recovering, but making some of the best music of his career.

‘Losing Sleep’ is the current album made post-illness and has some A-list indie collaborations thereon from Johnny Marr, Franz Ferdinand, The Drums, The Magic Numbers & The Cribs. The album is up-tempo, forceful, full of energy and ideas. So good in fact, I put it in my Top 75 albums of 2010. Edwyn’s been taking to the stage again too, and the gigs are celebratory, joyful affairs with songs from his Orange Juice years and excellent solo back catalogue.

His voice is still very much intact, and the material sounds as fresh as ever. If you’re in Germany, Austria or Turkey, try to get along and see a Scottish rock’n'roll campaigner and a true inspiration.

Also on tour this week: The Phantom Band, Broken Records, Biffy Clyro, Eddi Reader, Fran Healy and KT Tunstall.

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Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep

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Orange Juice - Rip It Up.

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Scotland on Tour this week

Artist	Date	City	Country
Phantom Band in Europe 2011
Phantom Band	22 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Odense	Denmark
Phantom Band	23 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Copenhagen	Denmark
Phantom Band	27 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Aarhus	Denmark
Broken Records in Europe & USA 2011
Broken Records	21 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Philadelphia, PA	United States
Broken Records	22 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in New York, NY	United States
Broken Records	23 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Brooklyn, NY	United States
Broken Records	24 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Boston, MA	United States
Broken Records	26 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Chicago, IL	United States
Broken Records	27 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Minneapolis, MN	United States
Biffy Clyro in North America 2011
Biffy Clyro	24 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Portland, OR	United States
Biffy Clyro	25 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Vancouver, BC	Canada
Biffy Clyro	26 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Seattle, WA	United States
Eddi Reader in Europe 2011
Eddi Reader	21 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Dublin	Ireland
Eddi Reader	24 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Kildare	Ireland
Fran Healy in Europe and Japan 2011
Fran Healy	23 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Rome	Italy
Edwyn Collins in Europe 2011
Edwyn Collins	21 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Cologne	Germany
Edwyn Collins	22 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Schorndorf	Germany
Edwyn Collins	23 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Munich	Germany
Edwyn Collins	24 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Istanbul	Turkey
Edwyn Collins	26 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Vienna	Austria
KT Tunstall in Europe 2011
KT Tunstall	21 Feb 11	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Dublin	Ireland

Photo Credit: Pix Gremlin