Dear Scotland

As regular readers will know, Dear Scotland has published some terrible puns in the past. We’ve had articles about Mogwai punsmith Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish football autobiography puns and the story about the return of Dunfermline’s greatest 70s rockers “Jesus! It’s Nazareth“. But this is a Joachim Löw.

In addition to their previously announced Brooklyn gig with Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub have now added 14 more shows in the US and Canada. Ticket links are below. You can also download The Fannies’ new album ‘Shadows’ through the Dear Scotland shop:

Mogwai’s tunes have always had a cinematic quality about them and now “Burning”, the band’s live concert film collaboration with Vincent Moon and Nathanael Le Scouarnac, will air on the big screen at special events in the US and Canada this summer.

Belle and Sebastian today announced their first American shows in over four years, as well as their first ever visits to Mexico and Singapore. Details of previously announced shows in Europe and Japan are here. Tickets for a Brooklyn show with Teenage Fanclub are on presale tomorrow. More below:

Runrig have announced a couple of upcoming tours of Denmark and Germany. The band who feature one of Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummers in Iain Bayne will also tour the UK in December finishing with a show at the Barrowlands on December 18. Full details below:

Fran Healy of Travis has announced that he will be playing his first ever solo shows this summer with Keane in the US and Canada. So far the tour has a few open dates so it is possible that additional gigs will be added. Full details below including Fran’s set times:

Simple Minds have announced 20 more gigs across Europe this summer including a reunion with old pals The Waterboys at the Lots Festival in the Netherlands. You can also catch ‘Lostboy!’ the side project from Scotland’s Greatest Ever Vocalist* at King Tuts in Glasgow on Saturday night. Details below:

Frightened Rabbit are in San Francisco tonight playing an acoustic show at the Rickshaw Stop as they start to wrap up their US tour and the band have just announced new gigs in Sydney and Melbourne in August after their appearance at Splendour in the Grass. Full details and Oz tour diary below.

Mogwai have announced their first show of 2010 headlining the Metamorphose Festival in Japan in September. The Glasgow band will also be premiering their new concert film ‘Burning’ later this month in Berlin. Details below: