Dear Scotland

Franz Ferdinand will play in 14 different European countries this summer and also travel to Japan in support of their 3rd album Tonight:Franz Ferdinand.

Paolo Nutini looks likely to be Scotland’s next global star. Last night, his new album went straight to Number 1 in the UK Charts and later this week he commences a tour which will take him through Europe and North America.

Following a successful tour in the US and Canada, Travis will return to Europe to play festivals in Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia and Norway. Fran Healy’s Belle and Sebastian story: Stuart Murdoch is an old friend of mine from Glasgow. He and I were best friends with two sisters. His friend was called Kiera, and my [...]

“What I’m into at the moment”, says Dumfries’ Calvin Harris, “is the idea of stadium dance. Playing football stadia with massive riffs, big hands-in-the-air moments.” Before he hits the stadia, Calvin will play some DJ sets in Europe this summer.

Formed in Dundee, based in Glasgow, with two Scottish band members, we are claiming Snow Patrol. Indeed, it was as part of the legendary 17 band “Scottish Invasion” of SXSW in 2004 that Snow Patrol began to make their name in America and they have never looked back. The band will be playing some of [...]

Glasgow’s Rustie has been described as “the sound of the underground before the underground has even had a chance to get out of bed”. An electronic maverick of the highest order, he is set to play at a number of clubs and festivals in Europe this summer.

Dundee’s finest The View will be playing two shows in Brazil this week. On Saturday they will headline the Underage Stage at the Coca-Cola Parc Festival in Porto Alegre, the largest city in Southern Brazil. On Sunday the boys head to the Clash Club in Sao Paulo thanks to support provided in part by the [...]

Hudson Mohawke, also known as Hud Mo, is a highly touted Electronic music producer/DJ from Glasgow affiliated with the LuckyMe collective.Hudson Mohawke’s most recent release is the Polyfolk Dance EP, released in 2009 on Warp Records. He will be playing all over Europe this summer.

Glaswegians Camera Obscura are currently winding their way through North America, playing their tender tunes to audiences in Tennesse, Kentucky and Minnesota. Tonight the band are likely somewhere between Utah and Oregon, as they head out west supporting their new album “My Maudlin Career”.