- Simple Minds Summertime Dates in Europe 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:
- Snow Patrol Headline European Tour Dates Snow Patrol have added more dates to their upcoming European tour to take in Portugal, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands as a nice little warm up for their gig at Bellahouston Park on June 12th. Full details below along with some of Gary’s favourite viral videos at the moment:
- Jetpacks To Tour in Europe Then Hopefully Taking a Wee Break There are not many Scottish bands that have played more gigs that We Were Promised Jetpacks in the past 9 months. And we should know because we’ve listed them all. Following a sold out coast to coast US tour, the band are heading out to Europe once again.
- Sparrow and the Workshop European dates with Brian Jonestown Massacre Sparrow and the Workshop have announced a European tour with the unpredictable Brian Jonestown Massacre later this month. The Glasgow based band will also support Idlewild on a UK tour following the release of their highly anticipated second album on April 17. Full details below:
- Errors Interview and European Tour Dates; in Dublin Tonight Errors are coming to the end of their UK and Ireland tour this week with a show tonight in Dublin and tomorrow in Belfast. Their new album was released on March 1 to universal acclaim. Steev Livingstone spoke with us recently ahead of the Dublin show and new European tour dates in April and May.
- Interview with Alex Smoke It seems that every Monday when we publish Vic Galloway’s Scotland on Tour listings, Glasgow’s Alex Smoke inevitably will have a gig somewhere exotic. Recently we caught up with Alex in Tokyo and asked him about his globetrotting, his new album and what his first song would be tonight at the DV1 Club in Lyon.
- Robin Guthrie and Aidan Moffat playing in Castellón Later this week former Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie will make a rare appearance at the Tanned Tin Festival in Castellón, Spain. Also appearing at the festival is former Arab Strapper Aidan Moffat with The Best Ofs. Aidan will also play a gig in Paris on Friday night. Full details below:
- Meursault New Singles and European Tour Meursault’s new singles are out now and the Edinburgh band have just announced their first European tour. Full dates and ticket details are below. The records are released on Matthew’s own Song by Toad label but he still manages to give us a relatively unbiased review:
- Interview with Copy Haho Stonehaven’s Copy Haho have been hailed by many, including Vic Galloway, as one of Scotland’s best new bands. The guys are set to play their first ever tour in Europe with Los Campesinos! and yesterday singer Joe Hearty spoke with Dear Scotland about the upcoming gigs and more. Dates and ticket details follow the interview:
