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If you want to be free to do what you want to do, to get loaded and to have a good time this Hogmanay then there is only one place in the world to be – Edinburgh. Once again Vic Galloway will be MC’ing the party, and he has more on the musical line-up featuring [...]
This weeks listings include international dates from Twin Atlantic, Broken Records, Isobel Campbell and The Vaselines while Vic has more on legends Primal Scream and their Screamadelica Anniversary tour down under.
This weeks listings include international dates from Twin Atlantic, Primal Scream, The Vaselines and Hudson Mohawke, while Uncle Vic has more on Glasgow’s Three Blind Wolves who finish their Dutch tour with gigs in Nijmegen, Groningen, Amsterdam and Zwolle.
The 2011 Scottish international tour calendar finally gets going this week with Three Blind Wolves in the Netherlands and Primal Scream in New Zealand and Australia. And Vic has more on the Phantom Band who are in Ireland.
With no Scottish bands on tour outside the UK this week, Vic has instead given us some details on a few of the Scottish bands that will be visiting his BBC Radio Scotland show soon, including Aerials Up, Mogwai, Primal Scream and more.
As Vic has been taking a well earned break after hosting Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party with Biffy Clyro, Dear Scotland has been updating the Scotland on Tour database with almost 300 new international shows from Scottish artists as diverse as Primal Scream, Isobel Campbell, Mogwai, Eddi Reader and Nazareth. Check it out below:
Well, it’s that time of year… best album of the year, best single of the year, best weekly gig blog on Dear Scotland etc! Yes, it makes sense for me to do my best gig of the year! It’s a tricky one as I’ve seen so many. However, one really sticks in my mind:
Primal Scream will play the Planeta Terra Festival in Sao Paolo next weekend and Vic chooses that as his Scottish gig of the week. Full details on all the Scottish international gigs this week are below, along with Vic’s interesting thoughts on the Scotland’s Greatest Ever Guitarist issue. Vote this Wednesday.
The Vaselines were on Vic’s Radio Scotland show recently and Eugene Kelly said Sao Paolo was “like the Gorbals with a suntan”. Glaswegians Primal Scream should feel right at home then at the Planeta Terra Festival next month in Brazil. Oh and if you like Primal Scream and football you must watch the video below.
