Notes for Expats on Scottish bands touring internationally and features on Scottish music, sport, film and the life written by and for Scots around the world. More →
Mungos Hi Fi, Scotland’s number one Reggae dancehall sound-system will be playing a number of shows and festivals in Europe and in Mexico City this summer. Mungos Hi Fi have been releasing hits since 2001 when their killer track Wickedness featuring Brother Culture, released on the dubhead label, first took the world by storm getting [...]
Publicans, prostitutes, and petty criminals across South Africa were glued to their TV screens in early June hoping for a set of results that would propel the Tartan Army south of the Equator for only the second time in history (do we all remember how good the first trip was?).
Annie Lennox will be performing a one-off concert in July in at the Montecasino Theatre in Gauteng, South Africa. The event will benefit Annie Lennox’s SING campaign which helps prevent the spread of HIV in South Africa, and also supports those currently living with HIV. Talk Radio 702, together with Sony Music and Montecasino, proudly [...]
In 1965, Scottish music fans were split between the Beatstalkers and Dean Ford and the Gaylords as to who was the biggest band in Scotland. And when The Beatstalkers decided to put on a free show for a few hundred fans in Glasgow’s George Square, it became apparent just how big they had become.
Originally from Dingwall, The Cinematics are currently based in Glasgow. The band’s debut album, “A Strange Education”, was released in 2007, leading to successful tours throughout North America and Europe. They will be back on the road in Germany later this month.
Brazil in Seville; June 18, 9pm local time; 90 degrees (at least); Impossible is nothing for Narey and Scotland are on top of the world.
The Proclaimers today release their 8th Studio album “Notes & Rhymes” in North America ahead of a tour this summer in Canada that begins on July 4th in Ontario.
Glasvegas, Shitdisco, Camera Obscura, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, Snow Patrol, Alex Smoke, Paolo Nutini, Franz Ferdinand, Simple Minds and The Average White Band.
Edinburgh DJ Hostage will be bringing his heady mix of wobbly-rave, heavy-electro and house music to the bass-hungry masses this summer in Antwerp, Helsinki and Brooklyn. Hostage has been hard at work recently both in the clubs and in the studio. Over the last couple of years his rave pilgrimage has taken him all over [...]
