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Broken Records European Tour Dates
Vic has described Edinburgh’s Broken Records as having “a sound that mixes up the emotive, propulsive energy of Arcade Fire, adds the worldy swing of Beirut and combines it with the epic, sincere songwriting of The Waterboys“. European fans will be able to sample this sound for themselves soon. Dates and ticket details below.
September 3, 2009
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Finley Quaye in Ireland, Asia and Africa
Former Hibs ballboy and Brit award winner Finley Quaye is back on the road in support of his ‘best of’ collection and the forthcoming album ‘Straight From The Country’. The tour will include dates in Ireland, Senegal, South Africa and the UAE. Dates and ticket information below.
September 1, 2009
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Snow Patrol Reveal Full North American Tour
Scotland’s Snow Patrol will be touring all over the US and Canada over the next few months on their own headline tour and with U2. Full details and ticket information below. Already this summer the band have stepped up to replace Oasis as headliners at the V Festival and they played a storming set at […]
August 25, 2009
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Tell Mogwai, I Do Like Pundays
As regular readers will know, Dear Scotland loves Scottish music. But we also love puns (eg “Jesus! It’s Nazareth“). So one might imagine the delight we felt at the epic punnery that recently emanated from Mogwai guitar hero Stuart Braithwaite. As you will see below, with such a fine grasp of wordplay, one can only […]
August 21, 2009
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St Deluxe backing The Telescopes in Norway
Glasgow’s St Deluxe have been described by Alan McGee as “a Scottish Nirvana for the 21st Century”. The former Creation boss will likely be delighted to learn that St Deluxe will now be backing one of his earliest signings The Telescopes for a special show in Norway next month.
August 20, 2009
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Isobel Campbell Shows in Denmark
Isobel Campbell has spent much of 2009 writing and recording in Arizona, Shreveport and Denmark. Though plans for US shows with Mark Lanegan fell through, Isobel will be back in Denmark to play some very special shows in Aarhus later this month. Ticket details and interview below.
August 18, 2009
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Eddi Reader Gigs in Ireland and Japan
Eddi Reader is in Dublin later this week with Luka Bloom and will play in Tokyo and Osaka next month. Eddi has also been a supporter of the campaign to keep the Johnnie Walker plant in Kilmarnock and recently talked about how the whisky might have saved her life during a prior trip to Japan.
August 17, 2009
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Trembling Bells in Denmark
Glasgow’s Trembling Bells are Alex Neilson’s song-based group that Matthew has described as a “madly over the top version of the kind of psych-folk that was around in the sixties and seventies, like Liege & Lief by Fairport Convention meets Frank Zappa”. Trembling Bells will be in Aarhus next week at the Jazz Juice Festival.
August 15, 2009
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The Waterboys in Spain and Norway
Though The Waterboys may find themselves in a future “Are They Really Scottish?” list, it is unarguable that Mike Scott was born in Edinburgh and now lives up north in Findhorn. Mike is a prolific twitterer and blogger and recently recounted a great story about an old friend from the 70s Edinburgh punk scene. The […]
August 14, 2009
