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This week in the Gloaming
Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset.
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Jesus! It’s Nazareth
Some people may be surprised to know that vintage Scottish rockers Nazareth are still going strong but, as previously noted on Dear Scotland, the band are currently on a tour of Canada. Later this summer the Fifers will visit Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Tour dates below.
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High Dunoon
You know the scenario. You’re sinking a few in some salubrious drinking hole on the other side of the world, just winding down after a hard week and trying not to think about whether you’ll still have a job on Monday, all that nuclear acceleration in North Korea, or how most of the world inexplicably […]
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Under New Management
It should come as no shock to you that Billy is a fully paid-up member of the filthy capitalist establishment, and therefore I have many times been in the position of wanting people to leave my company against their will. Human Resources will tell you there are two ways to go about this. The first […]
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The Vaselines – Gig in Japan too
After a 20 years hiatus, The Vaselines reformed last year playing shows in Scotland, London and New York with members of Belle and Sebastian backing up Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee. Next month the band will play on the same stage as Teenage Fanclub, Grizzly Bear, Sonic Youth and The Flaming Lips in Tokyo and Osaka at […]
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How to be a “Rock and Roll Tourist”: on the Cludgy with ISB
Admit it. We all read on the throne and Billy Connolly made Scottish humour synonymous with toilets, so this week’s article is going down the pan.
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We Were Promised Jetpacks to tour Europe
The debut album by WWPJ, released yesterday in the US, has been described as “a 50-minute, 11-song tour through the Scottish scene’s past, present, and future, emphasizing how much of the country’s best pop music has been concerned with transporting listeners to specific places, so we can all linger there together”.
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Sweet Dreams : Eric Liddell’s Cinematic Gold
On Friday July 11, 1924, Eric Liddell won the 400m Olympic Gold medal in Paris, immortalising him as one of Scotland’s greatest heroes. Sir Arthur Marshall, a reserve for the British Olympic team, writes about his personal memories of Liddell, the famous race and how they celebrated together with two American sisters.
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Teenage Fanclub – Gig in Japan
Bellshill’s Teenage Fanclub are probably most known for their critically acclaimed albums Bandwagonesque, Songs from Northern Britain and Grand Prix. As with Manda Rin, Japan has remained especially faithful to The Fannies, and the band will return there again in August for the Summersonic festival in Tokyo and Osaka.