- Travis Acoustic Tour of US & Canada As previously revealed on Dear Scotland, Fran and Andy will be playing a series of acoustic shows in New York and LA in September. Additional NY and LA shows have now been added and are on sale today at 2pm. Details about additional tour dates throughout North America and ticket info (including pre-sales) below.
- Glasvegas Continue World Domination With More Dates in Europe and North America It has been an incredible year for Glasvegas. The band will support U2 tonight in Dublin then return to America next week to headline their own tour. Later this summer they’ll open for U2 at Hampden and Wembley then they’ll be back in North America to support Kings of Leon in September. Ticket information below.
- The Proclaimers Returning to America Auchtermuchty’s favourite sons The Proclaimers have just completed a tour of Canada and will be returning to North America in September with a full band. No news yet on whether they will be driving around the States on the back of a red convertible again (see video), but ticket details and tour dates are below.
- AC/DC Touring North America, Wearing Vintage Scotland Kit Following Kenny McColl’s expert analysis of whether AC/DC are really Scottish, it now seems appropriate to bring news and ticket details for the band’s upcoming stadium tour of North America. And to confirm Kenny’s conclusion, watch the featured video of the band playing their take on Loch Lomond in full 1978 Scotland kit below.
- Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks to tour US together Three of Scotland’s most powerful and exciting new bands have announced that they will be touring in America together this autumn. The Twilight Sad will be joined by label mates Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks for many of the dates on the West Coast. See tour dates and buy tickets below.
- Frightened Rabbit North American dates Selkirk’s Frightened Rabbit will be hopping over the Atlantic this summer to play a free show in front of tens of thousands of fans at NYC’s Siren Festival. The next day, the Rabbits will find themselves in Chicago, playing before another massive crowd at the annual Pitchfork Festival. They’ll also be playing a few east […]
- Trashcan Sinatras in America and Japan The Trashcan Sinatras have announced US dates for July and August. The band will start rehearsals in early July and will play a warmup show in California on July 16 before heading to Japan for the Fuji Festival. Once they return from Japan, the band begins a full summer US tour.
- Average White Band On The Road in US Arguably best known now for the song “Pick Up The Pieces” which has appeared in every American film and TV show in the last 30 years (see video below), the Average White Band are still widely regarded as one of the best soul and funk bands in the history of music.They will be playing to […]
- Paolo Nutini On Tour and at #1 Paolo Nutini looks likely to be Scotland’s next global star. Last night, his new album went straight to Number 1 in the UK Charts and later this week he commences a tour which will take him through Europe and North America.