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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : We Were Promised Jetpacks
Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Jetpacks are currently on their first headline North American tour. The 26 date adventure will wind its way through America and Canada before rolling up at the SXSW festival where they will certainly be one of this year’s buzz bands. Vic Galloway has more:
Vic Galloway
February 8, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Calvin Harris
Brit nominee Calvin Harris has just finished a string of festival dates in Australia and on his way home he’ll be stopping off in Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore for a few more gigs. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway has more on Calvin along with the only listing of every Scottish gig around the world this week:
Vic Galloway
February 1, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Malcolm Middleton
It’s Burns Night tonight and somewhat fittingly Vic Galloway highlights singer, guitarist and poet Malcolm Middleton in Ireland as his Scottish international gig of the week. More on Malcolm below along with details on 13 other Scottish bands and artists on tour outside the UK this week:
Vic Galloway
January 25, 2010
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Vic Galloway’s 50 Scottish Artists to watch in 2010
Wow, these lists get longer every year… sorry, but it just shows how much World-Class shizzle is out there from Scotland just now. Try and check out these guys over the next 12 months – there’s massive range of styles from Indie to Dubstep to Hardcore to Acoustic songwriters to Electronica and Hip-Hop.
Vic Galloway
January 13, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Broken Records
Edinburgh’s Broken Records have a couple of interesting shows coming up. They’ll play a special Burns night show at King Tuts on the 24th and next weekend they’ll be at the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen. Vic has more on that gig and details on all the Scottish bands on tour this week:
Vic Galloway
January 11, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : The View
Dundee’s The View are currently in Australia and are scheduled to play in Brisbane tonight, Sydney tomorrow and Perth on Friday. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway tells us why this is his pick of the Scottish gigs abroad this week.
Vic Galloway
January 4, 2010
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By the Time I Get To Greenock
“When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have” – Edgar Watson Howe. Having been coaxed out of ‘self imposed exile’ by Dear Scotland, this was the first of many brilliant articles by Alec Downie on the joys of Scottish music . Happy Birthday Alec.
Alec Downie
December 30, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Vic Galloway at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay!
Today Vic highlights one last gig of 2009, and it sounds like a cracker. We Were Promised Jetpacks and Frightened Rabbit will join Vic Galloway on stage at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party on Thursday night. The music starts at 9pm. More from Vic including Frightened Rabbit’s session version of ‘Walking in the Air’ below.
Vic Galloway
December 28, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Best Gig of 2009
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:
Vic Galloway
December 21, 2009
