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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Vic Galloway in Sweden!
After a year writing about all the great Scottish acts playing around the world, Vic is off to Gothenburg at the weekend to perform a DJ set at the Ritz and quite rightly it’s the gig of the week. More details below along with info on every other Scottish show abroad this week.
Vic Galloway
May 31, 2010
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Interview with Codeine Velvet Club
Codeine Velvet Club will be playing in Bucharest tomorrow and head to Japan later this summer for what will likely be their last gig. Still, the band fronted by Scotland’s Most Eligible Lady Lou Hickey and Jon Fratelli went down a storm at SXSW and Lou recently spoke to us about that experience and more:
Pete Reid
May 28, 2010
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Runrig Gigs in Denmark and Germany
Runrig have announced a couple of upcoming tours of Denmark and Germany. The band who feature one of Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummers in Iain Bayne will also tour the UK in December finishing with a show at the Barrowlands on December 18. Full details below:
Shiner
May 27, 2010
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The Celtic Cup (or, My Name’s Billy And I’ll Be Here All Week)
This time next year, we’ll be in the final stages of the inaugaral “Four Associations” tournament in Dublin. This competition, announced in March 2009, will see Northern Ireland, the Republic, Scotland, and Wales compete in a round-robin format where the winner will… well, nothing really. There doesn’t seem much point to the whole thing.
Billy Williamson
May 27, 2010
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – French Wives
I know I should probably start by giving a synopsis about the band, but that just isn’t my style. With the French Wives, it’s even more difficult as I find myself in a situation where I could be seen to be a bit ‘fan boy’ about them. At 31, this isn’t the best of looks.
Lloyd Meredith
May 26, 2010
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Fran Healy North American Solo Shows
Fran Healy of Travis has announced that he will be playing his first ever solo shows this summer with Keane in the US and Canada. So far the tour has a few open dates so it is possible that additional gigs will be added. Full details below including Fran’s set times:
Shiner
May 25, 2010
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This Week in SEAN
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News Henry Ian Cusick talks about the Lost finale, Billy Boyd promotes Pimp, ticket details for Scottish films at the Sydney Film Festival and photos from when Ewan met Han, Chewie and Lando.
Saba I.
May 25, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Bis in Barcelona
It is a bumper week for Scottish bands on tour internationally this week with 18 bands playing across the world. Highlights include Camera Obscura and A-Lix in South America, Codeine Velvet Club in Romania and the mighty Bis at the Primavera Festival. Vic has more on Bis alongside the full listings below:
Vic Galloway
May 24, 2010
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Interview with Allan Guthrie
Allan Guthrie writes dark (and sometimes comic) crime fiction. He was born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life. He is also the author of the award winning ‘Hard Man’ and his latest novel is Slammer. Our friends at Byker Books recently shared a pint with Allan in Glasgow:
Pete Reid
May 21, 2010
