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Vote for Scotland’s Greatest Ever Bassist
Inevitably Alec’s ‘Who is…?’ article and the suggestions received through Facebook, Twitter and the comments section have caused further heated debate amongst the Dear Scotland contributors. It’s just as well most of us live in different countries. In the end, our final five are: Dominic Aitchison, Jack Bruce, Derek Forbes, Alan Gorrie, and Dougie Payne.
Pete Reid
December 2, 2009
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Franz Ferdinand in Australia and South America 2010
Franz Ferdinand are in Portugal tomorrow and they will continue their world domination with gigs throughout Australia and South America next year. As reported last week, there is also the Yummy Fur reunion tour in January. Video of Franz Ferdinand at the MTV Video Music Brasil Awards and full ticket information below.
Shiner
December 1, 2009
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This Week in SEAN
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News, Alan Cumming gets an OBE, Tony Curran is cast as van Gogh, David Tennant stars in St Trinians 2 and Peter Capaldi joins his old ‘Bastards from Hell’ band mate Craig Ferguson on US telly.
Saba I.
December 1, 2009
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Interview with Come On Gang!
Edinburgh’s Come On Gang! will be in Washington DC this week for a St Andrews Day show hosted by the Scottish Affairs Office. The band were one of the stand-out Scottish acts at SXSW 2009 and an excited Sarah, Mikey and Rob spoke to Dear Scotland this weekend before they headed back across the pond.
Pete Reid
November 30, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Alex Smoke
Vic is on his way to the Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes with The Phantom Band and Alex Smoke is on his way to Australia for a series of shows starting with appearances in Canberra and Sydney at the weekend. Full details of all this week’s international shows by Scottish artists below, with ticket information:
Vic Galloway
November 30, 2009
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Interview with The Phantom Band
Glaswegian sextet The Phantom Band will join Vic Galloway in Rennes next weekend for the Trans Musicales Festival. Dear Scotland spoke with the band’s keyboard player Andy Wake this week who revealed the band’s healthy obsession with outdoor swimming as well as their plans for SXSW 2010.
Pete Reid
November 27, 2009
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The Yummy Fur Reuniting for US Tour
Glaswegian 90’s band The Yummy Fur have announced that they will be getting back together for a few shows in America next year. The band formerly included ‘Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer‘ Paul Thomson and Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. Word has it that Paul will feature in the reunited line-up. Details below.
Shiner
November 26, 2009
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Scottish Bands Announced for SXSW 2010
South by Southwest (SXSW) has announced an initial line-up of 200 or so showcasing artists for the annual music festival in Austin, Texas next year. Seven Scottish bands are among them: Broken Records, Frightened Rabbit, The Law, Tommy Reilly, Trembling Bells, Twin Atlantic and The View. As well as these bands, we also believe that […]
Shiner
November 25, 2009
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And Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer is…
…Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand, according to the readers of Dear Scotland (and a few thousand new visitors). Congratulations to Paul who joins guitarist Stuart Adamson in our Greatest Ever Scottish Supergroup.
Pete Reid
November 25, 2009
