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Mogwai in NY, DC and Japan
Mogwai will be back in America in August for a couple of shows at the All Points West Festival in New York and then in Washington DC, before joining up with Teenage Fanclub and The Vaselines to play the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan. Ticket information and details below.
Shiner
July 28, 2009
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Interview with Andy Gray – Part 1
Former Scotland striker and Sky Sports / ESPN commentator Andy Gray was in New York recently for a charity dinner and he took some time to speak to Dear Scotland about scoring his first goal for Scotland, being an expat Scot and what he misses about home.
Pete Reid
July 28, 2009
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Calvin Harris to Jam in Paris, Poland, US and Canada
Calvin Harris has announced some more DJ gigs in Europe and North America to promote his new single and album Ready for the Weekend. Get ticket details and learn about Calvin’s sensational Jam TV below.
Shiner
July 27, 2009
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Vic Galloway On This Weeks Scottish Gigs Around the World
Vic picks Dananananaykroyd as the highlight of the many Scottish gigs around the world this week. The ‘Naykroyds are visiting Australia right now for the first time and will be in Sydney on Wednesday and Melbourne on Thursday night. According to Vic they may well be the best live band on the planet right now.
Vic Galloway
July 27, 2009
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Mylo Gig in Romania, New Album Soon
Originally from the Isle of Skye, Mylo’s 2004 debut album ‘Destroy Rock & Roll’ remains a bookmark in the story of dance music crossovers. His new album is expected in September and Mylo will be playing the Mission Dance Weekend in Romania next week. Listen to a full live set and get ticket info below.
Shiner
July 25, 2009
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Travis Announce Intimate Acoustic Shows in New York and LA
Limited tickets are now available at Travis Online for a couple of special acoustic Travis gigs featuring Fran and Andy in New York and LA. Video of Fran announcing the shows appeared last night and you can watch it below.
Shiner
July 24, 2009
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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.
Shiner
July 24, 2009
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Scottish Football Autobiographies – The Pundown
Footballer autobiographies. Rarely written by the player and rarely read by anyone except for 5 minutes on Christmas day, their only redeeming feature might be their awful pun titles. We at Dear Scotland openly embrace the pun so today we look at the best and worst Scottish football book puns, and propose some alternative titles.
Shiner
July 23, 2009
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Lord Cut Glass – ‘Lord Cut Glass’ Reviewed
It’s funny, you really can hear so much of the Delgados in this. Given that, after Emma Pollock’s solo album last year, this is the product of the other half of that split, that’s no surprise of course, but as a fan of the Delgados it is quite strange to hear so much of their […]
Matthew Young
July 23, 2009
