Concert: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Venue: Brighton Preston ParkDates: 31 July 2026 When the stars align, a homecoming gig can really be a thing of beauty, one for the ages that people will talk about for years to come, special, poignant and intensely personal to those on stage and in the crowd. Nick Cave and the Bad […]
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Concert The Flaming LipsVenue: Glasgow Kelvingrove Bandstand Dates: 27 July 2026 Some concerts begin with a bang. The Flaming Lips began theirs in another dimension. Rather than opening with a familiar anthem, Wayne Coyne and company drifted into the closing passage of minor hit single It Overtakes Me, a deep cut from At War with The Mystics. It was
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Concert: The B-52’s Venue: Glasgow, BarrowlandDates: 18 June 2026 Back in 1992 I was fortune enough to catch The B-52’s play Glasgow Barrowland. Owning the stage and strutting like a psychedelic peacock, singer Fred Schneider was resplendent in green trousers and a loud orange shirt. He asked, “Glasgow, is there a beach around here“? Cue a little bewilderment and
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Concert Pulp Venue: Paris Zenith – La Villette Dates: 6 July 2026 Fourteen years is a long time to leave a city waiting. Having last played at the city’s L’Olympia venue in 2012, it was no surprise that this show had been sold out for months. There was an electric vibe pulsing through the room that had nothing
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Concert: Mull Historical Society/ Sister John Venue: Stirling TolboothDates: 11 June 2026 As an avid gig-goer I have travelled far and wide to see live music, so when not one, but two of my favourite Scottish bands announced a show in my home city I was of course doubly delighted. Generally, Glasgow and Edinburgh are the go to cities
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Concert The Countess of Fife Venue: Glasgow Glad Cafe Dates: 23 May 2026 On a Saturday night in May, in the third decade of the twenty-first century, Fay Fife was still very much a Rezillo — all quick wit, punk spirit and theatrical instinct — but this time she appeared as something else too: a Countess. Wise, funny,
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Concert: Madness Venue: Falkirk KelpiesDates: 5 June 2026 Madness and I go back a long way. The first album I ever bought with my own pocket money was One Step Beyond which happened to be forty-seven years ago (gulp). I’ve seen the Nutty Boys countless times over the years and it was also the first proper band my youngest son saw live
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Crikey, it’s June already and we have had three days of glorious weather – you really cannot beat a Scottish summer!! (I am writing this as the rain is bouncing down outside). Anyway, let’s hope for more sunshine, particularly for those outdoor gigs coming up soon. Regardless if your next concert is indoors or out,
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Concert: Proud Mary Venue: Glasgow Oran MorDate: 15 May 2026 I’d heard about Proud Mary here and there over the years, but had never properly checked them out, so when the opportunity arose to see them at Glasgow’s Oran Mor, I grabbed it with both hands. Their performance took place on the same stage as the iconic ‘A Play, a Pie
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Concert: Dave Formula & Noko Venue: Glasgow, Saint Luke’sDates: 8 May 2026 It’s 2026 and here we are, watching and listening intently as Magazine’s keyboard player Dave Formula introduces the band. With his son Max on drums, singer Peter Petersen’s progeny Tim on bass duties with guitarist Noko – who played in Magazine 2009-2011 – completing the line up,
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