Summer has well and truly arrived, it is bloody roasting as I type this. However, a cold glass of water (or any other beverage of your choice) and some amazing tunes is all that you need and fortunately Into Creative have another batch to recommend to our discerning readers. So, read on!!!!!!!!!!!!! Artist: Various Album: Something For The […]
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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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George on the left wing… Show #328 Mais Que Nada – Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66Stonehouse Violets – The BluebellsMama Used To Say – JuniorDiego – Ian ProwseMoney – Pink FloydWichita Lineman – Glen CampbellWorld In Motion – New OrderJoxer Goes To Stuttgart – Christy MooreGoalie’s Ball – JamesToo Shy – KajagoogooSticking Around – RobertsonWaving
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Into Creative is delighted to welcome submissions to The Isobel Slorach Poetry Award. Entries are invited from anyone aged 12 and over, writing in English or Scots and living in the UK or Ireland. This competition is held in memory of Isobel Slorach who lived with Down’s Syndrome and was the aunt of the prize’s
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Event: Caledonia Screaming: 50 Years of Punk Festival: Edinburgh International Book FestivalChair: Nicola MeighanVenue: SpiegeltentDate: Friday 28 August 2026, 8.30pm – 10.30pm It’s been 50 years, this year, since the first punk gig in Scotland. Grant McPhee, writer of Caledonia Screaming: Scottish Punk 1976 – 1977, will give the lowdown via his oral history of Scottish
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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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The (croaky) sound and vision of George… Show #327 Moonshake – CanSad Comedian – The LoftPrivate Joy – PrinceRed Sun Rising – Chris BrainWorking on a Building of Love – Chairmen of the BoardHey Amanda – Broken Social SceneThe Sanity Assassin – BauhausOne Day Like This – ElbowWink – Andy Alston and Sean BissettSound and
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