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Stanley Odd
Read more: Stanley Odd27 March 2026, Paisley Arts Centre Getting off the train at Gilmour Street in Paisley, the cold wind blowing down the streets resulted in just about everyone arriving at the Paisley Arts Centre wrapped up for the elements outside. In contrast no doubt, they were warm inside in expectation of Stanley Odd’s return to the…
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Jehnny Beth with Benefits
Read more: Jehnny Beth with Benefits22 March 2026, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut A visit to King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut has yet to disappoint over the years we’ve been going there. There’s always a special atmosphere generated in the venue irrespective of who is playing, and you sense that the acts have created a special rapport with the audience…
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The Monochrome Set with The Cathode Ray
Read more: The Monochrome Set with The Cathode Ray7 March 2026, Mono Cafe The Cathode Ray There have only been a couple of times during our two-and-a-bit years of the #AtoZMusicalTour when support act has been the primary reason for getting tickets to see them play live. In the recent past, F.O.Machete filled that role. However, on this Saturday night all thoughts turned…
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Gene with James Walsh
Read more: Gene with James Walsh6 March 2026, The Barrowland Ballroom Several months ago, the marketing campaign for Gene’s tour started to appear regularly in the social media feeds that form part of the daily information input. Gene, a band I was slightly familiar with having tracks on various compilation CDs purchased in the 1990s. Could I name a song…
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Mackenzies with Land Surveyor
Read more: Mackenzies with Land Surveyor28 February 2026, The Glad Cafe Walking into the Glad Café on Saturday night to see the Mackenzies and Land Surveyor play felt a bit like going back in time to the 1980s. Four decades or so later, the anticipation was the same. The chatter about the bands and musicians who played around that earlier…
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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets with Waldo’s Gift
Read more: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets with Waldo’s Gift25 February 2026, SWG3 In truth, I had to re-familiarise myself with the music of the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets ahead of the gig at SWG3. What was evident from doors opening though, was that the band didn’t have such worries with the rest of the audience as they drifted in. Young (compared to us!), excited,…
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Jonny with BMX Bandits
Read more: Jonny with BMX Bandits20 February 2026, Strathaven Hotel FRETS concerts describe themselves quite succinctly as follows – ‘FRETS concerts are intimate acoustic affairs, we’re all about songs and live performances’. The Strathaven Hotel has been the venue of choice since their inaugural event back in 2019. while the Glad Café has also played host in recent times too. What…
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Big Special with Gans
Read more: Big Special with Gans19 February 2026, SWG3 Big Special I’ve been lucky to see Big Special three times now. As a support act, higher up the musical food chain as part of a one-day Glasgow festival and at SWG3 as the headliners. I’ve yet to be let down by their performances. The intensity, the humour, the political messaging,…
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Besnard Lakes with The Thorn
Read more: Besnard Lakes with The Thorn17 February 2026, The Rumshack Arriving early at The Rumshack in Glasgow’s Southside, we were able to pick a suitable vantage point to see both bands play to an enthusiastic crowd who packed out the venue. A good vantage point is recommended as the stage sits only a few inches above floor level and when…
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Mogwai with Forest Swords
Read more: Mogwai with Forest Swords12 February 2026, Paisley Town Hall Walking into Paisley Town Hall is like taking a walk back in time when grand buildings like it littered towns and cities across the country. Unlike many though, a considerable refurbishment has given it a modern contemporary feel within a stately framework. It’s an impressive sight. An impressive setting…
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Echoes of Scotland – Show No.4
Read more: Echoes of Scotland – Show No.4I’ll be playing some contemporary music each Sunday between 7pm and 8pm GMT. Some will be old. Some will be new. Some will be borrowed but they will all be tinged with some Scottish blue.
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Kula Shaker with Helicon
Read more: Kula Shaker with Helicon11 February 2026, The Old Fruitmarket Helicon On the day that the band’s latest album Arise is released, it seems very appropriate to provide a review to their support act at The Old Fruitmarket. I’ve been fortunate to see Helicon on several occasions over the past couple of years and each time they look and…
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Xiu Xiu
Read more: Xiu Xiu4 February, Cottiers, Glasgow Eraserhead Xiu Xiu was described as a new a live concert with accompanying film that uses field recordings, concert specific homemade instruments, organ, modular synths, vocals, flashlights, electrical interference and elements of musique concrete to express the bizarre emotionality, conflicted sexuality, relentless darkness and singularly unsettled moonscape of this most incredible…
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Friends Again with Lloyd Cole
Read more: Friends Again with Lloyd Cole31 January 2026, the Old Fruitmarket Over 40 years ago, a group of young men threw a bottle into the sea and watched it drift away into the Clyde Estuary. It floated through currents across the world, untouched by the ever-changing musical vibes that drifted just above the seas. Four decades on and the bottle…
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Echoes of Scotland – Show No.2
Read more: Echoes of Scotland – Show No.2I’ll be playing some contemporary music each Sunday between 7pm and 8pm GMT. Some will be old. Some will be new. Some will be borrowed but they will all be tinged with some Scottish blue.
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Tom McGuire And The Brassholes with Sean Choon & The Prawn Monsoon and The Great Pleasure
Read more: Tom McGuire And The Brassholes with Sean Choon & The Prawn Monsoon and The Great Pleasure30 January 2026, Barrowland Ballroom I’ve been to my fair share of gigs across the years at Glasgow’s premier music venue, The Barrowland Ballroom. However, across the whole evening, I can’t remember so many people on stage to entertain the packed floor in front of them. There appeared to be a competition between all three…
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Echoes of Scotland – Show No.1
Read more: Echoes of Scotland – Show No.1I’ll be playing some contemporary music each Sunday between 7pm and 8pm GMT. Some will be old. Some will be new. Some will be borrowed but they will all be tinged with some Scottish blue.
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Rudebeard with The Three’n’Eights
Read more: Rudebeard with The Three’n’Eights23 January 2026, McChuills I’ll start this post by putting the gig in some kind of context. McChuills invites everyone who plays and attends gigs there to enjoy an intimate evening. You can, as I did, get up close and personal to the performers if you’re so inclined. Alternatively, you could stand at the back…
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Biffy Clyro with The Armed and Soft Play
Read more: Biffy Clyro with The Armed and Soft PlayOVO Hydro, 21 January 2026 When Biffy Clyro formed in 1995 or thereabouts, did they ever imagine they would be ending the UK leg of their tour in front of 14,000 adoring fans at an indoor arena in Glasgow? Such was the case when they arrived on stage to an adoring fanbase on a damp…
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Top 10 Gigs and Albums of 2025
Read more: Top 10 Gigs and Albums of 2025So many to choose from in both categories The Gigs Of The Year 2025 was another busy year for gigs, though I didn’t manage to close off #Chapter2 of our #AtoZMusicalTour with the letters U and X still awaiting to be ticked off. The #RaceAcrossEurope tour which was our #Interrail holiday was even better than 2024 with some great locations and bands, topped off with Nick Cave in the Pompeii…
