May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It has been an exhaustive weekend – but I wouldn’t swap it for the world. Seeing the best live music from my most favourite bands and artists. I know I am in a very fortunate position to be able to do it, even if I am doing it on a very tight budget. The weekend…
When this is posted, I will be in Newcastle having seen a Warm Digits gig the night before. It’s been a hectic weekend with two gigs within the space of 24 hours and also travelling a distance between them too! So, yes, this post was scheduled and compiled on Friday afternoon. I didn’t want to…
No one was more surprised than me to get a response from His Kerrness when he posted to the SM Facebook page on Monday. In his post he spoke about Peter Gabriel and his unswerving loyalty to the man. I guess it’s that teen thing? The people who shape you during your formative years, and…
For a change, the weather did exactly as it was meant to do in Glasgow yesterday. There was quite the mix of sunshine and … not exactly showers but torrential downpours. They were due to settle and clear off by late afternoon. I made it into the city while staying dry and managed to remain…
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I had a gig on last night. I was meant to be seeing the Dutch band, THe Klittens, last night at Broadcast at the top end (or bottom end, depending on your perspective) of Sauchiehall Street – the M8 end, near Charing Cross/St George’s Cross subway stations. That end of it. As what happened on…
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This was a real going-out-on-a-limb, no-expectations gig for me. No one threw the band my way. I didn’t see them as a support act previously. I came across them when looking to return to the QMU for another gig after seeing Brooke Combe there and wanting to return to the venue for further gigs. I…
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It was last November that I saw a post from promoters, Regular Music, announcing that Australian music legend Ian Moss would be performing at Oran Mor the following June. I didn’t purchase a ticket straight away. I held off. Sat on the idea for a while. I kept the gig in the back of my…
It was another first for me last night. Not seeing The Lemon Twigs themselves. I’ve seen them on two previous occasions. Once at the fantastic Green Man festival in the Brecon Beacons in 2018 and then in the winter of 2019 at the Roundhouse. I had also bought a ticket to see them at St…
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Firstly, I have to talk about the experience of getting to the gig. Until recently, the Exhibition train station by the area of the Clyde where the Hydro and Armadillo are based has been closed for … refurbishment, I think? Anyway, I haven’t been able to make use of it and have been going to…
Today Jim has posted about, understandably, still reeling from John Giblin’s passing. The weather in Tao at present seems to be fitting the tone. My friend, Michelle, is currently over there, so I’ve had a somewhat vested interest in keeping an eye on the weather out there. Good weather is set to return in time…
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