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Seven days of free gigs and fundraising for Glasgow Oxjam

Posted on July 21, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

Oxjam Glasgow Takeover presents BOXjam:

Monday 25 July to Sunday 31 July 2011

Musicians from across Scotland bring their beats and riffs to Box, Glasgow, from July 25 to July 31, in aid of Oxfam for the BOXjam week long fundraising festival.

The event begins at 19:00 on Monday July 25 running over next seven nights and wrapping up at 03:00 on Sunday July 31. Bands include: Fife’s Indie Rock Band Havana Rising; Glasgow’s Alternative Indie Rockers No Fxd Abode; alternative rock four-piece Life In December from Beith, North Ayrshire: Funky Soul and Rock band The Random Guy; and Edinburgh’s Gold Lions.

Alison Miller (24), Glasgow Takeover Manager, said: “BOXjam features awesome talent from across Scotland’s unsigned music scene. With the help of Box we have transformed the Glasgow live music venue into a fundraising music machine for a whole week. All the bands and musicians are giving their time and talent to help raise funds for Oxjam. Entry to all seven sensational nights is completely free.

“In addition to the live music, we will be hosting competitions including ‘guess the rockstar baby’, may be a bit of bonkers-backwards-bingo, selling Oxjam Cocktails and cupcakes, charging a teeny-tiny £1 fee for DJ requests, and literately embracing the audience with ‘hug an Oxjammer’. ”

BOXjam line up (19:00 to 03:00):

Monday 25 July: MK Ultra, Still Vintage, and Strange October

Tuesday 26 July: Open Mic night hosted by Ross Leighton (Fatherson) and Callum Wiseman (Jocasta Sleeps); Box are offering musicians who take to the stage a free pint for their tunes

Wednesday 27 July: Gold Lions, Bec Aldridge, Life in December, Punto the Feef, and Debs

Thursday 28 July: Blindfolds, Forward Motion, Dalzel, and Electric Alice

Friday 29 July: The Clyde, The Aspect, The Glitch, Only Guilty Man, Hard Lines, and The Random Guy

Saturday 30 July: Steady State Regime, No Fxd Abode, Dirty Keys, Rick & the Rockers, and Café Disco

Sunday 31 July: New Fiction, Havana Rising, Masters Of the Sea, and Sneaky Pete

BOXjam festival goers will also be able to purchase raffle tickets from Monday to Saturday, prizes include: vouchers for free lessons at SNO!zone; gig tickets to Academy Music gigs; £30 voucher to spend at Slumdog Bar and Kitchen; £30 voucher to spend at Kama Sutra; £20 voucher to spend at Torres; £20 voucher at Ashoka at Mill; and many more.

The event is one of a series of fundraising gigs put on to raise money for Oxfam from June to October this year. They will culminate in a Takeover bonanza in October. The Oxjam Glasgow Takeover on 22 October 2011 is a multi-venue one-wristband-gives-access-to-all taking place in venues across Glasgow city centre (venues include, but not limited to, the Buff Club, G2, Box, Sleazys, Bloc, and Slouch).

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LOOPALLU LINE-UP ADDITIONS

Posted on July 20, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

THE BUZZCOCKS & SKERRYVORE ADDED TO 2011 LINE-UP

Legendary punk band The Buzzcocks are the latest addition to the 2011 Loopallu Festival. Regarded as one of the most influencial punk bands of the 70’s with hits including ‘What do I get’ and the timeless anthem ‘Ever Fallen in Love? (withsomeone you shouldn’t’ve)’, The Buzzcocks are true timeless legends of the British music industry.

The Buzzcocks - pic by Ian Rook

Also announced are rising stars of the celtic rock world, Tiree’s Skerryvore. With festival appearances up and down the country and an ever growing fanbase Skerryvore are to set to return to Ullapool where they stole the show 12 months ago..

These acts join the recent announcement of headliners The Feeling who have a back catalogue of hits to choose from including, ‘Never Be Lonely’, ‘Fill My Little World’, ‘Sewn’ and ‘Set My World On Fire’. Fratellis frontman Jon Fratelli will also be appearing. As well as playing songs from his new solo album, he is set to play some of the classic hits that made the Fratellis one of the biggest bands in the UK. Homegrown Heroes and recently reformed, The Bluebells make their Loopallu debut, with a string of hits to their name including ‘Young at Heart’ they could prove the biggest singalong to see Loopallu yet. Final act for the moment are the one band Loopallu wouldn’t be Loopallu without………the one and only Ullapool Pipe Band.

Skerryvore

Tickets for this years festival are selling very quickly and people are being urged to buy soon to avoid dissapointment.

Tickets for this year are priced at £60 for weekend tickets and £75 for weekend and camping. Weekend and Camping ticket holders wishing to bring campervans and caravans will be charged £25 per vehicle. As, since the beginning, tickets for children 12 & under will be free (though need to be accompanied by an adult)

Tickets, available in person from Northwest Outdoors (Ullapool), Mania & Ironworks (Inverness); Online from www.thebooth.co.uk www.ticketmaster.co.uk www.skiddle.com ; 24 hr Tel 08444 999 990

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goNORTH @ Wickerman

Posted on July 18, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

Following the success of their opening date at Summer In The City 2011,the goNORTH Festival Tour comes to The Wickerman Festival this weekend. Organisers have programmed a diverse range of acts from their submission pool featuring some of the most exciting emerging artists in Scotland, the rest of the UK and a selection of fine international contenders.

‘We are thrilled to announce the line up for our Wickerman date‘, said goNORTH Director Shaun Arnold. ‘To be associated with a festival that has demonstrated such a sustained commitment to showcasing the very best emerging talent is fantastic, and we are sure this year’s event will provide an excellent platform for our artists to reach a wide and varied audience.’

Capitals

‘We are really excited about the addition of the goNORTH Festival Tour Stage to our wider programme’, added Wickerman Festival Coordinator Helen Chalmers. ‘The live showcases at goNORTH this year were fantastic, and we are delighted that such a broad cross-reach of emerging artists will be performing at The Wickerman Festival this year.’

goNORTH Festival Tour Stage At The Wickerman Festival 2011

Friday July 22

Bwani Junction

The LED

Homework

French Wives

The Side

Stonestreet

Indian Red Lopez

The Imagineers

Chasing Owls

I Build Collapsible Mountains

Kobi Onyame

Saturday July 23

Kobi Onyame

Capitals

The River 68′s

PAWS

The Frues

Black Box Red

The Scottish Enlightenment

St Leonards

The Black Hand Gang

Maple Leaves

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T IN THE PARK – Final Ticket Sale February

Posted on July 13, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

News Update:

The final batch of TITP 2012 tickets go on sale in February 2012.

T IN THE PARK CHRISTMAS EARLYBIRD TICKETS SOLD OUT!

A limited release of T in the Park tickets went onsale this morning at 9am, and organisers DF Concerts and founding partner Tennent’s Lager have been overwhelmed by the phenomenal demand from fans, who quickly snapped up the Christmas allocation.

This morning was the first chance for music lovers to get their hands on tickets since organisers thrilled fans by announcing The Stone Roses as the first headline act of the festival in early November.

This morning’s on sale saw half of the total allocation of festival tickets disappear fast. The entire festival bill will be announced over the coming months with the final batch of tickets going on sale in February 2012.

Festival Director Geoff Ellis said: “We’re delighted by the response from fans this morning and can’t wait to see everyone at Balado next year. The response to The Stone Roses announcement has been fantastic and the rest of the bill is shaping up nicely – we can’t wait until February to share it with the best audience in the world.”

For those not lucky enough to have already guaranteed their place at Balado next summer, the final batch of T in the Park tickets will go on general sale in February 2012

T IN THE PARK 2012 EARLYBIRD TICKETS ON SALE 9AM THURSDAY 14TH JULY

T in the Park 2011 went off in spectacular style in Balado to the tune of storming sets from Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, The Strokes, Beyoncé, Pulp and Tom Jones to name just a few, and rapturous applause from 85,000 of the most passionate music fans each day – another roaring success for everyone involved.

2012 will see T in the Park bring the finest acts on the planet, world class musical performances, the biggest beats around and the most passionate music fans in the world together again for the best weekend of the summer and fans can secure their place now by taking advantage of the early bird sale.

Next year’s event will take place on 6th – 8th July 2012, and fans can secure their place at Balado early. Early bird tickets go on sale for T in the Park 2012 at 9am on Thursday 14th July from Ticketmaster.

A limited number of T in the Park 2012 tickets will be available at 2011 prices with all ticket types available. To buy log onto www.tinthepark.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk or call 08444 999 990.

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goNORTH FESTIVAL TOUR KICKS OFF!

Posted on July 12, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

To kick start the goNORTH Festival Tour schedule, Highland favourites The Side and Glasgow based trio GoGoBot will share billing with two of the biggest Scottish rock bands of all time, Simple Minds and Big Country at Summer In The City 2011.

‘Working with CK Events provides a fantastic platform for The Side and GoGoBot to reach a huge audience and support two of the most popular rock bands in Scotland’, said goEVENTS Director Shaun Arnold ‘CK Events’ ability to bring such big bands to Inverness is great for the Highlands and I’m sure ‘Summer in the City 2011’ will be a real highlight this season.’

GoGoBot

CK Events Director Les Kidger added: ‘The Side and GoGo Bot are two of Scotland’s hottest groups. This will give them the opportunity to showcase their latest material to thousands of music fans, proving a great support act for Simple Minds and Big Country on the 16th July. It is sure to be a superb show.’

Following their performance at Inverness’s Northern Meeting Park on July 16, The Side and GoGoBot will soundtrack the official aftershow at Ironworks from 10pm. Everyone with a Summer In The City 2011 ticket will gain FREE entry, with additional tickets available from Ironworks for £5.00.

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