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. Tickets: £17.50 and [15.00 Credit Cards Tel: 014i 248 9999 or 013] .557 6969 Subiect to £1.50 per ticket booking lee. Personal application to Virgin Records Glasgow and Edinburgh, Ripping Records Edinburgh and all T.0.(.T.A. outlets throughout Scotland (Subject to a booking fee).
ABERDEEN EXHIBITION 8. CONFERENCE CENTRE
SUNDAY 2ND JUNE
Tickets: £17.50 7' Available from Tel: 01224 620011 or 0l3l 557 6969 Subiect to £1.50 per ticket booking fee. Personal application to One-up Records Aberdeen, Grouchos Dundee, Sleeves Records Kircaldy, Goldrush Records Perth and all T.0.(.T.A. outlets throughout Scotland (Subiect to a booking fee).
For further Information Tel: 0131 557 6969.
ROCK AND BLUES [ISTINGS CONTINUED I Buzz, Valley and Chaser The Rat Trap. Brown Street. 221 7233. Spm. 1.3.
I Mark Dignam The Whisky Bar. West Campbell Street. 332 1032. 9pm. Free. Singer/songwriter who has worked with Martin Stephenson.
I Strawberry The Hall Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Sexy Jessica Jim‘s Bar. Queen Margaret Union. l'niversity Gardens. 339 9784. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I River The Corner. St Georges Road (at Charing Cross). 332 1625. 9pm. Free.
I Black Jack Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Valderrama Castlemilk Youth Complex. Ardeneraig Road. 630 0000. 9pm. Free. Rock/rap tearaways.
I Eddie And The Hot Rods The Bateaye. Bruce Hotel. ("ornwall Street. Fast Kilbride.013552 29771. 10pm. £4. See \Vetl S.
I The Dawntreaders ('afe Borgia. New Street. l’aislc‘)’. 84S 6438. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Tusitala and Little Green Monkeys Wilkie House. (‘owgatct 22.5 2935. 10.30pm. £5 H241. This is the opening night of liden. a club night which combines local acoustic bands with l)Js. drumming and believe it or not. belly dancers.
I Spoonful The Merlin. .\loringside Road. 447 4329. 9pm. Free.
FRIDAY 10
Glasgow
I Maytest See separate listings. I Lou Reed (ilasgow Royal Concert Hall.
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Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. ()ld Misery Guts is back in Glasgow for the first time in yonks. See feature.
I Smashing Pumpkins and Filter SliC‘C. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. S()1.1)OL1T. Billy Corgan gurus his way through some heavy-going grunge with flashes of mercurial guitar brilliance. But a two-hour album'.’ Come on. See Frontlines.
I Man 0r Astroman? and The Witchdoctors The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Stand-by for essential surf communications from Planet X. See preview.
I The Felsons King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St \"incent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. See Sun 5.
I The Diggers Mean Streets. The 13th Note (downstairs). Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8.30pm. Free. Delicate tunesmithery with some cool chord changes from the latest additions to the (‘reation pantheon of pop.
I Buttalo .‘ylacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I The Radoos McChuill's. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I Fine line, Lazychain and Peri NIL‘L' ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 3339637. 9pm.
I Big George And The Business The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9pm. Free. Heavy blues.
I Live Music ()Neills. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Angelique Kidio Queen’s Hall. South Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £9.50. Benin-born singer in toth to promote material from her fourth album. See preview.
I The Dreamers Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Covers of all your favourite 60s hits and standards.
I The Felsons Whistle Binkies. Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. The capital's premier country rockers showcase material from their new album One Step :‘l/ic'ctc/ ()f'l'lte Purse.
I Graeme E. Pearson And The Mutineers Scruffy Murphy's. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 10pm. Free. In the man‘s own words. ‘rock and folk that smells‘. Bizarre.
I Simon Michaels Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530, 9pm. Free. Local singer/songwriter who's getting some radio airplay for his MOR material.
SATURDAY 11
Glasgow
I Maytest See separate listings.
I White Zombie Barrowland. (iallow gate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. 1' 10 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. L'nion Street. 2264679. Fearsome metal assault frotn the rock band it's okay for Liam Prodigy to dig.
I Kite Monster, Push and Napoleon 4 Nice 'n' Sleazy. Saucbiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm. Self-styled ‘kitey. monstery' activity from the therefore appropriately named Kite Monster. whose cool indieish tunes should be happily absorbed by band-watchers.
I Junk Republic The Hall Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Fat Betty MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm, Free. Thin Lizzy tribute. I Die Happy Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Blackwater Blues Band The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3301. 5r-7pm. Free.
I Space Monkey Malia The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9pm, Free.
I The Goat Boys Wolbtirn‘s Wharf. Yoke!
58 The List 3—16 May 1996