MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
ROCK & BLUES
oates listed below are lot one-oft shows: see separate section for residencies. Clgs enlisted by date, then by city. Dates will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least one week betore publication. Bocit and Blues listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd
Ticket information
Tickets for most medium/large concerts can be bought from the following:
Just The Ticket Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679.
Tower Becords Argyle Street. 204 2500.
Credit card bookings trotn:
TOCTA: 556 5555.
Ticket Link: 227 5511.
EDINBURGH
Virgin Princes Street. 220 2230. flipping Becords South Bridge. 226 7010.
Credit card bookings trotn:
TOCT A 557 6969.
FRIDAY 13
I East 17 and Cabrier SECC. Finnieston Quay. 287 7777. 6.30pm. £15 plus booking fee. The Walthamstow Wild Team grow up and grow old. disowning the early bouncy material and going for 'mature' ballads of the kind they recently shared with support artiste Gabrielle. We say, bring back the attitude!
I Sepeltera Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. Grinding speed-death-thrash metallers from Brazil with a social conscience which can't possibly be deciphered in their grunted lyrics (but some of them are about the destruction of the rainforests apparently). I The Cyres, Whiteout, Wigwam, The Coldeehoor and Cattelne Calte orchestra Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 8pm—8am. £10 (advance). £12.50 (door). £5 (VIP). Students and guests. Leftfield‘s Paul Daley and rising star lan Pooley DJ
complete the line-up at this hopeful- looking student shindig featuring traditional student guitar fare in the shape of local retro popsters The Gyres. Whiteout and The Goldenhour.
I The Rude Club, Soundntan and Black Star King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. The Rude Club are a slightly-tipped new band from down south. who may become more hotly tipped as 1997 progresses.
I Saint, Scope and Headgear Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Swirly guitars over a solid indie pop base from Saint.
I The Beatles Beat Bourbon Street. George Street. 552 0141. 8.30pm. £3. Sounds which recall the Fab Four -- as if Oasis weren't good enough.
I Geno Washington and The Blues Question The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9.30pm. Free. The legendary blues and soul man. now l.ondonbased. who was celebrated in Dexy's Midnight Runners' ‘Geno'.
I My Favourite Sneakers, Nevertheless and Alive She Cried The Arena. ()swald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £4 (£3). including entry to Britpop club Parklife.
I Corpus Delectl, lloratti and The Tortured The Rat Trap. Brown Street. 221 7233. 8pm. £4. Goth lives! Almost.
I The Freebooters McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free. Modern ceilidh and Celtic sounds.
I Trip MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I llappy But Tlvisted Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. Cumbernauld. 01236 727473. 9pm. Free. Tunecore combo.
Edinburgh
I llue And Cry Queens Hall. South Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8.30pm. £9.50/£ l 2.50. £6 one hour before the doors open for those eligible for concessions. Local celebs promoting their Jazz NHL/(1:3. album.
I The lleal Thing Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm~3am. £5. Classic 70s material from the group who charted with ‘Can You Feel The Force‘ and ‘Boogie‘.
I Boom The Tap O‘l.auriston. Lauriston Place. 229 4041. 9pm. Free. l.ocal rockers.
I Johnson Brothers West End ()syter Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 9pm. Free. Covers.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 14
I lio Way Sis Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. No age restriction on this show. See feature for the Oasis tribute band who are acquiring a life of their own.
I Marilyn Manson and Flurry The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. The headliners are doing their best to whip up some controversy for their industrial death-and- bad-sex-fixated rock. Odd lads who must have fallen in with a bad crowd. Support from the Girlschool for the 90s.
I Canger Nice ’n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Textured. organic and all that stuff. from Glasgow's updated version of Krautrock. Expect undulating basslines. squawking clarinet and groovy percussion. Plus Area 51 DJs.
I Vivid and Chibanga Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 8.30pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Hideaway Blues Band The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 5—7pm. Free.
I Hugh Beed And The Velvet Underpants The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9.30pm. Free. Those crazy Ys get tip to their usual nogoml antics.
I Skint Twins Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.
I Die llappy Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I The Badoos McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I Under Suspicion MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Blonde Bit On The Side Boon's Yard. Cathcan Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free. Countryish female duo who cast their musical net a bit wider these days.
Edinburgh
I The Bootleg Beatles Usher Hall. l.othian Road. 228 1155. 6.30pm. £14 (£12). The Bootleg Beatles have taken their tribute all over the world. playing among others Glastonbury. the Royal Albert Hall. llollywmxl and Tokyo. They‘ve also supported Oasis. See Frontlines.
I Johnson Brothers St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. Covers.
I Moniac 'l‘ap ()‘l.auriston. Lauriston Place. 2294041. 9pm. Free. l.ocal rock. I Big Brother Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Classic covers from down the years.
I Sandytnan West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 9pm. Free.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 15
Glasgow
I Suggs Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. CANCELLED.
I The Fol oe 8013 featuring The Beat Poets The Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 8pm. £5. Hip revival of an old variety turn which packs most artistic media into one evening of revelry. Surf instrumental kings The Beat Poets
O m MUSIC Parsons
"Catch the best Music this month.
llI llognaoay Shenanigans The arrival of the New Year will be greeted with more than the sound of the bells as the Forth FM stage at The Mound receives visits from the 60s homage-paying Ocean Colour Scene; the bitter-sweet songs of Babybird. the bruising bluster of Welsh power trio. The Stereophonics and the ethereal tones of Geneva. See feature for Babybird. review for Stereo- phonics and separate Hogmanay supplement for further details. The Mound. Edinburgh, Tue 31.
JAZZ llI Carol Kidd, Fianna ouncan And Suzanne Bonner Carol Kidd welcomes two special guests in a concert which brings together Scotland‘s top jazz singers. Theatre Royal. Glasgow. Mon 30; Queen is Hall, Edinburgh. Tue 3]. 1""
I Ashley Maclsaac All hail the young Canadian whose nimble fingers and winning ways on the catgut have blown open the fiddle world. Folk 'n’ roll. See separate supplement. West Princes Street Gardens. Edinburgh, Tue 31.
provide the musical element. There's also theatre from The Brewster Sisters and dance from Projekt 11:92. all in aid of the Street Symphony Development Project which aims to raise awareness of the plight of the 5(X).000 street children in Ethiopia‘s capital. Addis Ababa.
I oootn, Cress and Bonelaclt Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. I The Cyrltles, FrisIt, The Mighty Fine and The Sound The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9.30pm. Free. Sub-Oasis sounds from The Cyrkles.
I Swiss Family Orbison Cottiers. Hyndland Street. 357 5827. Free. Rather jokey practitioners of 80s Scotpop sounds. I Blg Ceorge And The Business MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 4pm. Free. Veterans of the Glasgow blues circuit.
I llhanna Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
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