ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
ROCK & BLUES
LISTINGS
Gigs are listed by date, then by city. .oates will be listed, provided that details
reach our oltices at least one week
belore publication. llock and Blues
listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd
and Jim Byers.
Ticket information
Tickets for most medium/large concerts can be bought from the lollowing:
Just The Ticket Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679.
Tower Records Argyle Street. 204 2500.
, Credit card bookings from:
TOCTA: 556 5555.
Ticket Link: 227 55] I.
Virgin Princes Street. 220 2230. Ripping Records South Bridge. 226 7010.
Credit card bookings from: TOCTA 557 6969.
FRIDAY 7
Glasgow
I The Supematurals The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7pm. £6 plus booking fee. Note change of date for those Day Before Yesterday‘s Men. who'll be charging up the Garage with heap big plenty pop jm’e de vivre.
I Gretschen lloiner and The Karelia King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 22I 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Classy pop from both bands. Gretschen Hofner (a band not a person) have dark 30s glamour to their screechy sound. Listen out for current single ‘Welcome To My Judy Garland Lil'e'. The Karelia will be familiar from their former guise as The Blisters (maybe they thought the name was too punk-associated). Plus Limbo Lounge DJs.
I lleurasthenia, Fault and Side rx Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. I Eric Cuthbertson And The lloochie Coochie Band The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9pm. Free. Blues.
I lied Greens Blues Band McChuiIls. High Street. 552 2l35. 10pm. Free.
I liberty Blues Band MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 22| 8499. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Racey Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Classic 70s material from the band who scored chart success with ‘Some Girls Do'.
I Novocaine and Bumomb Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £3. Newport pop racketmeisters Novocaine supported by local act Buzzbomb who are looking forward to the release of their debut single. on their own label. in March. I Bang Twister The Tap O‘Lauriston. Lauriston Place. 229 4041. 9pm. Free. Rock.
SATURDAY 8
I 083 King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. The return of the Blue Note-sampling jazzy combo. who received the distinction
I Placebo Weird, wired and wonderful. Placebo’s Brian Molko has done much to resurrect androgyny in contemporary music. An entertaining. if somewhat confusing, evening is promised. Support comes from Belgian an rockers dEUS who are just as likely to bemuse and delight in equal measure. The Arches. Glasgow. Mon 10 Feb.
II llo Boubt Chances are that you've never heard of this lot before. You will. They've sold over five million copies of their Tragic Kingdom album in the States and ‘Don‘t Speak'. their next single. out on Mon 10 Feb, will be the one to break them in the UK. See preview. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. Glasgow. Wed 12. JAZZ
I Courtney Pine Hard-edged contemporary jazz spiced with reggae, funk and hip hop flavourings from the popular saxman and his band. Queen's Hall. Edinburgh. Fri 7. I Georgie Pane and The Blue Flames The singer and Hammond organist leads a stellar jazz band through a funky, hard swinging set. Mitchell Theatre. Glasgow. Thurs [3; Queen '5 Hall, Edinburgh. Fri 14; Music Hall. Aberdeen. Sat 15. CLASSICAL
I Scottish Opera This new production of Johann Strauss’s Die F ledermaus is directed by Giles Havergal and will be an exuberant affair. Watch out for rapidly rising star. soprano Lisa Milne. See preview. Theatre Royal. Glasgow. Wed [2: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. Tue 25.
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