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THURSDAY 2 Glasgow I Fun Lovin' Criminals and The King Barrowland, Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. The Crims return with a less than inspired stop-gap album, Mimosa, which features loungey versions of some of their best—known songs, plus a few cover versions in a laidback vein. But the live show should still be rocking in a roovy Manhattan kinda way. I Cfiarlie Landsborough Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £15/£13/£10 plus credit card booking fee. Downhome

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I Geneva Boxed Set, STV, Cowcaddens. 7.30pm. For free tickets, call 300 3721. The fragile sounds of these Glasgow-based minstrels captured for STV’s music show.

I The Kyrals. Bulb Chutney and Chiconie King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50 (advance), £4 (door).

I Gilded Lil. Underground Apes and Altira The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Trashy, dirty, bluesy rock ’n’ roll from Edinbur h’s Gilded Lil.

I Chinaslti, Colossa , Mindslide and 5m Deep Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm.

I Lazy, Blind River, Grover and Fuel Strawberry Fields, Oswald Street, 221 7871. 9pm. £3.

I Primary Colours and Closer Bubble Lounge, Strathclyde University Union, John Street, 567 5023. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.

I Abba Xmas Party Bourbon Street, George Street, 552 0141. 7pm. £5 (£22.50 with dinner). Bourbon Street kick off their December Christmas party nights which feature music tribute acts as entertainment while you scoff your grub. I The Vagabonds The Scotia, Stockwell Street, 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Residency for this covers band.

I Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I Jammy Devil Bar Java, 38-42 Constitution Street, 467 7527. 9.30pm. Free.

I Andy Neate Common Grounds, 2/3

North Bank Street, 226 1416. 7.30pm. Free.

I Rain Forest Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 10pm-3am. £4/£3. Rootsy reggae vibes.

I Ensign, Engage and Swellbellys Cas Rock, West Port, 229 4341. 9pm. £4. New Jersey hardcore act Ensign are over here with a new LP ’Cast The First Stone’.

I The Roods Whistle Binkies, Niddry Street, 557 5114. 11pm. Free.

FRIDAY 5 Glasgow I Stereophonics SECC, Finnieston Quay, 287 7777. 6.30pm. SOLD OUT. Take a trip to Dullsville courtesy of the plodrock success story of the year. By the end of the gig you will have aged ten years. I Fun Lovin' Criminals and The King Barrowland, Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Thurs 2. I C arlie Landsborough Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £15/£l3/£10 plus credit card booking fee. See Thurs 2. I Glenn Tilbroolt and Tom Hingley King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8 plus . booking fee. A bizarre meeting of minds as the former Inspiral Carpets frontman supports one of Squeeze’s frontman. The baggy/New Wave crossover starts here, anyone? I Kevin McDermott Orchestra Boxed Set, STV, Cowcaddens. 7.30pm. For free tickets, call 300 3721. The local singer/songwriter and faithful combo record an appearance on the STV music Show. I Deckard and Eva Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm. Deckard are the latest incarnation of former indie hopefuls Baby Chaos. I The Free Radicals The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 9pm. £2. Eclectic sound from this dance/rock crossover act.

I The Alkahounds, Widescreen, Cinefilm and Whatever Asylum, Caledonian University Union, Cowcaddens Road, 332 0681. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.

I Skank Youth Team and Transaudio Bubble Lounge, Strathclyde University Union, John Street, 567 5023. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.

I Side Project. Embryo and High Above Ground Fury Murrys, Maxwell Street, 221 6511. 9pm. £4, including entry to post-gig club.

I Beatles Xmas Party Bourbon Street, George Street, 552 0141. 7pm. £5 (£24.50 with dinner). See Thu 2.

I Francis Anthony The Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 564 1527. 9pm. Free. I The Counterfeit Clash McChuills Way Out West, Kelvinhaugh Street, 221 5569. 9.30pm. Free. .

I Full House Samuel Dow’s, Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I Bloco Vomit. Leao Do Norte and Porridge Stoats Attic, Dyers Close, Cowgate, 225 8382. 9pm. £4/£3.50. Launching Play This You Bastard (see album reviews) and fundraising for Project Peru, a charity that supports a children’s refugee in the shanty towns outside Lima.

I Sister Soul Midnight Blue, Cafe Graffiti, Mansfield Place Church, Broughton Street, 557 8003. 10pm-2am. £5. Nicki King, Cathie Rae and Subie Coleman’s Sister Soul meets the Midnight Blue Band.

I Basic Collective Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £5. New cool soul jazz collective.

I Moniack, Macrocosmica and Houdini Cas Rock, West Port, 229 4341. 9pm. £3. Moniack have been described as a cross between the Stooges and the MC5, while Macrocosmica are Brendan ’Tecnage Fanclub/Mogwai’ O’Harc’s latest band, and there’sjust no escaping Houdini.

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