I The Kaye Lavelle, The Dead Beat Club and Donna Maclecla Bannerman‘s. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 8.45pm. £4. Local rock and indie.
I Isa a the Filthy Tongues Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. l lpm—3am. tbc. Hotly-tippcd new Edinburgh collective. playing as part of the Trouble/Dfmt Drum club night.
I The Jackals and Graystar The Left Bank. 37 Guthrie Street. 225 9744. Live rock.
Glasgow
I Faithless SECC. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 7pm. £23.50. One of the UK's biggest dance acts with their big. booming commercial sound.
Courtney Pine ABC2. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £l7.50. Riding high on the reception given to his recently released album Resistance. the celebrated sax supremo weaves funked up soul. hip hop. bebop. reggae and straightahead jazz with the latest grooves.
I Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra Clyde Auditorium. Finnieston Quay. 467 5200. 7.30pm. £27. See Fri 2.
I LCD Soundsystem Barrowland. 244 Gallowgate. 552 4601. 9pm—2am. £15. AKA hyper-hip New York producers DFA who are behind all those groovy punk-funk records.
I Music 8. Movement, National Park and Lucky Luke Woodside Social Club. 329 North Woodside Road. 337 1643. 10pm. £5. Music & Movement. the new project from Teenage Fanclub‘s keyboard player Finlay MacDonald. perform live at Superfly.
I Chimaira and Dark Tranquility Queen Margaret Union. 22 University Gardens. 339 9784. 7pm. £12. Ohio band
Chimaira scorn nu-inetal in favour of the NWOAHM which. as any self-respecting Kerrang.’ reader knows. stands for New Wave of American Heavy Metal.
I Raspberry Badger, Looking for Simon, The Flat Fine Bomb, Anavrls, The Contradictions, Bismarck Fury Murry's. 96 Maxwell Street. 221 651 1. 7.30pm. £4. Another semi-final in the Fury's King of Bands competition.
I Criteria, Thunderblrds are How and Thlsiamlllarsmlle Stereo. 14 Kelvinhaugh Street. 576 5018. 8pm. £6. Emo rock from Criteria and infectious. shouty punk from Thunderbirds are Now. I Showaddywaddy Renfrew Ferry. Anderston Quay. The Broomielaw. 01698 265 511. 8pm. £20 (£35 with dinner). Doo wop nostalgia merchants. big in the 70s. with thinning quiffs these days.
I The Zlco Chain, Hellhouse and Achilles Barfly. 260 Clyde Street. 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £4. The headliners are a garage rock trio who dig Motorhead. Hendrix and the White Stripes.
I :Forward, Busslal, I Like Trains and Exit Pilot King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. See Fri 2.
I The D-Karts The Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. 9pm. Free. Funk rock.
I The Demon's Eye Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. 9pm. Free. Classic rock covers.
I Tigs Glasgow School of Art. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4531. 11pm. £6 (£5). Punk pop band play Club NME.
I The Fusion Experience Brel. 39—43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3—6pm. Free. Glasgow‘s finest exponents of jazz- house electronic fusion. whose set includes covers of the Doors and Air.
I Black Rose Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. 5—7pm. Free. Thin Lizzy tribute band.
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Edinburgh
I Amy Rigby and Luke Doucet Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 3234. 7pm. £8. The quick-witted Nu-folk troubadour promotes her fifth album Little Fugitive with support from fine young guitarist Doucet.
I The Rab Howat Band Bannerman‘s. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 3pm. Free. Long standing and extremely popular covers band.
I UKnowHoo, Mr Nice and The Belgranos Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 6pm—3am. tbc. Local rock and indie.
I Das Contras, The Partisan Ensemble and Henley Teper Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 8—l6a Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8pm. £5.
I Hockln’ on Heaven’s Door Playhouse. 18—22 Greenside Place. 0870 6063424. 8pm. £13.50—£17.50. Tribute to Elvis Presley. Roy Orbison. Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran.
I The Common Redstarts, The Jackals and The Yard Bannerman's. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 8.45pm. £4. Local rock and indie.
I Barry Vista Social Club The Tass. High Street. 556 6338. 9pm. Free. Acoustic covers night. with songs by Sinatra. the Beatles. Hank Williams. Coldplay and more.
I The Mighty Howard Iglu. 2b Jamaica Street. 476 5333. 9pm. Free. Playing reggae and soul.
Glasgow
I A-Ha Clyde Auditorium. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4(X)0. 7pm. £25—£32.50. No age restriction. Norway‘s somewhat underrated 80s pop stars return with Morten Harket still in fine voice (and seemingly with an ageing portrait in his attic).
I Hard-fl Barrowland. 244 Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. Over- 14s show. Dole rock quartet recently nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. I Lamb of God, Devil Driver and The Agony Scene The Garage. 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1 120. 7pm. £10.
l Over-14s show. ‘Pure American metal‘
i five-piece from Virginia. On no account
to be confused with the Son of Man.
I Sack Mck The CathOUse. 15
I Union Street. 248 6606. 7.30pm. £5.
Over-14s show. Rollicking metal
reprobates who have just released a
I Kiss tribute album.
; I Cold Hight Song The Goat. 1287
Argyle Street. 357 7373. 8pm. Free.
Charlie and Neil. formerly ofAstrid. are
i joined by Stacey Sievewright of the Reindeer Section for this acoustic night
’ with surprise guests.
. I immersed, The Last September
, and Abstencia Stereo. 14 Kelvinhaugh
I Street. 576 5018. 8pm. £4. Local band
; line-up.
. I Soul Drive and Barefoot Rockers.
14 Midland Street. 221 ()726. 8pm. Free.
i Indie rock.
3 I Trashllght Vision and The
i Poisoning Barfly. 260 Clyde Street.
! ()870 907 ()999. 8pm. £7. Over-14s
i show. New trash punk rock band
' featuring Acey Slade from Murderdolls.
I Jackie Leven and Hayley
l Hutchinson King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.
272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279.
1 8.30pm. £8. Respected blues/rock
j vocalist presents material from his recent
: Elegy for Johnny Cash album.
i I Chris Da Funk The Liquid Lounge.
94 West Regent Street. 353 6333.
10.30pm. £4 (£3). Beck-like ‘one man
; percussion music machine‘.
5 I Kid Congo Powers and The Pink
Monkey Birds The Sub Club. 22
Jamaica Street. 248 4600. 1 1pm. Former
Gun Club. Cramps and Bad Seed
guitarist Powers plays at Optimo.
j I Soul Drive and Barefoot Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 ()726. 8pm. Free.
indie rock.
1 Edinburgh
3 I 085, l Catch Fire, Stealer, The Dials, Ardent John and The
Draymin Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £5. Rise Up
. Edinburgh indie showcase.
i I Secta Rouge and Today we Fight | Subway Cowgatc. 69 Cowgate. 225
' 6766. 7.30pm. £3. Progressive hardcore.
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Goddamn cat-faced Fergie and her posing
” pals, but Black Eyed Peas continue to dish out relentlessly catchy poppy hip hop with a bare-assed panache lacking in their peers. Latest single ‘My Humps’ is a ridiculous paean to women’s lumpy bits but it’s still great, and the band are always guaranteed to put on a high octane show, no matter what.
Carling Academy, Glasgow, Thu 75 Dec.