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■ Take One Action Film Festival Launch Party The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 11pm--3am. £5 (£4). Club night to launch Take One Action, the UK's first film festival celebrating people and movies that are changing the world. Featuring live music from Edinburgh hip hop act Northern Xposure plus DJ sets from Glasgow's Beatroute, AKA, Erskone and 1SP. See Exposure, page 66. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £1. See Thu 10.
Dundee ■ Make Sparks, The Void, Quiver & The Ladie Snatchers, Pacific Theatre and Bass Orgy Clubnight The Reading Rooms, Blackscroft, 01382 228 496. 8pm. £tbc. Rock, indie and pop bill. St Andrews ■ An Evening with Phillip Dyson Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475 000. 8pm. £14 (£12). Internationally renowned pianist Dyson intersperses his music with shots of his wry, dry humour. The programme features music hall and early jazz hits including Joplin’s ‘The Entertainer’ and Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’.
Friday 18 Glasgow ■ It’s D’Lovely Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 2.30pm. £12. Join a bunch of West End singers and take a musical trip down memory lane to visit some of the best-loved musical songs from yesteryear. ■ Heart Beats and Only Living Boys Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £6. Live music. ■ Kajagoogoo The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 7pm. £22. Eighties popsters fronted by Limahl take a ride on the nostalgia train. ■ Kalla Heartshake, Castaway, Must Be Something and Red Scarlet Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Blues-infused indie from the headliners. ■ Livewire AC/DC and Limehouse Lizzy ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. ACDC tribute act team up with Thin Lizzy soundalikes. ■ Marlow and Invidia Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Marlow make ‘music without a roof over its head’ and have drawn comparison with the soaring epic sound of U2 and Echo & the Bunnymen. ■ Sixteen Fingers, Models for the Radio, Bridges, Lost in Oxygen, Simple Outfit and Vespas ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. The headliners are an alt.rock quartet from Broxburn comprising two sets of siblings. ■ The Used The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £16. Over-14s show. Hirsute rockers from Utah whose first brush with fame came via singer Bert McCracken’s relationship with Kelly Osborne. ■ Zoey Van Goey Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £6. Warming pop with experimental flourishes on lo-fi instruments. ■ Quarriers Musical Extravaganza City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. David Farrell Jazz Orchestra, Jenna McCormick and Shine Youth Music Theatre take to the stage at this charity gig. ■ The Selective Service Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Indie rock. ■ Eilidh Grant City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Hugely talented, award-winning Scottish singer. ■ The Jamd Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Jam tribute. ■ Jericho Hill MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. £tbc.
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Johnny Cash tribute band. ■ Numbuzz Maggie May’s, 60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Live music. ■ Savage Messiah, Existing Threat, Daemonolith and Eschaton Creed 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. London thrash metal band. FREE The Zips, The Bromptons and The Lovely Fires Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Punk bill. ■ Charlotte Hatherley, Futuristic Retro Champions and Nespresco King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Hatherley has now left her parent band Ash behind to devote her full attention to her bubblegum indie pop career. FREE The Outpatients Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Rock covers. Edinburgh FREE Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. See Thu 10. ■ Industry Breakout Showcase Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 6pm–3am. £10. Live bands (acts tbc) with a free afterparty. ■ Banjo or Freakout and Dead Boy Robotics Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Ethereal pop. ✽✽ Gang of Four The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £20. Over-14s show. The seminal post-punk band play their classic Entertainment album. Watch and learn, indie bands of today. See 4 Reasons, page 71. ■ The Amorettes and Otaku The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Classic rock with nods to The Donnas and Whitesnake from The Armorettes. ■ The High Lines and Vanilla Strip Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5 (£4). Rock. FREE Live Band Karaoke Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 10pm. See Fri 11.
Dundee ■ Hip Parade, Colour Coded & The New Times Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 8pm. £6. Rollicking Glasgow indie rock quartet who were recently runners-up in the Orange Unsigned competition.
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Glasgow ■ Rory Gallagher Tribute The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 2pm. £20. Tribute to the late Irish blues guitarist from Blind Panic, Against the Grain, Bearded Babies, Jinx, Hotlips & Chilli Fingers, Dave McHugh Band, Secret Agent and Defender. ✽✽ Stereo Open Day Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 3pm. £5. Stereo, in conjunction with Huntleys & Palmers Audio Club, present a bargainous day of live music from such fine local combos as Correcto, Jacob Yates & the Pearly Gate Lockpickers, Tut Vu Vu, DeSalvo, Fox Gut Daata, Gummy Stumps, Furhead, Schnapps, Peter Parker, Chlorinde and Nanobots. With Jackmaster and Andy Blake DJing into the wee hours. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 6pm. See Sat 12. ✽✽ Gang of Four ABC, 330 £18.50. See Fri 18. ■ Howling Bells Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £9. CANCELLED. ■ Slow Motion Replay, Provocateurs, Green Door Clinic and The Bordello Dogs Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Pavement-influenced headliners. Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm.
■ Findo Gask and The Happy Particles Popolo Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Alternative electro poppers with boy soprano vocals. ■ Kamora, First Year Thieves and The Chiles Maggie May’s, 60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. FYT are an indie rock five-piece from the Stirling/Alloa area. ■ The People, Eddy & the T-Bolts, Shoes on Fire and Pilljaw Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Aaaarrrrrhhhhh!!!! Mixed bill of bands gets into the spirit of International Talk Like A Pirate Day. ■ The State Broadcasters and Vinny Perculiar Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428 . 8pm. £tbc. Scottish Americana outfit, promoting their new album The Ship & The Iceberg. FREE The Hard Lines, The Senses and Sol Diablos Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie line-up. ■ The Penetrations and Bad Medicine Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Rock. FREE Confusion Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Local rock band. FREE Halt Bar Hijack The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Weekly live music takeover, featuring French Wives and Fear the Fives. Edinburgh ■ Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Free, but please make a donation on the way out. See Sat 12. ■ Hockey Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £8.50. Hockey are an Oregon quartet touting Talking Heads, Strokes and LCD Soundsystem influences. ■ The OK Social Club, Black Alley Screens and Sebastian Dangerfield Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Danceable indie rock from The OK Social Club. ■ Wynd Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £4. Alternative rock at this fundraiser for Edinburgh Eagles Ice Hockey Club, with more acts tbc. ■ Declining Winter and Fieldhead The Bowery, 2 Roxburgh Place, 7.30pm. £5. Acoustica melded with electronica and ambient. ■ Emily Scott and Beerjacket Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7.30pm. £7. Acoustic night.
Bathgate ■ Led Astray Regal Theatre, North Bridge St, 01506 632 558. 7pm. £10 (£7). Tribute to the Zep. Paisley ■ Terry Neason – Simply the Best Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 887 1010. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Popular singer and comic diva returns to Paisley for a programme of songs and poems from her repertoire, which takes in everything from Snow Patrol to Take That to Judy Garland.
Sunday 20 Glasgow ■ The Sunday Social with Rumble in the Jumble 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 1pm. Free (£3 for the gig part). Curiosities for sale and curious sounds in your ear at this flea market come gig with DJs Joe Hearty and Lachlann, and bands Teenage Shieks, Divorce, Ultimate Thrush and Golden Grrrls. FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–4pm. See Sun 13. ■ Blind Panic The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 2pm. £tbc. Rock covers.
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