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■ Katherine Jenkins Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 4 Mar. ■ Passion Pit ABC, Glasgow, 6 Mar.
■ X-Factor SECC, Glasgow, 7 & 8 Mar. ■ Lynyrd Skynyrd Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 9 Mar.
■ The xx Studio 24, Edinburgh, 9 Mar.
■ A Day To Remember O2 ABC, Glasgow, 10 Mar.
■ The Beat HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 20 Mar. APRIL
■ Chris Rea Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 1 Apr; Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 2 Apr.
■ AFI ABC, Glasgow, 8 Apr. ■ Whitney Houston SECC, Glasgow, 11 Apr.
■ Killing Joke HMV Picture House, 15 Apr.
MAY
■ Editors O2 Academy, Glasgow, 10 Mar.
■ Dave Matthews Band SECC, Glasgow, 11 Mar.
■ Trivium Barrowland, Glasgow, 12 Mar.
■ You and Me at Six O2 Academy, Glasgow, 14 Mar.
■ Frank Turner HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 16 Mar. ■ Skindred Studio 24, Edinburgh, 16 Mar.
■ La Roux O2 Academy, Glasgow, 2 May. ■ Jamie Cullum Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 7 May; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8 May.
■ Michael Buble SECC, Glasgow, 8 May.
■ Temper Trap ABC, Glasgow, 13 May; HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 14 May.
JUNE
■ Leona Lewis SECC, Glasgow, 20 Jun. ■ Pink Hampden, Glasgow, 26 Jun.
DECEMBER ■ Pet Shop Boys SECC, Glasgow, 17 Dec.
■ Babyshambles Barrowland, Glasgow, 18 Dec. ■ Public Image Limited O2 Academy, Glasgow, 18 Dec.
■ The Quireboys Cathouse, Glasgow, 18 Dec.
■ The Prodigy Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 30 Jan; O2 Academy, Glasgow, 31 Jan. FEBRUARY
■ All Time Low O2 Academy, Glasgow, 1 Feb.
■ Municipal Waste King Tut’s, Glasgow, 1 Feb. ■ Lacuna Coil ABC, Glasgow, 2 Feb.
■ Sunshine Underground ABC, Glasgow, 3 Feb.
■ Pearl & the Puppets King Tut’s, Glasgow, 21 Dec. ■ Bad Manners HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 30 Dec.
JANUARY
■ Wolfmother O2 Academy, Glasgow, 14 Jan. ■ OK Go ABC, Glasgow, 18 Jan.
■ The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Big Pink (pictured) and The Drums Barrowland, Glagow, 5 Feb. ■ Airbourne HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 6 Feb.
■ Band of Skulls King Tut’s, Glasgow, 6 Feb.
■ Reel Big Fish O2 Academy, Glasgow, 23 Jan. ■ Enter Shikari Barrowland, Glasgow, 7 Feb.
■ Glassjaw ABC, Glasgow, 26 Jan. ■ Jamie T Barrowland, Glasgow, 27 Jan.
■ Brett Anderson King Tut’s, Glasgow, 9 Feb. ■ Xavier Rudd ABC, Glasgow, 9 Feb.
■ Tinchy Stryder O2 Academy, Glasgow, 10 Feb. ■ Nazareth O2 Academy, Glasgow, 19 Feb.
■ Kelly Clarkson O2 Academy, Glasgow, 11 Feb. ■ The Noisettes HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 19 Feb.
■ Lamb of God Barrowland, Glasgow, 11 Feb. ■ Bjorn Again Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20 Feb.
■ Hot Chip O2 Academy, Glasgow, 12 Feb; HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 13 Feb.
■ Vampire Weekend Barrowland, Glasgow, 13 Feb; HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 14 Feb.
■ Midlake ABC, Glasgow, 15 Feb.
■ Los Campesinos! Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 17 Feb. ■ Ocean Colour Scene HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 17 Feb.
■ Lost Prophets O2 Academy, Glasgow, 18 Feb; Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 19 Feb.
■ Mika O2 Academy, Glasgow, 22 Feb.
■ Machinehead O2 Academy, Glasgow, 23 Feb. ■ The Stranglers O2 Academy, Glasgow, 26 Feb.
■ Peter Andre ABC, Glasgow, 26 Feb; HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 27 Feb.
■ Tinchy Stryder HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 28 Feb. MARCH
■ Hayseed Dixie HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 1 Mar.
■ Lady Gaga SECC, Glasgow, 1 Mar. ■ Newton Faulkner HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 3 Mar.
■ Ronan Keating Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 19 Feb.
■ Stereophonics SECC, Glasgow, 2 & 3 Mar. ■ Paloma Faith ABC, Glasgow, 17 Mar.
FREE Vidi Well, Eat Dr Ape and a Ship Going Under MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Funk rock from Eat Dr Ape. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties-style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency. ■ Rip in Reality, Sacred Betrayal and Burn the Sunset 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. The headliners are a local rock/metal quartet, supported by the ‘emotronic’ Sacred Betrayal and hardcore act BTS. Edinburgh ■ Catherine Feeny and Chris Pureka Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Floaty, dreamy folk pop. ■ Deerhoof The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £12.50. The San Franciscan experimentalists are riding the crest of a critical wave in underground circles at
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the moment, and they’re also, apparently, Thom Yorke’s favourite band. Please note new venue. ■ Karma to Burn Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £7. Rock hard metal from West Virginia. ■ DLDown The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Indie and acoustic with more acts tbc. FREE Band Showcase Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Call in advance for a gig. ■ White Noise Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 10pm–3am. £4. The finest up-and-coming Scottish acts perform live with poppy rock from Sebastian Danger Field. Motherwell ■ One Night with Elvis – The Legend Continues Motherwell Concert Hall, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 302999. 7.30pm. £18.50 (£18). Lee ‘Memphis’ King, outright winner of Canada’s 2005 Elvis Festival,
performs – expect hip-swivelling and lip- curling aplenty.
Wednesday 9 Glasgow ■ Alestorm, The Rotted and Eden’s Curse The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Pirate metal from Perth. Aaaarrrrr!!!!. ■ Florence & the Machine, The Temper Trap and Frankie & the Heartstrings O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Lusty vocalist with a fine line in stage gear who has been one of the most distinctive new voices of the year. ■ Grendel Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £12. Dutch industrial electro trio named after a character from the epic poem Beowulf. ■ The Magic Numbers Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. SOLD OUT. The return of the two
sets of brothers and sisters reaching out to their fellow musical siblings with their swoonworthy harmonies and summertime sounds. ■ Alison Moyet Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £25. The woman with the big smokey voice on her ‘25 Years Revisited’ tour. ■ Broadcast Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £10. Cool Brummies who blend the continental pop style of Francoise Hardy with a retro- futuristic electronica sound. ■ Phantom Limb and Big Bang Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7. Mellow southern soul and country blues combo who recently supported Will Young. FREE Burnout Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. See Sun 6. ■ Rosa Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Live music. ■ Hey Sholay King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Leeds/Sheffield combo.