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18–22 Clerk Street, 668 4786. 9pm. Various singer-songwriter action and covers (call 07792 716013 to book a slot).
Ayr ■ Stars from The X Factor Town Hall, Carrick Street, 01292 611222. 7pm. £20 (£17.50). X Factor finalists Olly Murs, Stacey Solomon, Jamie Archer and Lucie Jones keep the dream alive (they hope). Part of Burns An’ A That.
Dundee ■ Broughty Ferry Ron Bonar Beer Festival The Fishermans Tavern, 10–16 Fort Street, Broughty Ferry, 01382 775941. £5 per day. Try out a variety of cask ales and lagers and enjoy live music from the likes of Simon Kempston and Colour-Coded at the cosy Fishermans Tavern.
Largs ■ Micky Kemp Band Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493. 9pm. £tbc. A rock’n’roll hurricane to leave you breathless from a young group with some old influences: from Johnny Cash to Elvis, these boys have learned from the masters. Stirling ■ davesnewbike Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. Headlined by davesnewbike and their ‘mature pop for the independent traveller’.
Saturday 29 Glasgow ■ Fest for a Fiver 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 4pm. £5. Theoretical Records present an all-day bill of doom metal, comprising Humanfly, Low Sonic Drift, Ocean Fracture, November Fleet, Triangle Theory, Jackie Treehorn, Mondegreen, Fatalists and Circus Circus. ✽✽ The Wee Chill Queen’s Park Glasshouses, Langside Road, 287 5108. 5pm–midnight. £23. A return to the Queen’s Park Glasshouse for boutique festival the Wee Chill, now with the introduction of a full main outdoor arena. The line-up is (deep breath) Âme, Dixon, Tensnake (live), Mark E, JD Twitch & JG Wilkes (Optimo), Domenic, Sensu, Junior, Jackmaster, Pro Vinylist Karim, Billy Woods, David Barbarossa, Teamy, Dirty Larry, Thunder Disco Club, Ray Harris & the Fusion Experience, The Ray Summers, Vigo Thieves, Admiral Fallow and The Billy Bates Trio. See feature, page 24. ■ Marina & The Diamonds Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Welsh electro pop and piano songstress who made a splash in all the tipsters’ polls at the start of the year. ■ Psycho Candy, The Phaetons and The Urchins O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Over-14s show. Self-styled ‘fairy grindcore’ from east end psychobillies Psycho Candy. ■ Rewind, Waking Inertia, Remedy, Groove and Headwires Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band line-up. ■ George Benson and Marti Pellow SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £45. Superstar guitarist and soulful crooner Benson in a double headline show with Scots pop vocalist Pellow (Wet Wet Wet). ■ The Rudiments Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Melodic 60s-inspired harmony sounds. ■ The Dirty Suits, Edging on Ecstasy and Ampersand Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Indie rock’n’roll action. ■ Jake & Elwood - The Best Blues Brothers Show in the World...EVER!!! The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm.
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U2 360: U2’s biggest show of 2009, their biggest US show ever, and the first ever live streaming of a full-length concert (which garnered 10 million YouTube hits in one week). Now the phenomenal show is getting a full DVD release, and we have three copies to give away – head over to list.co.uk/readeroffers to win one. WIN KELBURN GARDEN PARTY TICKETS
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best and most eclectic small fests in the country. This year DJ Vadim, Broken Records and Meursault are among the acts performing across Sat 3–Sun 4 July. We’ve got a pair of weekend tickets to give away. For your chance to win, check out list.co.uk/readeroffers. £19. Does what it says on the tin. Hopefully. ■ No Fxd Abode Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Alt.rock. ■ Quip, Christian Rock, Wrongbot, Mundo Mono and Unknown Forces of Everyday Life Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £2. First of two STFU nights of eclectic electronica. ■ Rock Gods and AmsterJam Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Rock, we presume. ■ Sharon Martin Capitol, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1040. 8pm. £tbc. Flesh frontwoman performs her own singer/songwriter material. ■ Oneohtrix Point Never with Tomutonttu Glasgow School of Art, Renfrew Street, G3 6RQ. 353 4500. 8pm. ■ Dan Reed King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. After disbanding the Dan Reed Network, this Oregon native took up club promoting and acting, spent time in a monastery and relocated to Jerusalem to record with Israeli and Palestinian musicians. FREE Jojocoke Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Classic rock covers.
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