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Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication for Glasgow to glasgow@list.co.uk and for Edinburgh to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry.
Thursday 23 Glasgow ■ Take That and The Pet Shop Boys Hampden Park, Letherby Drive, 616 6000. 4pm. £55–£85. The prototype boy band have re-lit their own fire and returned to cash in those nostalgia dollars, and have proved far more credible than any of us could have imagined. Now with added Robbie. Plus eminent support from dynamic duo The Pet Shop Boys, no strangers to a theatrical presentation themselves. See preview, below. ■ While She Sleeps g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 6.30pm. Over-14s show. Hardcore five-piece from Sheffield. ■ Anvil The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Old school metal believers who reached a new cult audience following the release of the Spinal Tap-like (only for real) documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil. ■ Kraul, Rare Breed, Run From Red and Turbyne Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Blackpool’s Kraul mix emo with grunge to create their heavy sound. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £55–£60. Classic rock’n’roll and pop from The Beatles drummer. FREE Tech Tuesday Group Live Showcase Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. An event run entirely by the teenage participants in Glasgow Concert Hall’s weekly workshops, featuring local hip-hop artists and singer songwriters from the music technology sessions. Part of Refugee Week Scotland. ■ Analogue Animals, Low Sonic Drift and Craig Bedson Pivo Pivo, 15
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Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £5. Downtuned thrash from LSD. ■ Cyndi Lauper Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £30–£33.50. Best known for her crazy colour hair and big 80s hit, ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’, Lauper returns to Glasgow to showcase her unexpected Memphis blues direction. ■ Annie Stevenson, Dear Stars and Barella Lights The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Glasgow alt.rockers headline. ■ Dave Arcari, Shambles Miller and Jim Byrne Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Alt.bluesy mayhem from the Radiotones man, plus support. ■ Glasgow Mod Weekender at Various Venues. 8pm–midnight. Glasgow’s annual Mod extravaganza returns. The summer weekender of mod sounds is back with more live bands, DJs and vintage stalls at the following venues. Thu evening: live band What the Heroes Say and Friday Street DJs at McChuill’s (free). See myspace.com/fridaystreet for full details. FREE The Hardy Boys, Dead Man’s Waltz and Adopted as Holograph Black Sparrow, 241 North Street, 221 5530. 8pm. Stripped back sets from ex-Injuns members. FREE Luigi Strauss and Alley Cats Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Singer/songwriter. ■ Think Floyd The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £14.50 in advance; £16 on the door; £28.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Tribute act performing Pink Floyd’s greatest hits. ■ Foy Vance, Rams Pocket Radio and Kettle of Kites King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Alternative, heartfelt songs from a distinctive, soul-folk voice with hints of Van Morrison and Richie Havens to his sound. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Hosted by Independence. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Weekly open mic. FREE Live! in the Saint The Saint on Bath Street, 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. 9pm. Footstomping piano playing every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. With a free drink for all performers.
Men of Scotland, lock up your daughters (and wives and girlfriends . . . some boyfriends too). It’s come time for multi-platinum pop legends Take That to hit Scotland as part of their nostalgia-drenched comeback tour. Spats from the past have been forgotten and they are reunited, now with added Robert Williams. Celebrating the fresh release of their new album Progressed with rock solid, stadium- wowing support by electro-dance duo The Pet Shop Boys, a few voices in the audience are likely to be screamed hoarse over the course of this two-night run. ■ Hampden Park, Glasgow, Thu 23 & Fri 24 Jun.
FREE Slow Motion Replay, Herculean and 4 Day Weekend Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before 11pm. Pavement-influenced headliners. Edinburgh ■ Domino: Cut & Paste Teviot Row Union, Bristo Square, 650 4673. 3pm. £10 (£8.50). Music Supervisor Vicki Williams and musician Steve Mason (formerly of King Biscuit Time, Black Affair and The Beta Band), Head of Synchronisation Lynden Campbell head a discussion on what music rights holders and film producers demand from music uses in film, commercials, games and TV as well as live edits and music. If you have 60 seconds of film that you would like to see edited to Domino music at this event submit a quicktime file to synch@dominorecordco.com by Wed 22 Jun. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse: Cinéconcerts Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 6pm. £10 (£8). New tailor-made live soundtracks for cult films, creating a dialogue between their music and the images screened, in association with Tentracks. Lord of the Flies (Peter Brook, 1963) accompanied by Laetitia Shériff. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse: Cinéconcerts Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 8pm. £10 (£8). Mad Max (George Miller, 1979) with a live score from Montgomery. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse: Cinéconcerts Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 5pm. £5 (£3). Talk: Beyond Cinéconcerts. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Electro-acoustic sounds from singer- songwriter Ibbs and friends. ■ Screen Kids Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £tbc. Maudlin alt.rock/pop/indie. ■ Bohemond Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. Funky rock. ■ Stone Soup Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). Live music and poetry from Davesnewbike and friends. FREE Hailey Beavis Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. Acoustic showcase. ■ Shadow Shows – Devised and Performed by Pram and Film Ficciones Teviot Row Union, Bristo Square, 650 4673. 8.30pm. £12 (£10). Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. ■ Click Clack Club The Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 9pm. Donations. Funky experimental music club. Featuring Steve Kettley’s Odd Times, plus special guests. FREE The Lunes, Jack’s Big Break and The Diversions Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Classic and prog rock. FREE Mark Burwell’s Rockeoke Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9.30pm. A live twist on karaoke. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Groovy funk four-piece (formerly known as Freaky Family) from guitarist Aki Remally.
Friday 24 Glasgow ■ Take That and The Pet Shop Boys Hampden Park, Letherby Drive, 616 6000. 4pm. £55–£85. See Thu 23. ■ Achren, Dionysus and Town Called Hell Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Black/thrash metal bill.
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W I N S T U F F
WIN LEON RUSSELL TICKETS
Leon Russell has been
making gospel-
infused, bluesy,
piano-boogie, country rock for fifty years now. When he’s not recording duet albums with Elton John, he’s got time in his diary to drop by and headline the 25th annual Glasgow Jazz Festival on Fri 1 Jul. To win one of three pairs of tickets, enter at list.co.uk/offers. WIN ZU TICKETS
Zu are a fusion of math, noise and all kinds of ‘core’. Pals with Bob Weston, Mike Patton and The Melvins, the Italian trio will be using sax and electronics to shake things up at the Glasgow Jazz Fest. If you want to grab one of two pairs of tickets to see them on Fri 1 Jul, head to list.co.uk/offers. See preview, page 97. WIN AIDAN MOFFAT AND BILL WELLS TICKETS
No bones about it: The List is a big fan of former Arab Strap man Aidan Moffat. His latest release with avant-jazz collaborator Bill Wells, Everything’s Getting Older, is a spine-tingling beauty. Go to list.co.uk/offers to win one of two pairs of tickets to see the chaps live on Sat 2 Jul. HOW TO ENTER
Log onto list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for the above competitions is Thu 30 Jun. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
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