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Edinburgh ■ Give This Christmas The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6pm. £15. Special Christmas gig to raise funds for the Sick Kids Friends Foundation. Headlined by Polish/Welsh duo Anita Lipnicka & John Porter playing with an eight-piece band, with OK Social Club. ■ Black International, Some Skeletons, Birdhead and A Fight You Can’t Win Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£4). Indie punk from Edinburgh. ■ The Expoited Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7pm. £10. Second wave Scots punk survivors. ■ The Jacarandas, Caravan Club and Ded Rabbit Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. 7pm. £5. Local indie outfits. ■ Steve Cradock, The Imagineers and Jack Rowberry Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £10. The Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller guitarist tours his solo psychedelic pop sounds. FREE Stewart MacLennan Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Sat 17. ■ The Vibrators Citrus Club, 40–42 Grindlay Street, 622 7086. 7.30pm. £9 advance; £12 on the door. Old school punkers formed way back in 1976. The Lurkers support.
Sunday 2
Glasgow ■ Big Blues Day The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 12.30pm. £8. Food served from 12.30pm and live music begins at 4pm from Dirty Diamond & the Gunslinger, Fraser John Lindsay, Dead Men’s Shoes, Craig Hughes and Deadly Viper Guitar Squad. FREE The Bird Doggers PJ Champs, 17 Byres Road, 334 8888. 6–9pm. See Sat 17. ■ Rancid, The Cockney Rejects and Control Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £20. One of the cornerstone bands of the 90s punk revival along with Green Day and the Offspring. ■ Sinners Highway The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. Hard rock. ■ Stars and Zeus Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £11. Canadian electro indie outfit play material from their new album The North. With fluent indie rock support from fellow Canadians Zeus. ■ Yeasayer The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £14. CANCELLED. ■ Matthew J Malone, Hercules Mandarin and Unhappy Mansion Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Mixed bill including riotous sextet Hercules Mandarin. ■ Queen Jane The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £5. Cumbernauld band launch their ‘Romantics’ EP. ■ Sound of Guns and The Craybees King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £7. Over-14s show. Alt.rock quintet from Liverpool. FREE Blues Jam Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Sun 18. FREE Open Mic Linen 1906, 1110 Pollokshaws Road, 649 0007. 9pm. See Sun 18. Edinburgh ■ Aynsley Lister The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £12. Twentysomething British blues rock guitarist/singer. ■ The Lovely Eggs Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £tbc. Quirky DIY
lo-fi duo from Lancaster. ■ Orbital The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £24. They retired! And then they came out of retirement! The Hartnoll brothers don those little head torches again to rock the house with their techno anthems. FREE Kenny Herbert & Rab Howatt Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7.30pm. Much loved local musicians playing traditional Scottish to soul and R&B. FREE Sunday Service Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. See Sun 18.
Monday 3
Glasgow ■ Mono Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12.50. Extreme guitar dynamics from Japanese instrumental post-rock band Mono, who have been compared to Godspeed You Black Emperor. FREE Open Mic Queen’s Cafe, 530 Victoria Road, 423 2409. 8–11.30pm. See Mon 19. ■ The 1975, The Streams and Scary Shapes King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Manchester four-piece who have toured with Little Comets. FREE Acoustic Open Mic Night Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 9pm. See Mon 19. FREE Nai Harvest Bar Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. before midnight. Emo band from Sheffield. FREE Ross Clark & friends Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Mon 19. Edinburgh ■ Where Angels Suffer Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Classic Brit metal. FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. See Mon 19.
Tuesday 4
Glasgow ■ Christmas with Steps Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm. £35. The sub- Abba pop quintet present an intimate evening of Christmas songs and classic hits. Bring on the tinsel. ■ Dappy O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £15. Clownish lead rapper in N-Dubz strikes out solo now that his bandmate Tulisa is occupied with The X Factor. ■ Graveyard and Spiders O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Hard rock four- piece from Gothenburg. ■ Needtobreathe Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Arena rock infused with a Southern rock sensibility played by brothers – sound familiar? Needtobreathe hail from the wonderfully named town of Possum Kingdom in South Carolina. FREE Jamfest Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. See Tue 20. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. See Tue 20. ■ Steps Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £35–£45. Pete Waterman’s 90s cheesy pop sensations are back. Special Christmas show with a mix of seasonal songs and Steps favourites. FREE Open Mic The Quaich, 52 Coustonholm Road, 632 9003. 9pm. See Tue 20. Edinburgh ■ Gary Numan and Officers The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £25. Pioneering electro rocker, who’s finally getting the recognition he deserves. ‘A Dead Moon Falling’ tour.
FREE Open Mic Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9pm. See Tue 20.
Wednesday 5
Glasgow FREE Kicks Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 12–2am. See Wed 21. ■ Mumford & Sons, Dawes and Post War Years SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £29.50. London indie folk troupe from the same scene as Laura Marling and Noah and the Whale who have taken the world by storm with debut album Sigh No More and now return with an arena-friendly follow-up Babel. ■ Red Fang Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £10. Stoner rockers from Portland. ■ The Human League O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £25. Much-loved Sheffield electro pop pioneers offer up some prime early 80s nostalgia. ■ Mission of Burma Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £12. CANCELLED. ■ The Temperance Movement, Selective Service and The River 68s Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £8. Strutting vintage style from The River 68s, whose guitarist Christian McCabe was picked to model Paul Weller’s clothing collection for Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green label. FREE The Latecomers Avant Garde, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers. FREE Acoustic Open Mic The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 9pm. See Wed 21. FREE Shield Your Eyes, Cutty’s Gym and Neighbourhood Gout Bar Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. before midnight. Post-hardcore from London headliners. Edinburgh FREE The Imperfectionists The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6.30pm. See Wed 21. ■ Academy of Music Nordoff Robins Xmas Charity Gig Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £tbc. Details tbc. ■ Bobok Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£4). A deliberately absurdist mix of Balkan brass, ska, tango and punk. ■ Dappy The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. See Tue 4. ■ Ragweed Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Grunge rock.
Thursday 6 Glasgow FREE 3 Card Trick Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 12–3am. See Thu 15. ■ InMe O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. Essex Britrock trio who have never quite risen to the heights of Funeral for a Friend and Lostprophets over the course of ten years and four albums. ■ Kris Kristofferson and Roddy Hart Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £28.50–£30. Grizzled country rock outlaw who may have killed a few celluloid vampires in his time exudes an effortless charisma as he runs through his extensive back catalogue. ■ Status Quo SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £37.50. The band with more UK hit singles than any other group in chart history are back for more of their three chord rock on this QuoFestive tour. ■ Twenty Twenty, Futureproof and The Promise Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7.30pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Fresh-faced teen pop punks.
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