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FRIDAY 29 APRIL GLASGOW THE ART SCHOOL
WI T H
Mar tha Ff i o n K athr yn Jo s ep h Ann e ke K a mpman He l en Marn i e Karine Po lwar t Sara h J Stan le y
Aby Vu l l i amy
SUNDAY O1 MAY EDINBURGH ASSEMBLY ROXY
WI T H
K athr yn Jo s ep h K a rin e Po l wa r t Sara h J Stan le y Kathr yn Wil l i ams
JAMES plus special guest Yana Bibb
ERIC BIBB
The ‘You Really Got Me’ Tour AND BAND
Thursday 19 May 2016 Edinburgh Queen’s Hall 0131 668 2019 Friday 20 May 2016 Glasgow Concert Hall 0141 353 8000
plus special guest Sunny Ozell
Friday 27th May Edinburgh Queens Hall 0131 668 2019
'LONDON WAS AWFUL, I FEEL FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT'
north of Ullapool for almost a decade. While he still retains the Liverpudlian accent of his birth, Davies was raised in Scotland from the age of eight. First he lived in Paisley around 1974, because his parents taught at the nearby Kibble School, and then the family settled in Callander. He moved back there three years ago with his young family and sent his children to the same school he attended. ‘I was living down in London and hating it,’ Davies remembers. ‘One day I just said, “kids, do you want to go to school in Scotland?” London was awful, I feel for people who have to go through that, and I feel so privileged that I’m able to just decide, “we can live anywhere, so let’s live somewhere cool”. My wife, bless her, agreed. It feels like I’m joining a circle; I know every inch of these places as I ran, cycled and fished in them in the 70s and 80s. I had no ties for many years and I enjoyed touring the world living out of a case, but then I had kids and started rediscovering an affinity with these places I once knew.’
Girl at the End of the World was written between the Tolbooth in Stirling and in a house in Gairloch where the band stayed for a few weeks. ‘The Tolbooth gave us the top room to write in and lots of gear, and we just went in and made a racket,’ he says. ‘They were so kind to us; we did a mad show for about 70 people in their theatre to say thank you. To my ear there’s a weird Scottish flavour to the record, a Celtic kind of theme. I guess you can’t help but be
influenced by the place you’re in.’
Last year, Davies took his family even further up north to Sutherland. ‘At the end of my road there’s a sign which says, “Land’s End: 58 miles”. I can sit in the glass room at the side of my house and it’s an incredible reminder of the power of the place I’m in.’ What can he see? ‘Fucking nothing! And everything. That’s a really strong reminder of our place in the world and it’s why I love writing up there. You just batten down the hatches and get lost in it. In Scotland there are very highly urbanised and contemporary attitudes to modern life sandwiched up against some of the most stunning and violent natural landscapes on the planet.’ He speaks eloquently and at length of Scotland’s music scene and its political energy, lending evidence to the idea that understanding a country or a culture can be easier without a leaden sense of over-familiarity. ‘Scotland’s full of English twats who think they’re Scottish,’ he laughs. 'And you can quote me on that. But my granny was from Govan before she moved to Oldham and she used to tell me stories about what it was like to be brought up there in 1915 or whenever, literally sharing shoes and all that, like in any urban centre in the UK: Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, wherever. She was a displaced Scot who went elsewhere for a better life, and I’ve always taken her experience of that with me.’
James play SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Thu 19 May; The Girl at the End of the World is out now on BMG.
New album TELLING THE TREES out 29 April on Chemikal Underground
Friday 6 May The Art School Glasgow
B Y A R R A N G E M E N T W I T H C O D A A G E N C Y P R E S E N T S
P L U S S P E C I A L G U E ST S
NEW ALBUM RESISTOR OUT 29TH APRIL
S U N D AY 2 9 M AY G L A S G O W O R A N M O R
TELEVISION
JUST ANNOUNCED Roy Harper
A 75th Birthday Celebration Tour
with String and Brass Ensemble arranged by Fiona Brice plus special guests
Saturday 17th September Usher Hall Edinburgh
WED 8TH JUNE O2ABC GLASGOW
Saturday 16th April
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
THURSDAY 28 April
EDINBURGH Voodoo Rooms BY ARRANGEMENT WITH UNITED TALENT AGENCY
THE GLEN CAMPBELL YEARS
FRI 16TH SEPT Glasgow Royal
Concert Hall (New Auditorium)
0141 353 8000 GRCH Box Office / Tickets Scotland
In association with Coda Music Agency present
Tuesday 14th June EDINBURGH USHER HALL LIVE AT
0131 228 1155
REGULAR MUSIC & CPL BY ARRANGEMENT WITH PRIMARY TALENT INTERNATIONAL PRESENT PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
MONDAY 30TH MAY GLASGOW THE HUG & PINT
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
SATURDAY 28 MAY GLASGOW CCA
New album Fever Dream out 8 April 2016
SAT 15TH OC T O 2 ABC G L A SGOW
0844 844 0444 www.ticketmaster.co.uk In person from Ticket Scotland Glasgow/Edinburgh & Ripping Edinburgh and usual outlets
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