Clockwise from top left: Olaf Furniss goes crowdsuri ng at Wide Days; Electric Circus’ farewell message; a letter to The List from 2009
Galloway and Ally McCrae, and d found myself crowdsuri ng for the i rst time in my life. ON THE FUTURE OF MUSIC IN EDINBURGH
Neil Cooper (writer and arts critic): The problems, beyond the arrangement between those running Electric Circus and the Fruitmarket Gallery, rests with the language used by City of Edinburgh Council in its own report, which seemed to suggest that an art gallery is somehow intrinsically more important than a music venue. The creative connections between contemporary art and contemporary music are plain to see, and both should be recognised as vital cultural assets, especially in a city such as Edinburgh, where a thriving grassroots cultural scene feeds into its more high-proi le artistic institutions.
John Stout (Regular Music): It’s not the number of venues of that size that appears to be the problem, it’s the city’s discussion with itself of not having a good ‘scene’. Plenty people go to gigs when they’re on. If everyone keeps saying that there are never any decent gigs on in Edinburgh, then you’re sending a message that there’s no point even looking into what’s on. So let’s stop that and talk about the positives. Groundskeeper Fanny: I don’t think it means the Edinburgh scene is dying. If anything, I think it’s the kick up the arse that every scene, from drag to music, needs to realise we can DO THIS. Plan a show, create a club night and for god’s sake support local artists.
Goodbye to Electric Circus | MUSIC
Curated by and featuring
Emma Pollock with Field Music, James Graham (The Twilight Sad), Roddy Hart, Sarah Hayes,
(Admiral Fallow), Kathryn Joseph, Karine Polwart,
Rachel Sermanni and Kathryn Williams.
SATURDAY 20 MAY 2017 O2 ABC GLASGOW
Wednesday 20 December ABERDEEN Beach Ballroom Thursday 21 December INVERNESS Ironworks Friday 22 December KILMARNOCK Grand Hall Saturday 23 December GLASGOW O2Academy
JOHN PRINE JOHN PRINE Special Guest Special Guest Amanda Shires Amanda Shires
Originally commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts / True North Aberdeen’s Festival of Music and Song
30th Anniversary 30th Anniversary Twenty Four Hour Twenty Four Hour Party People Party People Greatest Hits tour Greatest Hits tour
How Wild The Wind Blows Performing the Songs and Poems of Molly Drake
Fri 28th Apr O2 ABC Glasgow
Sat 29th Apr Ironworks Inverness
Saturday 22nd April EDINBURGH Queens Hall
P L U S S P E C I A L G U E S T S
STONE FOUNDATION PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS PETE WILLIAMS
SUNDAY 23RD APRIL 2017
GLASGOW Royal Concert Hall
0141 353 8000
by arrangement with CAA and VECTOR
TUESDAY 25TH APRIL EDINBURGH QUEEN’S HALL
0131 668 2019
WEDNESDAY 26TH APRIL GLASGOW ORAN MOR
FRIDAY 19 MAY EDINBURGH VOODOO ROOMS SATURDAY 20 MAY GLASGOW ADMIRAL BAR
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Edinburgh USHER HALL 0131 228 1155
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CAA PRESENTS by arrangement with Strada Music
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
2017 UK SLØR TOUR
Thursday 25 May GLASGOW The Hug & Pint
+SPECIAL GUEST Konni Kass
SUNDAY 4 JUNE GLASGOW ORAN MOR
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S U N 4 T H J U N E G L A S G OW C I T Y H A L L S
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PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
THURSDAY 29TH JUNE EDINBURGH
QUEEN’S HALL
0131 668 2019
TUES 30 MAY GLASGOW CONCERT HALL 0141 353 8000 WED 31 MAY EDINBURGH USHER HALL 0131 228 1155
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