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CELTIC CONNECTIONS Various venues, Glasgow, until Sun 3 Feb, celticconnections.com Glasgow’s annual folk, roots, indie, world and traditional music festival celebrating the links between Celtic music and cultures across the globe. The final days of 2019’s fest include performances from John Grant, Alasdair White, Karine Polwart, the Dead South and Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert.
HAYLEY KIYOKO SWG3, Fri 1 Feb, swg3.tv American popstar best known for hit singles ‘Curious’ and ‘What I Need’.
COLOURS 24TH BIRTHDAY SWG3, Sat 2 Feb, swg3.tv Scottish club promoters Colours host a big birthday bash across the SWG3 complex, featuring Headhunterz, Eddie Halliwell, Blasterjaxx, Hannah Laing and more.
FREE LOVE AND BOSSY LOVE Stereo, Sat 2 Feb, stereocafebar. com Double bill of duos, featuring dance pop outfit and SAY award nominees Free Love (formerly known as Happy Meals), and Glasgow R&B pair Bossy Love.
WHITE LIES Queen Margaret Union, Tue 5 Feb, qmunion.org.uk Dark and moody indie trio touring ahead of the release of their latest album Five. Also Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Mon 11 Feb, liquidroom.com
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THE TRAIL OF DEAD Glasgow School of Art, Thu 7 Feb, theartschool.co.uk Dark destructive American rockers celebrate 20 years of their seminal album Madonna.
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glasgowconcerthalls.com An all-star line-up, including Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey, perfom David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. See preview, page 80.
BEHEMOTH Queen Margaret Union, Mon 11 Feb, qmunion.org.uk Blackened death metal. Blistering support comes from Wolves in the Throne Room and At the Gates. See feature, page 79.
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HOLY HOLY Old Fruitmarket, Sun 10 Feb,
SEC, Sun 17 Feb, sec.co.uk Guns N’ Roses axe-man Slash brings his
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THE STRUTS Garage, Tue 19 Feb, garageglasgow.co.uk Strutting rock’n’rollers from Derby, indebted to their heroes the Stones.
STEELY DAN SSE Hydro, Wed 20 Feb, thessehydro.com American jazz-rock legends founded by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in 1972, and whose 2000 album Two Against Nature bagged four Grammies, including Album of the Year. Steve Winwood supports.
ART BRUT Stereo, Glasgow, Thu 21 Feb, stereocafebar.com The return of the quirky indie rock band. Also Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Wed 20 Feb, sneakypetes.co.uk
WILLIE J HEALEY McChuills, Fri 22 Feb, facebook. com/McChuillsBar Dreamy indie-pop from the Oxford-based musician. See preview, page 80. Also Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Feb, sneakypetes.co.uk
FATBOY SLIM SSE Hydro, Wed 27 Feb, thessehydro.com The ever-reliable Norman Cook spins some banging big beats, with support from Eats Everything and Cousn.
solo albums to life with help from Myles Kennedy on vocals.
POST MALONE SSE Hydro, Sun 17 Feb, thessehydro.com Innovative rapper and singer-songwriter whose second album Beerbongs & Bentleys debuted at number one across international charts.
HANSON: STRING THEORY Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sun 17 Feb, glasgowconcerthalls.com Now all grown up, the ‘MMMBop’ chart topping brothers play the hits as well as some new material alongside a
GUSGUS SWG3, Wed 27 Feb, swg3.tv Icelandic electronic band that began life as a film and acting collective.
THE COMET IS COMING Stereo, Thu 28 Feb, stereocafebar. com Mercury-nominated London- based outfit presents its fusion of jazz, funk and electronica.
BRIX EXTRACTED Broadcast, Fri 1 Mar, broadcastglasgow.com Five-piece outfit consisting of ex-members of the Fall play classic material and
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OZZY OSBOURNE SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Thu 7 Feb, thessehydro.com Final world tour from the Prince of Darkness as the heavy metal master dips into his 50 year career with Black Sabbath and as a bat-biting solo artist. An immense double bill with support from the mighty Judas Priest.
Glasgow, Mon 18 Feb, sec.co.uk; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Tue 19 Feb, usherhall.co.uk Contemporary composer and pianist performs from new EP ‘Encores 2’, a companion to his acclaimed seventh album All Melody. See feature, page 76.
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SEC Clyde Auditorium, O2 Academy,
Glasgow Mon 18 Mar, academymusicgroup. com Californian hip hop and R&B artist goes on tour in support of his latest album Oxnard.
THE INTERNET SWG3, Glasgow, Fri 22 Mar, swg3.tv Los Angeles and Atlanta-centred outfit bring their hip hop and neo soul show to the UK’s stages.
ZUTONS Barrowland, Glasgow, Thu 28 Mar, barrowland- ballroom.co.uk Quirky Liverpudlian indie band return, performing their debut album Who Killed . . .The Zutons in its entirety.
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