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Events are listed by city, then date. Events are listed by city, then date. Submit listings for your event at Submit listings for your event at list.co.uk/add list.co.uk/add MOUNT KIMBIE Sub Club, Fri 5 Apr, subclub.co.uk English electronic music duo consisting of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos.
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IN FLAMES SWG3, Wed 3 Apr, swg3.tv Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. COUNTERFLOWS Various venues, Glasgow, Thu 4–Sun 7 Apr, counterflows.com Festival of underground, experimental and international music which sees artists from around the world collaborating with homegrown talent. 2019’s line-up includes Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Katz Mulk, Alexander Hawkins, Nicole Mitchell and more. See feature, page 24.
CHRIS SHIFLETT Classic Grand, Fri 5 Apr, classicgrand.com Lead guitarist of the Foo Fighters performs his solo country material. Also La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, Sat 6 Apr, la- belleangele.com
MALE MENTAL HEALTH GIG Stereo, Sat 6 Apr, stereocafebar. com Gig in support of mental health services for men, featuring Barrie- James O’Neill, Carly Connor, Shredd and more, followed by a Q&A.
LORDS OF THE LAND FESTIVAL Barrowland, Sat 6 Apr, barrowland-ballroom.co.uk Extreme festival with a full day of thrash and death metal action. The line-up for 2019 features Electric Wizard, Coroner, Tankard, The Black Dahlia Murder and Belphegor.
ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND Hug & Pint, Sat 6 Apr, thehugandpint.com Thoughtful experimental electronic indie from the Margate-based producer and vocalist.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND Cottiers Theatre, Sun 7 Apr, cottiers. com UK-born Canadian actor and singer performs his country music material.
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GIORGIO MORODER Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Thu 4 Apr, giorgiomoroder.com One of the true pioneers of dance, disco and electronica as the Italian producer heads on his first UK tour. See preview, page 94.
C DUNCAN Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 10 May, summerhall. co.uk; Maryhill
Community Central Hall, Glasgow, Sat 11 May, centralhall.org Scottish singer-songwriter and Mercury Prize nominee, touring in support of his third album Health. See feature, page 93.
GODS OF RAP SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Sun 12 May, thessehydro.com Rap and hip hop heavyweights
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Blue Arrow Club, Tue 9 Apr, thebluearrow.co.uk Dynamic theatrical and multimedia elements from singer who has frequently collaborated with director David Lynch. Also The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Wed 10 Apr, thevoodoorooms.com NINA NESBITT SWG3, Wed 10 Apr, swg3.tv Rising Scottish-Swedish folk-pop singer who also does a spot of modelling on the side.
GZA SWG3, Thu 11 Apr, swg3.tv American rapper and songwriter known, for good reason, as ‘The Genius’ and a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Performing classic album Liquid Swords in full.
THESE NEW PURITANS SWG3, Thu 11 Apr, swg3.tv Aggressive-sounding quartet from Southend with alt.rock and afrobeat influences.
LOWKEY SWG3, Fri 12 Apr, swg3.tv Music from the English rapper and political activist. See preview, page 94. Also Summerhall, Edinburgh, Sat 13 Apr, summerhall.co.uk
YAK King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Fri 12 Apr, kingtuts.co.uk Psychedelic alt.rock band with connections to Jack White’s Third Man Records.
BEAR’S DEN Barrowland, Sat 13 Apr, barrowland-ballroom.co.uk Indie folk artist Andrew Davie who came up through Mumford & Sons’ Communion club nights.
CORDUROY Garage, Sat 13 Apr, garageglasgow. co.uk NME award winners who are assured specialists in soundscapes, infectious melodies and pure, groovy rhythms.
O2 Academy, Sat 13 Apr, academymusicgroup.com Double headline tour of grebo rock featuring Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and Pop Will Eat Itself plus an acoustic set from special guest Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff).
FETTY WAP O2 Academy, Sun 14 Apr, academymusicgroup.com American hip-hop artist best known for his singles ‘Trap Queen’ and ‘My Way’.
STEFFLON DON SWG3, Sun 14 Apr, swg3.tv London- based rapper who released her second mixtape Secure in 2018.
START TO END: TAYLOR SWIFT Stereo, Tue 16 Apr, stereocafebar. com Live band re-interprets Taylor Swift’s breakthrough album 1989 in full. Featuring Rachel Lightbody, Cariss Crosbie and Emilie Boyd (Little Acres) on vocals and members of Fat-Suit, Stanley Odd, Apache Darling and Altered Images.
TAKE THAT SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Thu 18–Sat 20 Apr, thessehydro.com From five to four to three, the depleted prototype boy band head on their 30th anniversary tour.
JOE BONAMASSA SEC, Mon 22 Apr, sec.co.uk Virtuoso of blues rock guitar, discovered by BB King when he was 12.
BURNING HELL & RANDOLPH’S LEAP
Blue Arrow Club, Wed 24 Apr, thebluearrow.co.uk Collaborative performance between the Scottish and Canadian musicians, bound by quality songwriting that celebrates everyday life. Also Clarks on Lindsay Street, Dundee, Sun 28 Apr, clarksonlindsaystreet.com
THE ORB Mackintosh Church, Fri 26 Apr, mackintoshchurch.com Ambient electronica for the masses.
Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul come together for an almighty triple bill.
Butterfly. See preview, page 89.
ELECTRIC FROG + PRESSURE RIVERSIDE
feature Blawan, Denis Sulta, Bicep, Daphni, Daniel Avery, Éclair Fifi, Jeff Mills and more. See feature, page 34.
KAMASI WASHINGTON FESTIVAL
Barrowland, Glasgow, Wed 22 May, barrowland-ballroom. co.uk Acclaimed American jazz saxophonist and composer who previously worked on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Riverside Museum, Sat 25 & Sun 26 May, riversidefestivalglasgow. com The Electric Frog crew and Pressure join forces once again to present their outdoor electronic music festival, which this year will
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