Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicSnow Patrol @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 31 Jan
Following a seven-year gap between albums Snow Patrol are back, and tonight's show in Glasgow feels like a life-affirming victory lap Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
MusicSteve Mason @ SWG3, Glasgow, 31 Jan
With little room for oldies tonight, the former Beta Band frontman Steve Mason plays a strong set at SWG3 celebrating his latest album About the Light Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
MusicSwearin' @ YES, Manchester, 31 Jan
Allison Crutchfield's resurrected punk outfit are back with a bang at their first Manchester show in over six years Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 6-11 Feb
We take a closer look at what live music is on offer across the central belt this week, featuring Bowie bandmates Holy Holy, The Lemonheads, White Lies and more Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
ClubsGuest Selector: Exterior
Edinburgh producer Exterior shares some of his favourite tracks ahead of the release of his new EP, Plagued Streets of Pity, out this month on Hobbes Music Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
FilmJay Baruchel on How To Train Your Dragon & Scotland
After ten years of playing dragon-loving viking Hiccup, Jay Baruchel says goodbye to the character with How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World. We chat to the Canadian actor about his love of Scotland and how voice acting made him a better performer Read more »| 06 Feb 2019
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MusicFrank Turner @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 29 Jan
Frank Turner plays with the energy of a man determined to raise the roof wherever he goes, and tonight's Glasgow O2 Academy show is no different and a riotous success Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
TheatreExtremely Pedestrian Chorales @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
An experimental fusion of dance, theatre and music takes the audience on a different pedestrian journey Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
TheatreWunderkammer @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Figurentheater Tüebingen's new show is a step into the lore, evolution and mythos of the world of puppetry Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
MusicTallisker – Blind (YUMYUM live session): Video Premiere
Watch the live session for Blind by French electronic musician Tallisker, recorded at Glasgow's Flat 0/1 Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
MusicLau – Midnight and Closedown
Scottish trad music supergroup Lau return with their 'Brexit album' Midnight and Closedown, a shining beacon of hope in our hazy present Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
BooksMuscle by Alan Trotter
Meet Box and _____. They’re a pair of tough guys who get the job done first and ask questions later, if at all. As they cross paths with a pulp writer ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
FilmIf Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins adapts James Baldwin’s heartbreaking novel about a young black couple separated by a false arrest, and the Moonlight director beautifully captures the romantic, yearning, angry, incisive tones of Baldwin’s voice Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
MusicBob Mould – Sunshine Rock
Rock's elder statesman returns with potentially his most upbeat offering to date Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
MusicMassive Attack @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 28 Jan
Trip-hop legends Massive Attack celebrate 21 years of their classic album Mezzanine with a full-blown AV show and guest vocals from Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser Read more »| 05 Feb 2019