Live Music
The Skinny's guide to live music in Scotland. Our highlights of the best live gigs, and reviews of shows at venues large and small across Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond, plus previews of the summer's best music festivals.
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FestivalsUK Festivals Guide 2017: England & Wales
Psychedelic gatherings in Liverpool? All-action weekenders in Wiltshire? If you're looking for festivals in England and Wales this year, you're pretty spoiled for choice. Here's our pick of 'em... Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsBritish Sea Power @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 9 Apr
The audience are packed like gingham-clad sardines in a tin as we wait for the arrival of British Sea Power. The stage is dressed as though we’ve enter... Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsThe Amazons @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 6 Apr
The Amazons are indie rock'n'roll all over – of the good old-fashioned kind (and by 'old-fashioned', we definitely mean 2009). Ok, they&rsquo... Read more »| 11 Apr 2017 -
Previews
Live music in Liverpool this week: 12-17 Apr
Global superstar Bruno Mars and freshly reunited local ska heroes The Dead 60s lead the charge as we take another look at the week's gigs Read more »| 11 Apr 2017 -
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Jorja Smith @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 6 Apr
Having recently featured on Drake's latest album More Life, 19-year-old Jorja Smith is approaching the end of her sold-out UK tour with tonight&rsq... Read more »| 11 Apr 2017 -
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Scottish Gigs of the Week: 11-17 Apr
It's a fittingly special week of live music this Easter weekend, from Public Service Broadcasting at the Usher Hall to Charlotte Church's Pop Dungeon in Glasgow, via gigs from Pictish Trail, PWR BTTM and GIRLI Read more »| 10 Apr 2017
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Reviews
Stormzy @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 5 Apr
Grime great Stormzy puts on a traffic-stopping, high-intensity Scottish debut at the O2 Academy Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
FestivalsFive to see at Fat Out Fest 2017
As the countdown begins to Salford's mighty Fat Out Fest, we look beyond the headliners to pick out some of our personal highlights... Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Previews
Live music in Manchester this week: 6-11 Apr
This week we recommend checking out our five-star favourite Jesca Hoop in action, along with PWR BTTM at The Deaf Institute, Colin Hay at The Dancehouse doing a fundraiser for Band on the Wall and more Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Previews
Live music in Liverpool this week: 5-11 Apr
Brass-soaked party bands, former Spice Girls and a smattering of punk and metal make up your gig highlights for the week. Get involved Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
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Haley @ Night & Day, Manchester, 29 Mar
What's in a name? Everything and nothing. Haley Bonar's recent decision to continue under her christian name alone was borne of both courage and pride. Her r... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
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AbiChan @ The Magnet, Liverpool, 31 March
Soulful as Aretha herself, Queen Abi Harding takes to the Magnet for her debut gig as AbiChan – the first new music we've heard from the saxophonist si... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
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Sun Ra Arkestra @ Band on the Wall, Manchester, 2 Apr
With their sequin-ridden costumes winking under the lights, the thoroughly seasoned Sun Ra Arkestra file onstage with an air of immense calm, shortly before ... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Previews
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 4-10 April
This week's Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee gig guide, featuring The Ninth Wave, Counterflows Festival and visits from Stormzy, British Sea Power and Pulled Apart by Horses Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
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Johnny Flynn @ La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, 27 Mar
Spring may have only just sprung, but it is HOT in La Belle Angèle this evening. Even before the support had finished, the tropical punch that is... Read more »| 04 Apr 2017