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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FestivalsA Giant On the Bridge @ Assembly Roxy
Creatively exploring lives in the criminal justice system, A Giant On the Bridge is a formidable piece of gig theatre that is part fairy tale, part home truth Read more »| 14 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsBelle & Sebastian's Glasgow Weekender @ SWG3, Glasgow, 3 Aug
The Saturday of Belle & Sebastian's Glasgow Weekender festival brings sets from CMAT, The Vaselines, Monica Queen, Callum Easter and more to SWG3 Read more »| 08 Aug 2024 -
Reviewscore. @ The Hug & Pint + Woodside Halls, Glasgow, 2-4 Aug
An impressively diverse lineup of metal, rock, punk and experimental music floods Glasgow's west end for the second instalment of core., leaving us thirsty for more Read more »| 07 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsFuture Islands @ Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow, 30 Jul
Future Islands transcend technical issues to give an inimitable performance at Kelvingrove Bandstand in Glasgow's West End Read more »| 02 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsAlkaline Trio @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 30 Jul
Alkaline Trio may have had their ups and downs, but tonight's show proves there’s plenty of road left ahead of them Read more »| 02 Aug 2024 -
ReviewsWaxahatchee @ QMU, Glasgow, 30 Jul
Katie Crutchfield and co follow up their excellent new album Tigers Blood with a confident and mesmerising live show Read more »| 01 Aug 2024
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ReviewsEYVE @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 28 Jul
The possibilities feel endless for Glasgow-based artist EYVE, who manages to pull in a near-capacity crowd to The Hug & Pint's basement Read more »| 31 Jul 2024 -
PreviewsScottish Live Music Highlights: August 2024
August brings a wave of city festivals to Glasgow, a bunch of Edinburgh Festivals-related shows, and a clutch of big touring names – here are our highlights Read more »| 26 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsPop Mutations Festival, Glasgow, 18-21 Jul
With live music across five venues in four days, the 2024 edition of Pop Mutations showcases some of the most exciting new acts in Scotland Read more »| 24 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsSquirrel Flower @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 19 Jul
Being in a packed out (and sweaty) room at Glasgow’s Glad Cafe for Squirrel Flower on a Friday night isn’t the party you might expect... Read more »| 22 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsThe National @ Edinburgh Castle, 11 Jul
Amidst interpretative dance and prop-based anarchy, this evening’s show from The National is a heady mix of big, big feelings meeting a defeated contemporary existentialism Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsBig City @ Queen's Park, Glasgow, 29 Jun
Mogwai's inaugural Big City festival is a wonderfully Scottish take on the all-out all-dayer, executed to near-perfection Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsYoung Fathers @ City Park, Stirling, 29 Jun
Under the gaze of Stirling Castle, Young Fathers give an anthemic, cathartic performance and prove once again to be a truly unmatched live act Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
ReviewsLCD Soundsystem @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 30 Jun
LCD Soundsystem return to Scotland for the first of a three-night run, and the modern legends are on top form at their favourite venue Read more »| 03 Jul 2024 -
TravelThe AIG Women’s Open returns to the Home of Golf
World-class golf, family entertainment, food, a festival atmosphere and live music from Tom Grennan – there are many reasons to make it to The AIG Women’s Open when it returns to St Andrews this summer Read more »| 01 Jul 2024