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Jay-Z
Sadly not collaborating with the Butthole Surfers across town on the same evening, Jigga man shows us how it’s done after his triumphant Glasto shindig. SECC, Glasgow, Sun 20 Jul. (Rock & Pop)
Butthole Surfers and Desalvo
Texas’ most wonderfully deranged and perverted psych-rock sons (and daughter) play – what our acid-fried memories judge to be – their first ever Scottish show with their feral Glaswegian kin in tremulous support. ABC, Glasgow, Sun 20 Jul. (Rock & Pop)
Wickerman Festival
East Kirkcarswell, near Dundrennan, Dumfries and Galloway, Fri 25 & Sat 26 Jul. (Rock & Pop)
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
Offering everything from old school big band swing to futuristic hard bop and all else in between, the 30th EJ&BF hosts stars such as Buddy Greco, Colin Steele, Little Feat and dozens more. Go seek out something new and different. Various venues, Edinburgh, Fri 25 Jul-Sun 3 Aug. (Jazz)
Momus
Operating on the fringes of music with his own literate, intimate electronic pop for almost three decades, Nice ‘ Momus’ Currie is a true one off. See preview, page 64. Stereo, Glasgow, Sun 27 Jul. (Rock & Pop)
Tom Waits
These are big Tam’s first shows in Scotland since he played the Playhouse back in 1987 and, 21 years later, he’s greyer, more grizzled, somehow even more growly-sounding, but no less compelling a musical proposition. See feature, page 18. Playhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 27 & Mon 28 Jul. (Rock & Pop)

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