Festivals

RockNess announce Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers and Paolo Nutini as headliners

1 Dec 2010

RockNess will once again be returning to the banks of Loch Ness with a heady mix of dance beats and indie rock. And they’re building on last year’s award winning line-up with the announcement of Kasabian, dance dons The Chemical Brothers and Paisley’s…

Glasgow Popfest brings together The Felt Tips, The Orchids and The Power Cut Choir

Must-See acts at Glasgow's new festival

24 Nov 2010

1. The Power Cut Choir. Welcome to Glasgow’s newest music festival, which presents a bunch of bands and DJs in the indie-pop, post-punk and twisted folk veins over three days and two venues. There’s way too much to go into here, so instead The List…

5 Things... Glamping

28 May 2010

The best glam camping options for 2010’s Scottish festivals...

Spotify playlist: UK music festivals 2010

26 May 2010

So much music so little time! If you're rushing to get your musical taste up to scratch ahead of the festival season, then we've got exactly what you need to speed things up: bespoke Spotify playlists for Rock Ness and T in the Park, and a very special…

Born To Be Wide - Wide Days

1 Apr 2010

It's business time! Scottish music scene-nurturing organisation Born To Be Wide has another fantastic event planned, with a line up of acts equally as impressive as the industry figures sharing their music industry knowhow. Seminars and showcases have…

Steel Panther, Saxon and Dilinger Escape Plan added to Download 2010 bill

23 Mar 2010

A further 22 names have been announced by rock and metal festival Download to perform on the 2010 bill. Steel Panther, HIM, Saxon, Airbourne, Coheed & Cambria, 36 Crazyfists, Dilinger Escape Plan, Dommin, Taking Dawn, Unearth, Cinderella, A Day To…

Halloween Guide: A - F

All you need to know about October's most haunted evening

16 Oct 2009

A is for Arachnids Eight-legged creatures are making another notorious appearance this Halloween, with Glasgow Science Centre including them as part of the many horrid things in their children’s Halloween event on Fri 30 Oct. The truth is kids love…

T in the Park 2009: Running order

9 Jul 2009

If you're heading to Balado this weekend you'll want to see this - the full running order for Scotland's mightiest music festival.

T in the Park: Paolo Nutini

9 Jul 2009

Paolo Nutini is a star in charge of his own destiny, arriving at this year’s T, flying high on his success. Mark Robertson gets an insight into life behind the scenes of an errant pop star.

T in the Park: Virgins & Veterans

9 Jul 2009

Veteran Stuart Braithwaite, Mogwai It’s Mogwai’s first T in ten years. What brings you back? We’re doing a lot of festivals this summer. We hadn’t actually done any for a while until we did Connect two years ago and it was great. So we’re…