Twenty years in national newspapers, now plying trade in comms. Dad, runner, optimist. All views my own.
Glasgow
Joined February 2012
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@FRETSCONCERTS Thank you so much for an impossibly good gig last night. AND WHAT. AN. ENCORE. Hell yes. All together now: Rest & be thankful! @sister_john @GramSkin @thebathersoffi1 👏👏👏
If someone said a few years back that @MrNormanBlake1 @jamthrawn & Bernard Butler would play a gig in Strathaven - let alone 4 more & launch an album here last night - we’d have laughed ‘em out of town. Huge hat’s off @FRETSCONCERTS & @creepingbentorg for making magic happen!🙌
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In March 2025, we’re back with THE WEEKENDER 2025 in London! Four shows and MORE!
Presale: Nov 12, 10 am UK Time
General Sale: Nov 15, 10 am UK Time
Full details: facebook.com/TheHoldSteady
Wow! Truck-load of love in the room @FRETSCONCERTS last night for @michaelheadtreb - and rightly so! Superb support from Stevie Jackson. I’m totally on board with the bloke at the back who yelled: “Is this an annual event, Mick?” Yes please!! 👏👏👏👏
New entry on the long gigs-I-wish-I-was-at list: March ‘83: Aztec Camera, Prefab Sprout AND … The Kingfishers, who were just sparkling last night @FRETSCONCERTS. Thank you @creepingbentorg & crew 👏👏 And @thepearlfishers on superb form too, sans drummer an’ all! Lovely stuff!
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Shed load of love in the room last night for @AstorPete and then @the_vaselines. Terrific stuff. 👏👏 as ever @creepingbentorg for putting on these @FRETSCONCERTS. Hat’s off to @Les_hoggan for documenting them all. And, @eugenekelly: phone the t-shirt bloke next time! 😀😀
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Morning after the night before and it’s the usual @FRETSCONCERTS disbelief: Did that magic really happen on our doorstep? Just beautiful & life-affirming last night from @thebathersoffi1. @HazelAMorrison @CallumFT THANK YOU! All together now: Strathaven Castle is falling down…
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Well, we’ve seen some pretty stunning encores at @FRETSCONCERTS .. and this last night was right up there. What a gig! 👏👏👏👏👏👏 @jamthrawn @creepingbentorg @MonicaQueen4 And massive 👏👏 Fraser Spiers on the harmonica … Wow!
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Sense of disbelief this morning! @MrNormanBlake1 @jamthrawn & Bernard Butler. In Strathaven. For a THIRD time, even better than the last 2. Now writing beautiful new songs together. Album on way. Music eh? Bloody hell! Life-affirmingly brilliant. Massive thanks @FRETSCONCERTS
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DOGS. Tickets on sale tonight at 7.
James Grant will be in concert performing Love & Money's classic album 'Dogs in the Traffic' at the Strathaven Hotel on Saturday 17th Feb. This will be the inaugural FRETS: ALBUM CONCERT. Tickets go on sale tonight at 7pm at this link.
wegottickets.com/event/60590…
Yet another hat-trick of magic unleashed @FRETSCONCERTS last night. Never dreamed I’d see a guy with an accordion nearly blow @StrathavenHotel roof off! @callumeaster eh? Explosive, what a talent! 👏👏 Stevie Jackson & @eugenekelly: warm, funny, brilliant. Total BELTER of a gig!
Ooooft! What an encore! What a truckload of talent on one @LNFGlasgow stage & love in the room for @CallumFT & @thebathersoffi1 .. 👏👏 @SisterJohn @jamthrawn @GramSkin @creepingbentorg @paul_mcgeechan Phew! That was properly special! Thank you!
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Big thanks @Monorail_Music for getting this in for me - and big 👏 @roddyhart for playing a cracking track from it (Birdwatchers) on radio last night. As Roddy said, ain’t nothing better than @steadycraig in full @theholdsteady flow! Very true!!
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Thanks to everyone who came to FRETS last night for the James Yorkston concert. He was in amazing form, quite wonderful. He finished his set by inviting old mucker Vic Galloway to sing with him on a song from their previous group. Another magic night in the Strathaven Hotel.
Finally got round today to collecting this gem from @LNFGlasgow (memo to self: don’t wait so long next time). Has to be said: What a BRILLIANT record! Yes, it’s only April, but this MUST be one of the albums of year. Huge 👏 @R0Poem @urbancrofter62 & band
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Realised the reason I feel so put out by this is that they are effectively sidelining the audience who fought to stop @BBC6Music from being shut down in 2010.
Reinstate Marc Riley & Gideon Coe's BBC 6 Music shows - Sign the Petition! chng.it/QnFNKQ2z via @UKChange
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Noooo ! This is a travesty inews.co.uk/news/media/bbc-r…
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Reinstate Marc Riley & Gideon Coe's BBC 6 Music shows - Sign the Petition! chng.it/rNTByhSD via @UKChange
Big thanks and 👏 to the very funny @RossLeslieComic for taking a punt and putting on a cracking night of comedy last night in Strathaven. Big 👏 too @gee_viv, @BigGeeDog and @RyanCullen90 - all on top form. Like having the Fringe in yer living room! 👍👍More please!
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