Stuart David at Aye Write: March 15th
Belle and Sebastian • Books • festivals • Stuart David
March 9, 2018
Stuart David is a musician, songwriter and novelist. He co-founded the band Belle and Sebastian and went on to form Looper. He grew up in Alexandria, on the west coast of Scotland – a town memorably described as looking like ‘a town that’s helping the police with their inquiries’. His memoir, In the All-Night Café: A…
Read More »Concert for Stewart: Guest blog by Rab Noakes
Belle and Sebastian • Concerts in Glasgow • Duglas Stewart • Emma Pollock • Gigs in Glasgow • Guest Blogger • Karine Polwart • Music in Glasgow • Rab Noakes • St Luke's • The Pastels • The Primevals
November 2, 2017
On Friday November 24th Saint Luke’s will host a celebration of the legendary radio producer Stewart Cruickshank, who lived for music and for people. His work from Beat Patrol to the Iain Anderson show gave a start to countless musicians and enriched the lives of all music lovers in Scotland. He made things happen, brought people together,…
Read More »Belle and Sebastian’s Chris & Sarah chat about TRNSMT
Belle and Sebastian • Concerts in Glasgow • festivals • Gigs in Glasgow • Glasgow Green • Music in Glasgow • TRNSMT
July 4, 2017
With T In The Park taking a well-earned rest this year, the festival focus shifts to Glasgow this weekend when the inaugural TRNSMT festival takes over Glasgow Green from Friday to Sunday. Kasabian top the bill on Saturday and Biffy Clyro bring proceedings to a rocking close on Sunday but it’s the Friday line-up we’ve got our…
Read More »Electric Honey Records celebrates 25 years
Belle and Sebastian • Concerts in Glasgow • Electric Honey • Glasgow Record Labels • Music in Glasgow • Things to do in Glasgow • Tigermilk • Tigermilk Owners' Club
April 21, 2017
Electric Honey Records, the record label run by the students on the music business course at Glasgow Kelvin(formerly Stow) College, celebrates its 25th birthday this year with single releases from singer/songwriter Calum Frame, funk outfit Dopesickfly and garage band The Shambolics, and a rather fine debut album by Glasgow band Pronto Mama, called Any Joy. Electric Honey has been described by…
Read More »It was twenty years ago today…
Belle and Sebastian • Glasgow Record Labels • Stuart David • Tigermilk • Tigermilk Owners' Club
June 6, 2016
Belle & Sebastian’s classic debut album Tigermilk was released exactly twenty years ago to the day, and the band are set to mark the occasion with a trio of gigs next week at Glasgow University Union. Here at Glasgow Music City Tours, we’ve been working up to the anniversary by initiating the Tigermilk Owners Club – our attempt to…
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Belle and Sebastian • Things to do in Glasgow
May 31, 2016
Our regular Music Mile tour has great stories about the very early days of Belle and Sebastian but more and more people have been getting in touch asking if we could do bespoke tours focused on the band. After scratching our heads for a bit, we came up with a flexible tour which takes in all of…
Read More »Tigermilk Owners’ Club: members wanted
Belle and Sebastian • Glasgow School of Art • Tigermilk
April 5, 2016
As we mentioned a few weeks back, we’ve had the bright idea of launching the Tigermilk Owners’ Club. We’re doing this to mark the 20th anniversary of Belle and Sebastian releasing their debut album. Inspired by the fabled Blue Monday Owners’ Club, we want owners of the original Tigermilk vinyl album to send us pics of yourselves…
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