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Annie Lennox Debuts New Christmas Song ‘Dido’s Lament’

Annie Lennox has added a previously unreleased track to her Christmas album ’A Christmas Cornucopia’ to mark the 10th anniversary of the album’s release.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Annie Lennox, Christmas Cornucopia, Didos Lament, Eurythmics, folk, Scotland, traditional, UK

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Connery, Sean Connery Dies At Aged 90

by Paul Cashmere

Sir Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond in film, has died at age 90.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Actor, James Bond, Scotland, Sean Connery, UK

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Ian Mitchell Of Bay City Rollers Dead At Age 62

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Mitchell, a one-time member of Bay City Rollers, has died at age 62.

Tagged as: 70s, Bay City Rollers, Ian Mitchell, pop, Scotland, UK

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Biffy Clyro Premiere ‘Space’ VIDEO

by Paul Cashmere

Biffy Clyro’s fourth focus track from the new ‘The Celebration of Endings’ is ‘Space’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, A Celebration of Endings, Biffy Clyro, rock, Scotland, Simon Johnston, UK

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Biffy Clyro Finally Release ‘A Celebration of Endings’ After COVID Delay

by Paul Cashmere

Scotland’s Biffy Clyro have finally released their ‘A Celebration of Endings’ album, originally due in May but delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, A Celebration of Endings, Biffy Clyro, rock, Scotland, Simon Johnston, UK

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Biffy Clyro Set For UK No 1 Album

by Music-News.com

Biffy Clyro lead an all-new Top 4 on today’s Official Chart Update, with the Scottish band gunning for their third UK Number 1 album.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, A Celebration of Endings, Biffy Clyro, rock, Scotland, Simon Johnston, UK

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Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro Tried To Enter Eurovision

by Music-News.com

Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro says he watches the annual Eurovision Song Contest every year and once made a bid for his side project, Marmaduke Duke, to represent the UK.

Tagged as: 00s, Biffy Clyro, rock, Scotland, UK

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Calvin Harris Reveals Emergency Heart Surgery From 2014

by Music-News.com

Calvin Harris has revealed his health problems back in 2014 were so serious that he had to have his heart restarted.

Tagged as: 10s, Calvin Harris, EDM, pop, Scotland

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Coronavirus Splits Simple Minds Show Into Two In Denmark

by Paul Cashmere

Simple Minds have split their upcoming shows in Denmark to abide by Denmark’s new “no gathering of crowds more than 1000” rule.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 80s, 90s, alternative, post, punk, rock, Scotland, Simple Minds, UK

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Wet Wet Wet To Tour Australia and New Zealand in May

by Paul Cashmere

Wet Wet Wet will introduce Australia and New Zealand to a new lead singer when they tour in May 2020.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Marti Pellow, pop, Scotland, UK, Wet Wet Wet

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Chvrches Cancel Hong Kong because of Airport Turmoil

by Music-News.com

British indie rockers Chvrches are among several acts who have cancelled concerts in Hong Kong after protests closed the city’s airport.

Tagged as: alternative, CHVRCHES, electronica, indie, pop, Scotland, UK

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Annie Lennox Unveils University Portrait

by Music-News.com

Annie Lennox unveiled a portrait of her as chancellor of Glasgow Caledonia University (GCU) in Scotland on Monday.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Annie Lennox, contemporary, Eurythmics, pop, Scotland, UK

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The Proclaimers to tour Australia in May 2019

by Noise11.com

The Proclaimers will tour Australia in May with fresh new songs from their 11th album ‘Angry Cyclist’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Celtic, rock, Scotland, The Proclaimers

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Bonnie Tyler covers Australia’s Brian Cadd on Beneath the Earth and the Stars

by Paul Cashmere

Bonnie Tyler has covered a song by Australian songwriting legend Brian Cadd on her upcoming album ‘Between the Earth and the Stars’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Bonnie Tyler, Brian Cadd, contemporary, pop, Scotland

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Billy Connolly confirms he is Not Dying, Not Dead

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Connolly has posted a jovial post to tells fans in song he is “not dying, not dead, not slipping away”.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Connolly, comedy, Scotland, UK

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Dean Ford of Scottish band Marmalade dies aged 72

by Paul Cashmere

Dean Ford, the singer and songwriter for Scotland’s Marmalade, has died aged 72.

Tagged as: 70s, Dean Ford, Marmalade, pop, rock, Scotland, UK

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Laura Imbruglia and Dallas Crane to tour with Teenage Fanclub

by Paul Cashmere

With the Teenage Fanclub Australian and New Zealand tour about to kick off in February the special guest openers have been announced.

Tagged as: 90s, Dallas Crane, Laura Imbruglia, rock, Scotland, Teenage Fanclub

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The Pretty Things and Teenage Fanclub At Noise11 iHeartRadio for 21 September 2018

by Noise11.com

In a brand new iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com Raymond McGinley of Teenage Fanclub explains why co-founder Gerard Love is leaving the band.

Tagged as: 90s, iHeartRadio, music industry, rock, Scotland, Teenage Fanclub, The Pretty Things, UK

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Teenage Fanclub add Perth To Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Teenage Fanclub will now also head to Perth when they return to Australia in 2019.

Tagged as: 90s, rock, Scotland, Teenage Fanclub, UK

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Frightened Rabbit Plan To Continue Working Creating Scores

by Paul Cashmere

The surviving members of Frightened Rabbit say they will continue working together but instead of touring, it will all be about scores.

Tagged as: 00s, Frightened Rabbit, indie folk, indie rock, post-punk, Scotland

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Shirley Manson Reveals Her Battle With Depression

by Music-News.com

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has revealed she cut herself as a young adult to cope with depression.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Garbage, rock, Scotland, Shirley Manson, USA

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R.I.P. Alan Longmuir of Bay City Rollers 1948-2018

by Paul Cashmere

Alan Longmuir, the bass player and a founding member of Bay City Rollers, has died at age 70.

Tagged as: 70s, Alan Longmuir, Bay City Rollers, pop, Scotland, UK

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Biffy Clyro Get The MTV Unplugged Treatment

by Paul Cashmere

Biffy Clyro is the latest band to get the MTV Unplugged treatment.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Biffy Clyro, rock, Scotland

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R.I.P. Frightened Rabbit Singer Scott Hutchinson 1981-2018

by Music-News.com

A body found in the search for Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison has been identified as the singer-songwriter, police confirmed Friday morning.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Frightened Rabbit, rock, Scotland, Scott Hutchinson, UK

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Calvin Harris Is The Most Played Scottish Artist Of The 21st Century

by Paul Cashmere

Music licensing company PPL has produced a Top 15 chart of the most-played Scottish artists of the 21st century on UK radio and TV to celebrate Scotland’s contribution to the UK music industry.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Calvin Harris, DJ, EDM, electropop, pop, Scotland, UK

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Reef To Release First Album Since 2000

by Paul Cashmere

Glastonbury’s Reef have recorded their first album in nearly two decades.

Tagged as: 90s, Reef, rock, Scotland, UK

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Shirley Manson of Garbage To Receive NME Icon Award

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Garbage front woman Shirley Manson has been selected by Britain’s NME to receive this year’s Icon Award.

Tagged as: 90s, Garbage, rock, Scotland, Shirley Manson, UK

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Texas To Tour Australia For The Very First Time

by Noise11.com

Scottish band Texas will tour Australia for the first time ever in December.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, rock, Scotland, Texas, UK

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Franz Ferdinand photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Franz Ferdinand Slam American Idiot Trump With ‘Demagogue’

by Music-News.com

Frank Ferdinand is the latest act to contribute to anti-Trump website 30days30songs.com with ‘Demagogue’.

Tagged as: 00s, 30days30songs.com, Donald Trump, Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand Slam American Idiot Trump With 'Demagogue', rock, Scotland, UK

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Nazareth Cancel Remainder Of European Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Nazareth was forced to cancel the last four dates of their European tour last week after lead singer Linton Osborne came down with a virus of his vocal chords.

Tagged as: 70s, music news, Nazareth, rock, Scotland, UK

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