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.’ ~* 1 Concerts listed are those at LY"°"°" 8‘ Bill“ 5 Feb‘ Q 5 , ,w H.» . a g . . 'r‘: ' ' L ' , . Playhouse. Ediflbuwhi 29 06t- tickets are on public sale at F‘fb‘ DO'} Chm” 26 rel" '5'" Some blue lights snap on and Phil time otgolng olpress. Sui‘anB'dsg'O’Chcfstm' 5 f“ ' ' Collins grabs a tambourine. The crowd ‘ 03:68:32 131::
:‘- go wild. Red lights induce even greater . ‘, , ‘
.’ Rebirth Brass Band. 26 i; delirium. And when Phil ambles , Mar.
f5 drumwards, to prove he can Still hold a I I summing" USHER
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5:}, l transported in the twinkling ot an eye to 1 Bzaber, 17 Dec.
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through the ratters. Yea, going to a . BARHOWLAND (226 4679) ,‘t Genesis concert is a nigh-religious I Capcrcahhc‘ 18 Dec. experience. Check your pragmatic 1 . ‘ « ' ED'NBURG" "3"“
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I}; 1 Damn it, some at their songs are . . . sculptinil "ddlesome limitless“!!! limit " _, . ' Edinburgh Fldd‘m» 28 alright. Anything irom ‘Genesis’ is line aflscailes- M8080“ Which. to these a Si - L ' NOV-
3; . , by me. Alas, we get only a snitch ot cloth ears, are blank and bleak, but to Brand New Heavies LIGHT
as: l ‘ ‘That’s All’ and ‘lllegal Alien’; ‘Mama’ , those in-the-know in this cost club 300K
2-; 1 Old Athenaeum. might have been played, but only alter i venue. are worthy oi dellication. Even I GLASGOWSECC (0?? 1‘5 1 Glasgow» 29 Oct; encroaching mental torpor had i the disciples. however, seem to be lost {$33me (226 4679) 35366369) Shirl” Basset. :1 l It‘s been: loggtmlt: l ' necessitated my early departure; and , by something which might be called Hue & Cry 21M)va '
53 1 Coming. In am . a" a is with home By The Sea’, here’s a tine ‘These Are The Days Ot Our Lives’. Its Black CIOQCS 24 N‘ov. CLASS|CAL
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a. . . , song tainted by a crap preamble. It 8 anti Nil 88 18' mot rallllafellilv Weddm Present 27 Nov-
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at; $0.5 g:,,',‘:,;‘closc ,0 fun panto season with Phil and nicked irom the BBC Radiophonic Faith No More, 1 Dec; "m (227 55,1)T0ky0 '2‘} star quality necessary for Whassef'nameS, and we all raise OUT WOWShOp, leaves the natives restless. Ned‘s Atomic Dustbin, 5 Quartet. 29 Nov: Rostal & :4 success. Maturity has hands t0 the heavens and go ‘VIOO g Goad “"9 Ph" quicuy sons that. Dec; Brand New Heav'cs‘ Schacfcr. 1 Dec: Shura :3 made her the woman with WOO'. Only Phil The Messiah knows There is the laying-on 01 hands during 9 De.“ some “’9‘”. 10 Cherkassky. 2 Dec;
as; the pure voice. There‘s an why we’re doing this. ‘Jesus He Knows Me’, and he otters g“: 523d"? 1123 I GLASGOW HSAMB (332 g: edge. a polished (Home By The Sea' has shady plenty oi nice-geezer mateyness DEE: “offfisgclz‘ Dec 5057) Acad Strings. 20
.1. confidence to the mystery and a funky punch where g throughout. in turn, he receives hearty ‘ ’ . ‘ NOV: Soundslraiai 20
t " performance which has Ramones‘ 17 Dec’ Now John Currie Sm ers 2;. been hard_camcd elsewhere Genesis excel in wide-open, I imitations back tor a cup oi tea and Capcrcamic, 18 Dec; 22 NLW Acad Wind Ogrcht :5 Bu, we have two' things slack-bralned, iull-ot-itsell { chance to meetthe family. Well. he Gun, 19 Dec; Del Amitri. 26 NOV: Michael R0" ,7 ‘ ,0 consider hm. The humpuousness, chart hits are made at , does irom me anyway. Just don’t bring 23—24 Dec; Bjorn Again. NOV; G‘CO‘ 29 NOV. ‘
3'»: album. which dilutes the this. But belore the 808 and the hits, the am" No and the drum “it Okay? 31 Dec' King‘s Consort, 4 Dec; Ff: complete picture and ; Genesis were epic and enigmatic, l (Melanie Rowan) E :Agt‘ggggf?"$m Scottish Ensemble. 4 Dec; ,2. missezthle personalitir‘. h : mad: 23 NOV )Ncfiry SCO Brass, 6 Dec. 12
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:6. ifonly She could bottle it. a V LIVE Sedakai” NOV- Ensemble. ii) Dec;SCO E": she could probably afford i I GLASGOW PAVILION Chamber Ensemble, ll 4; shoes—althoughshedoes ! JULIUS CAESAR , S321846)H“°&C'Yt22 Dec;SEMC. 11—12Dec; I}. keep them on for the 5 .. _ . a, ._ .. \ . ' OV‘ Carol Concert, 15 Dec; #5,: better part ofthe set these i ‘ . . ‘ . GLASGOW sscc (031 Acad Brass. 18 Dec;
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>41 days. And lithe Imagc1s - ‘ ‘ 557 6969) S'mply Red‘ 3 Jumor Orch, 19 Dec; BBC 3": slick and just a tad girly. it Dec; Status Quo' 5 Dec; 580. 27 Mar, 17 Apr.
if. doesn" alter those 1 L Jason Donovan. 6 Dec: I EDINBURG" uufgurs enigmatic dulccts. ' Extreme. 11 DCC; Gary .
:5 The band adds clout to 2 Glitters 23-24 D“: Chm Hopkins/Jaffrey Smith. 21 ’2: already infcaious : Sea’ 12 Feb; BO" 10"" 19 Nov: Scottish Sinfonia. 22 I”. melodies, although i 3)" Nov; Action Aid. 24 Nov; 53 there‘s a shade ofAlannah I LIVINGSTON ronum L d 0 n” .m .25
:1: ‘ Myles on ‘Old Brick 46139] ) can” ([1101. 2?: :Joi': Artur A: Wall‘. Nick (‘lark struts ' 1 ~ CC- P”; .3ll.\' ':'l"m th ' f his bass with charming I ED'NBURGH 'NGUSTON 2 kings} 1"- arrogance while the CENTRE (557 6969) Consort. 3 Dec. 18 Feb. 13 1 spotlight ison keyboards :- 3. _ Sadness-The Farm‘ 21 May; S(‘() Brass. 5 Dec.
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5 ‘White Diess'. ‘Stay With ‘ 3 ‘ . ‘ ’2 .EDINBURGH PL‘AYHOUSE ' Enseriibletiii Sec. 14Fcb. :1: MC Anger cnchameand Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 24 Oct. . music. Three oi Britaln s most . . (557 2591)) The Cure. 1 25 Apr. 1 “mid”.
1:1. 1 receives the kind of One thing you won’t have to do durlng sought-after counter-tenors are lolned 20—21 Nov; ( urtls Stigers. i Ensemblc‘ 7 Dec. SEW“ 1;: ; reverent silence it always this new Scottish Opera production is by the cream at contemporary opera: 4 gamma” QUEEN‘S , to Dec, 24 Feb, 18 Mar; 3; : deserved. ; worry about trying to remember its Joan Rodgers’ Cleopatra sounds as. :1“me emo) jimmy ; Capella Nova. 19 Dec;
1 9“’f"d5\$” “We Ff’u'“ convoluted plot. Forget it; just sit down good as she looks (bald though she 15); Rogm 70“”. The « i Clarsach Soc‘lely. 21) Dec; 73;: 3 2'72"] (fii'gfumd and go with the ilow and I guarantee Anne Mason’s Cornelia, Eirlan James’ Sunda‘v‘sfzé NO; Rm. 5 :AELE'Nggnlfigsusglfifi d
1“; “Ema game, on win you won’t miss a thing. You might Sextus and Gidon Saks’ Achtilas are all “amp 4 Dec. ' : [)ian()iE.-1Niég~
:1: i Wicdhn had sccm'cd like a worry about the two-hour wait belore lirst-rate - not only vocally and I somsunch usage ; (.aml Con‘écr‘t‘ 16 DC‘C. 3:: sweet wee mi up on that ; your interval Becks, though. visually, but also in then . . HALL (228 l 155) Bootleg g ERCU Messiah. 21m. x: . big-siege“ but once we had Ill What could be called opera’s lirst much-called-upon acting abilities. Beatles. 23'Nov; Mary ; ERCU Elijah. 3 Apr.
3.: I all said hi to her , colour-coded ’Caesar’, the BC battle lor Dominated by strong primary colours Black 25 7‘0“ j I SUBSCRIPTION
3:: l mftihcr-ln-leeu 12¢"th ; Egypt is clearly portrayed in a bold (Cornelia in Thatcherite blue then JAZZ F SEASONS Programme
39 1 “Wm “trio” , I attempt to wrestle Handellan baroque Jackie Dnassis black, Cleopatra 1n GLASGOW CITY HALL detallls and tlctlftSS {tor
of: l prcscncc' C W‘ “"‘p out oi the esoteric and into the seduction-mode scarlet, Caesar in I Rota Swill-9 TC 05” «a l vocal. but lacking balls. . . k I “h l (227 551 1) Chick Lyall. 21 ' Scottish Chamber
e‘. , . ~ . , . mesmerlc. streetwise blac ), a mos e on y . . . . .g .‘ sf. I Am“ from our Lll"s A“ F h o t m h t - r I u i I (H me Nov; Tam White. 3 Dec. Orchestra. BBC Scottlsh st:- ? SCI‘ICdWhC “ISOWWW mmt 8 mm." 8 e on es [a (m me e emen o rema n “ma our? 8 Kidd& Fame. 1()Dec; SvmphonvOrchestra.and ;;.: i and performed .Tanglcd. . torm under Swiss conductor Samuel big tat crown whose symbolic power Tommy Smith. 21 Jan; 1 City (“6,5ng
:12: g on Prem- Woman. Bachl1,desplte some score-hopping.) they all crave. Unclaimed even at the Lyuch'on & Bilk‘ 4 Feb; ; phnharmum Orchcsm, 6-5:. ' However. with lyricslikc : begins on one at opera's most beauttlul end, it remains a neutral whlte . Kevin Macxcnzic, 6 Feb; are available from
“(my be 0/10.") YO" [I scales: you," be captivated. And as the throughout. And it its tumble t0 the Michel Petrucciani. 13 Ticketcentrc. Glasgow 3 {wife/{a zero .the tang! scribbled iront cloth rises to reveal a bottom ol the yellow pyramid is ' Feb: Den Cherry. 25 Feb: (22.7 5511):Ushcritall. 223’. [Q‘uiaifimafr‘lf‘mcm2“ i dominating pyramid, you’ll ieel this reminiscent oi at least two nursery metal? OBRCIlly.fll gdlnmlreii; (lzlzggjllilirgh '9“, ‘ ‘ “ ‘ t ' ’ 9 ar; om ancro ucen S a , l
9.; , a ,ambnunnc and the,“ production 8 conildence, Its newness, rhymes, so what. A lighthearted. Orch ism 20 Mar. 668 2019 .Tickms for
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‘~ ; camaraderie aplenty. YCS‘ l s( are say ') “rapean n ' fem' er a po , g Rebirth Brass Band. 25 Scottish Opera from
g; . h all mm 1., he panning Between them, producer Willy , never change, doesn tdo anyone, not ; MM Theatre Royal‘ Glasgow :2»! ' out splendidly. and all 1 Decker, designer John Maclarlane and ! even Handel, any harm. 1 . Em"me (means (332 9000); ngr5
sea can say is: about time. lighting designer Chris Ellis have See this. Believe me, the Becks can HALL (668 2019) jimmy Theatre, Edinburgh (229 e22: ' (Lyn MCN'C‘“) i created a visual match tor unmatchable wait. (Cate Devine) Rogers. 20 Nov; Kidd & 1201).
'1 __ _ _._. __-.._ __,. _ 32 The List 6— 19 November 1992