ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
THURSDAY 28
Glasgow
I Dougie McLean Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £10.50/£8.50 plus booking fee. Tickets frotn the box office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. New material from McLean via his latest albutn Tribute. doffmg its cap to the songs of Burns. (iow and Tannahill.
I Hugh Reed And The Velvet Underpants The Velvet Rooms. Sauchiehall Street. 3320755. 8pm. £3 (£2). Launch gig for their album Tit/w A Walk On T/It’ Cl)‘(l£’.\'f(/(’. See review.
I Sussed, The Smiles and Player King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Sussed are the latest band of slack-jawed northerners rocking out in their bedrooms to classic references. See Singles. Wait for Liverpool‘s Space fora decent Happy Mondays-type twist on prole pop.
I The Space Kittens Club 99p. The 13th Note (downstairs). Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. 99p. Dayglo fun from those kerrazy kittens.
I Gazelle The Whisky Har. West Campbell Street. 332 1032. 9pm. Free. Acid jazz.
I Only Heaven, The Knot Garden and Crush Box The Rat Trap. Brown Stret. 221 7233. 8pm. £3.
I Gear and Papas Roses The Cathouse. Union Street. 221 7233. 8pm. £3.
I Vagabonds Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I The Melon Farmers The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Emotional Blackmail and Flo The Arena. ()swald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £2.50.
I Men lie and Stranger’s Cage Ragnarok. Clyde Street. 204 0814. 9pm. £2.
I Catcher Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. See Fri 22.
I liar’s Tale arid Riverdog The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8pm. Free.
I The Magic Bus The Batcave. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. Fast Kilbride. 013552 29771. 10pm. £3.
I Live Music McChuill‘s. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I live Music The Corner. St George‘s Road. 332 1625. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Graig McMurdo Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. 8.30pm. £8 (£7). Phone Ticketline on 220 4349 for ticket
info. Lounge rootn crooning frotn Mr McMurdo who may well be enjoying the current easy listening fad. The concert is in aid of Health Projects Abroad who build Health Centres in Tanzania so at least it's all in a good cause.
I Shiner Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8pm. £2. Local rock.
I Blue Hyenas The Merlin. Morningside Road. 447 4329. 8pm. Free.
I Peter Burnett Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 9pm. Free. Peter. aka. Congy. plays his last Scottish gig before setting off for ligypt. Allegedly.
FRIDAY 29
Glasgow
I Black Grape SFCC. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. 6.30pm. £10 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 2264679. ‘1 nearly croaked.‘ says Kermit. but now he's back in the fold. rivalling Bel. in the larking about stakes while the others get down to making a stoned. funky rock racket.
I Marianne Faithfull Strathclydc Suite. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £12.50. Tickets frotn the box office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Following her recent night in the Weimar Republic during which she performed the songs of Brecht and Weill. the veteran queen of sass promises us a straightforward ‘Fvening With Marianne Faithfull' during which she will chainstnoke her way into oblivion.
I The Million Dollar Band, Wild Monkey and Citrus Soul King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. Wild Monkey play Hue & Cry- 1ike funk and soul.
I Being and Esoterric Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 8pm. £2.50. A Databass evening of live techno featuring the lidinburgh crew signed to Weatherall's Emissions label. with support frotn Glaswegian ‘psy-phi' outfit. 1)Jing from Jason Pussypower and Guy and miscellaneous involvement from The Society For The Termination Of Art and The Association Of Autonomous Astronauts. plus a climax where Thee Data Base editors will ostentatioust burn £1 live on stage as an artistic statement. I Nico Jr The Venue. Sauchiehall Street. 353 1927. 10.30pm. £3. A Unity Reggae presentation of the Jamaica ragga performer voted Best Reggae Artist 1995. I Superstar Mean Streets. The 13th Note (downstairs). Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8.30pm. £1. Joe McAlinden and associates sprinkle more golden melodies on the masses.
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