perform around a single, central microphone, just like in the good ol’ days. Other guests will be onstage, as part of this Star Club event.

TUESDAY 24

Glasgow

I Less Than Jake, MxPx and Jersey The Garage, Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. SOLD OUT. No age restriction on this show. Ska punk favourites from Florida.

I The Cooper Temple Cause, Odeon Beat Club and Elmore King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4 plus booking fee.

I Pryon and Playpen The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £2. Pryon flirt with jazz influences. Hope they know what they’re doing.

I Mandarin and Gretchin Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm.

I Buddha Crush and Pandemonium Glory Box, Curlers, Byres Road, 338 6511. 8.30pm. Free.

I Paul Gallagher Corinthian, Ingram Street, 552 1101. 10pm. Free. R&B ivo -tinkling residency.

I A lAmerican Solid Gold Rock 'n' Roll Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £20.50/£18.50/£l6.50 plus credit card booking fee. Featuring Bobby Vee, Johnny Tillotson, Brian Hyland, Little Eva and Freddy Cannon trilling away their respective minor hits that your dad may remember.

Edinburgh

I David Essex Festival Theatre, 13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £5—£17. See Mon 23.

I Goddard Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8—16a Morrison Street, 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). These up-and-coming funksters play a selection of original and classic

tunes, featuring vocalist Jeremy Goddard.

WEDNESDAY 25

Glasgow

I Grandaddy The Garage, Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. CANCELLED.

I Kelly Joe Phelps The Ferry, Clyde Place, 429 8676. 7.30pm. £10. Part of Big Big World. See preview for this country dude.

I Magnetic North Pole, Nikita, Loki

and Salvation By Stories The 13th Note

Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £2. I The Breeze, Yvonne Tipping and Kiness Blow Your Own Trumpet, Hielan’man’s Bar, Argyle Street, 222 2472. 8pm. Free. The launch of a new regular showcase of local unsigned acts. I Acoustic Open Stage The Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 564 1527. 8.30pm. Free. Weekly unplugged session.

I Live Music The Cathouse, Union Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £3. No age restriction on this show. Unsigned band showcase.

Edinburgh

I Add N To (X), Echoboy and Chicks On Speed The Venue, 17—21 Calton Road, 557 3073. 8pm. £7. See preview for this triple bill of lunatic electro noisemongers.

I Latter Day Saints and Endorphin Bongo Club, 14 New Street, 558 7604. 9pm—1am. £3 (£1.50). It’s the Bongo Club debut for these two bands, serving up psychedelic rock and uplifting soul grooves.

THURSDAY 26

Glasgow

I Annie Christian, Cinefilm and Palomino King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4.50 plus booking fee. See Thu 19 for Annie Christian.

I Elmo, Flu Jag, Snibglider, Red Eye and The Gents The Cathouse, Union Street, 248 6606. 7.15pm. £3.50. No age restriction on this show.

I Nibushi Shangong, Mercury Tilt Switch and Cato Nice ‘n’ Sleazy,

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ng a year which saw them establish themselves as serious contenders. Look out for quality support from Glasgow's Desalvo. Barrow/and, Glasgow, Sat27 Oct. Teenage Fanclub A home coming jaunt for the feelgood guitar pop purveyors riding on the acclaim given to their new album Howdy, with support coming from Chemikal Underground's best kept secret, the wondrous Suckle. Barrow/and, Glasgow, Sun 29 Oct. El Hombre Tajeado, Life Without Buildings and The James Orr Complex A triple bill of quality Glasgow experimentalism with the angular instrumentals of El Hombre and the modest introspection of James Orr Complex guaranteeing a varied programme. Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Glasgow, Sat 27 Oct.

EXPERIMENTAL

Faust These original pioneers of the avant garde and ’Krautrock' legends take the classic silent film Nosferatu and give it a contemporary score. O/d Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Mon 30 Oct.

FOLK/WORLD

Big Big World

A urther fortnight of live shows from all over the bloody place including US singer/ songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps, Tuvan throat singers Yat-Kha and Cuban violinist Omar Puente.

Various venues, Glasgow, 79 Oct-2 Nov.

CLASSICAL

The Herald Shostakovich Series

A series of concerts which presents the Russian composer’s fifteen symphonies in a series running from now until 2002 with this date being a world first: his first three symphonies played in the original order they were written. Emotive, passionate stuff.

Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Sat 28 Oct.

Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm.

I News From Nowhere, Chairman Mouth and The Poison Sisters The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 8pm. Free.

I The Rafa Club, Nucleus and Valderama The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £2.50.

I Little Gem, The Genuine Twisted Article and Rolla Fury Murrys, Maxwell Street, 221 6511. 9pm. £3, including entr to post-gig club.

I T e Vagabonds The Scotia, Stockwell Street, 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Popular covers.

I Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free. I Smaller and The Snapdragons Rico‘s, Ann Street, Greenock, 01475 783 705. 10pm. £3. Smaller feature the semi- legendary Diggsy of ‘Diggsy‘s Dinner’ fame.

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