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Glasgow
I The Assassination Of, Converse with Ghosts and Your TI‘agic Silence Classic Grand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Metal and screamo hill.
I Lenny Kravitz ()2 Academy. 121 Eglinton Street. ()8444 772000. 7pm. £29.50. The erstwhile enfant terrible of retro rocking. still holding the classic rock beacon aloft.
I The Murderburgers, Heller State, Burnout 27 and The Cellophanes The Twisted Wheel. 73 Qtteen Street. 221 4851. 7pm. £4. Pop punk line- -up
I Mr Fog .\'icL n Slea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 3.33 0900 7 30pm £tbc. Rock It roll
I Cake Free Bakesale 'I'ehai ()vna. 42 ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Bands hosted by Johnny Terrell. FREE Dochan MacMillan, The Dirt, The Bad Bad Men and The Ballachulish Hellhounds The Liquid Ship. 171 I75 (ireat Western Road. 331 1901. 8pm. Free Candy Sessions night. l’art or'the ll’est 15ml Festival.
I Kings of the Delmar, Shatterhand, Kicking Buckets,
Semtex and Global Disorder Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 ()726. 8pm. £5. Punk rock.
FREE Glasgow Jam Session Samuel Dow's. 67 -7I Nithsdale Road. 423 0107. 8.30pm. Weekly session. FREE Oscar Charlie Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8.30pm. Young band entice in the punters with a free Krusovice.
I Union of Knives, Ming Ming 8. the Ching Chings and Indian Red Lopez King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 8.30pm. £7. Glasgow electronica act formed by ex-Baby Chaos and Deckard man Chris Gordon. playing tracks from forthcoming album The Anti-l-‘ire.
I Croc Madame vs Croc Monsieur The Flying Duck. 7 Renfrew Court. 572 0100. 9pm- 3am. £4 (£3). Purveyors of madness. live DIY bands. performance art and mess. I A-Lix, Dead Boy Robotics and Digital Dinosaurs l3th Note Cafe. 50-60 King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £4 (£3). Techno rock fusion.
FREE Lou Hickey, Bird Eats Baby, Joe Black and The Retrofrets Bar Bloc. 1 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 9pm. Bittersweet songs with a subtle jazz influence from burlesque singer Lou Ilickey.
FREE Out of the Swim, Ten Tonne Wasp, John Deery and Steph MacLeod The Drawing Room. 1055 Sauchiehall Street. 33‘) 2999. 9pm. Weekly Quiet Riot night of mellow sounds.
I Us402 The Shed. 26 Langside Avenue. 64‘) 9473. 9pm. £5. U2 tribute.
FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar. I60 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. Live reggae and dancehall sounds.
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Edinburgh
I Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jazz Bar. I Chambers Street. 220 4298. 5—8pm. Free. but please make a donation for the performers. Open stage for singer-songwriters to showcase their material and bands.
I All Tomorrow’s Parties Filmhousc. 88 Lothian Road. 228 2688. 6pm. £8.50 (£7.50). A unique 360 degree live musical event and screening presented by Future Cinema in association with ATP and Warp Films. Part of the Edinburgh International Film festival.
I Boycotts, Cassidy, King Hats and The Marvels Sneaky Pete‘s. 73 Cow gatL 25 1757. 7pm. £5. Indie rock. FREE Rosco Cabaret Voltaire 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. Ticketed. Energetic indie rockers performing at The Mill. for free tickets log onto www.themill—livc.com.
I Abba Mania Playhouse. 18—22 Greenside Place. 0870 606 3424. 7.30pm. £13.50—£l7.50 (£6.75—£8.75). Celebrating 30 years of golden hits with a re-creation of the live Abba show.
I Debutante Hours The Bowery. 2 Roxburgh Place. 7.30pm. £5. Eccentric folky tunes of lost love. guitar heroes and the devil.
I Shellsuit Massacre, Hippo and The Sky Mangle The Ark. 3—7 Waterloo Place. 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Rodney Relax and Nick E Melville (aka Shellsuit Massacre) combine razor-sharp techno with spoken word.
I Thou, Moloch and Haar Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 8—l6a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 7.30pm. £6. Crusty swamp doom from Louisiana.
I Limbo The Voodoo Rooms. 19a West Register Street. 556 7060. 8pm-lam. £tbc. The Black Spring DJs man the decks at the final Limbo before summer with Joe Gideon & The Shark. Sara & The Snakes and Paper Planes.
I Martin Stephenson and Helen McCookerybook Guilty Lily. 284 Bonnington Road. 554 5825. 8pm. £5. Geordie singer/songwriter who first tasted success in the 80s with his band The Daintees.
I The Freaky Family The Jan. Bar. I Chambers Street. 220 4298. 1 1.15pm. £1. ()rganic hip hop and jazzy grooves.
Stirling
I Reloaded 2 Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. ()1786 274000. 7pm. £6. Stirling's liveliest showcase of unsigned acts.
Glasgow I Ghosts of Progress Stereo. 20—28
Renlield Lane. 222 2254. 7pm. £6. Iixperimental blues from Montrose.
I The Jaks, The Black Arrows, Mellifluous and Neon ABC2. 3.30 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Indie line-up.
I By My Hands, Departures, Chasm, Dana Walker, Paridlan and The Colour Pink is Gay Nice‘n'Sleaxy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 33.3 ()‘)()0. 7.30pm. £tbc. Metal and hardcore sounds.
I The Mickey 9s and The Cover Girls The Twisted Wheel. 73 Queen Street. 221 4851. 7.30pm. £5. Elements of ska. dance and a Talking Heads influence.
FREE The Carlton Jug Band and The Viragoes The Liquid Ship. 171—4175 Great Western Road. 331 1901. 8pm. Free Candy Sessions night. Part of the lies! Iz'ml l-estival.
I Neil Sedaka SIiCC: Clyde Auditorium. Finnieston Quay. ()87() ()40 4000. 8pm. £37—-£40. Writer of the ubiquitous ‘Road to Amarillo‘ but also of the genius ‘Solitaire 1’ art of the Glasgow Jazz I'es‘tit al.
I Sanctuary Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Tribute to The Cult.
FREE Someone’s Son, The Cairos, The Dualist, Ecluslon, The Morgue Party Candidate and The
Mix Ups Box. 431 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5431. 8pm. Local indie line-up.
I Wake the President and Peter Parker Captain's Rest. 185 Great Western Road. 332 7.304. 8pm. £4. Heartfelt guitar popsters. fronted by brothers Erik and Bjom Sandberg. play tracks from their album You Can 't Change That Boy out on Electric Honey. Part of the West End festival.
I Wing & A Prayer Tchai Ovna. 42 Otago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Folk/blues duo.
FREE ltchycoo Park Samuel Dow‘s. 67—71 Nithsdale Road. 423 0107. 8.30pm. Retro sounds.
I Park Circus, Tamika’s Treehouse and Zener Diode King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Upbeat summery sounds from the band formerly known as diAgusto.
I The Bucky Rage and The Wrong Boyfriends 13th Note Cafe. 50—60 King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £4 (£3). Garage disco for cowboys. it says here. I Nevada Base, Lost Knives, RBRBR and MJ Hibbett The Flying Duck. 7 Renfrew Court. 572 0100. 9pm. £5. Local Hot Chip-style headliners. plus Mancunian apocalyptic pop outfit Lost Knives and indie songsmith MJ Hibbett play the first ever Pinups Festival. with free famine and badge for the first hundred people through the door.
FREE Spiders on Mars The Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. 9pm. Bowie tribute.
I Glasgow Mod Weekender The Winchester Club. 49 Bell Street. 552 3586. 9.30pm—3am. £10 (£6 in advance). Now in its seventh year. Glasgow‘s annual Mod extravaganza presents DJs and live bands in McChuills. the Winchester Club and Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. as well as clothes and record stalls and a scooter rally on Sunday afternoon.
I James Taylor Quartet The Old Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 10.30pm. £16. Acid jazz veterans whip up a storm on the dancefloor with their Hammond grooves. Part of the Glasgow Jazz festival.
I TB Jekyll on Hydepark Street Soundhaus. 47 Hydepark Street. 221 4659. 10.30pm. £tbc. Live sets from Autobahn Soundsystem. The Subsonikbionik. Pattern Against the User and All The Queen‘s Bovine at the electronica celebration of the T8303 experience.
Edlnburgh I Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 5—8pm. Free. but please make a donation for the performers. See Thu 25. Jocasta Sleeps Sneaky Pete s 7.3 Cowgate.2 25 1757. 7pm. £5 Single launch for this complex alt. rock band from Glasgow. I Serpico Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 2206176. 7pm. £tbc. Five- piece melodic punk/metal band from Edinburgh who look like they could be on the brink of something big. I Yulll Scott 8. The Halght The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. 7pm. £tbc. Rock‘n'roll. I Elvis on Tour Playhouse. 18—22 Greenside Place. 0870 606 .3424. 7.30pm. £19.50—£22.50 (£18.50—£21.50). Elvis (as played by Lee ‘Memphis‘ King‘) swivels his hips through the King‘s early hits. 1968 comeback and Las Vegas swansong. Esther O’Connor The Caves. Niddry Street South. 557 8989. 7.30pm. £10 (£9). Former Ashton Lane frontwornan performs her winning take on pop folk as she launches new single ‘Lost Innocence‘. I Vantage Point, Storm in a D Cup, Hounds of Audio Prime and White Trash Circus The Ark. .3—7 Waterloo Place. 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Local metal act Vantage Point launch their new CD.