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■ Hammond’s Folly and Callan Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Hammond’s Folly’s new EP Silver Springs will be on sale at this gig with £1 from each CD going to Ardgowan Hospice. ■ Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra SECC: Clyde WIN STUFF
WIN THE INBETWEENERS SOUNDTRACK Not content with being BAFTA- nominated, The Inbetweeners sitcom also had a ruddy good soundtrack, featuring Mumm-Ra and Field Music rubbing shoulders with The Cure, Jamie T and The Libertines. We’ve got two copies to give away. See below for how to enter.
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2010 Ah, they don’t make nostalgia like they used to, do they? For those with fond memories of recession-proof times when, for 50p, you could go to the cinema, buy sweets and still have change for the bus fare home, we present this collection of retro hits, featuring Bay City Rollers, Showaddywaddy and Donny Osmond. We’ve got two copies. Do you feel lucky? WIN TICKETS TO BROADWAY
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BOYS Need your money for Christmas shopping but still want your fix of live music? How about free tickets to see US punk rockers Broadway Calls or Nick Cave-influenced nine-piece, The Bookhouse Boys, playing at King Tut’s on Sat 12 Dec and Thu 10 Dec respectively? We’ve got guestlist for three winners and a friend, for each gig. Closing date is Tue Dec 8.
WIN TISWAS ALBUM Remember the days when you didn’t want to channel hop as soon as Chris Tarrant appeared? Neither do we really, but maybe this will help jog your memory. Queen, Blondie, Madness and of course the Four Bucketeers all feature on this three-disc boxset dedicated to reviving those long- forgotton thoughts of Saturday morning anarchy and flan flinging. We have two copies to give away. If you fancy your chances at any of these competitions, head over to www.list.co.uk/offers before Thu Dec 17 (except for the King Tuts tickets) to win.
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Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £31.50. See Fri 4. ■ Thriller Live SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £35. A celebration of Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 with choreography by award- winning director Gary Lloyd and LaVelle Smith Jnr. Expect to hear all the greatest hits from the recently deceased King of Pop, and see some stunning multi-media razzmatazz. ■ 60 Persons, Neil McClafferty and Shauna Joy ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 8pm. £6. Glasgow indie rockers claiming influences from Oasis to T Rex with acoustic punk and bluesy supports. ■ The Acoustic Affair: Three of the Best Emerging Songwriters City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. The Acoustic Affair season ends with performances from Matthew Malone, Ruth Martin and Jamie Flett. ■ Blessthefall, Bury Tomorrow and Marionette King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £8. Over-14s show. Screamo quintet from Phoenix return with new singer Beau Bokan. FREE The Bottleneckers McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. 8pm. Fifties- style rhythm and blues band. ■ Deer Tick and Wilson Tan Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Grizzled leftfield Americana supported by country dub outfit from Glasgow. ■ Filthy Little Secret, The DieYoungs, Ghost of Progress and The Shunned Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £5. Sleazy southern rockers headline this garage/blues/indie bill. ■ The House of Bedlam CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £6 (£4). Electronic and instrumental music with spoken word by this group formed by Larry Goves. ■ Swagger Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Quality rock covers and self-styled ‘rock salvation. ■ Vic Godard & Subway Sect and The Sexual Objects Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £10. A welcome return for punk-pop pioneer and sometime Postcard Records-signed artist Godard, supported by Davy Henderson’s (of Fire Engines) Sexual Objects, in celebration of the Creeping Bent label’s 15th birthday. FREE Tipping Point Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. ■ Club Noir’s Christmas Party O2
Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000. 9pm–3am. £14.50. Burlesque Christmas party featuring a live set from Codeine Velvet Club. ■ The Lava Experiments, Licker, Rollor and Macabre Scene 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Ambient, experimental sounds from the headliners and looped guitar and fuzz bass from Rollor. FREE Halt Bar Hijack The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Weekly music takeover featuring Esperi. Edinburgh FREE Elvis Shakespeare Poetry Event Elvis Shakespeare, 347 Leith Walk, 561 1363. 2pm. The wee second- hand music/book treasure on Leith Walk hosts an afternoon of verse (John McGarrigle, Rodney Relax, Graham Brodie, Jim Ferguson and Nick E Melville with collection Fugitive Bullets) and song (William Douglas, Wounded Knee and Mark Corbett). FREE Grace Under Pressure Borders Books, Fort Kinnaird Retail Park, 657 4041. 3pm. An a cappella quartet provide the opportunity to take a step back from the Christmas madness and take a chill pill. ■ Blue Zinc, The Afterflow, Annie Stevenson and U-Know Hoo Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Blues, indie, rock, covers and originals. ■ William Douglas and Friends The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Live acoustic session of singer/songwriters. ■ The Goods, Green Man Running and The Steals Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 7pm. £5. Edinburgh’s best unsigned bands, plus DJs until 1am. ■ Joe Bonamassa The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £22. Virtuoso of blues rock guitar. ■ Nobody Else Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Modern blues. ■ Schwervon!, Withered Hand, The Pineapple Chunks and Les Enfant Bastard Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £5. DIY rock duo from New York who record for Glasgow’s Shoeshine label. ■ The Vibe, Svengali and The Lane The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £5. Colossal Indie ‘Santa rocks’ special. ■ Miyagi, Sea Bass Kid, The Loose Kits, The Glendale Family
Benni Hemm Hemm & Alasdair Roberts With the potential makings of a stunningly good Scotland-meets-Iceland collaboration straight out of the leftfield, this gig, brought to you by those thoughtful folks at Tracer Trails, will be the first airing of the pair’s collaborative work. Benedikt H. Hermannsson, from Reykjavik is known for his lush big band confections, while Alasdair Roberts has been praised for reinventing the Scots ballad. Local Benbecula-signed oddball innovator Wounded Knee supports. ■ St Mark’s Unitarian Church, Edinburgh, Wed 9 Dec.
and The Green Grass Candidates The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. High energy dance soul types Miyagi are back with a ‘four nations spectacular’. ■ Peter Molinari Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7.30pm. £9. Retro singer/songwriter influenced by the finest in folk, country and blues who has recorded his second album in Nashville. ■ Sebastian Dangerfield, Washington Irving and We Were Promised Jetpacks The Bowery, 2 Roxburgh Place, 7.30pm. £5. Alternative indie/country from Edinburgh four-piece Sebastian Dangerfield. ■ The Ritalin Kids, Vertis and Three Long Words The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 8pm. £5. Edgy guitar music. ■ Mozkorrak Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 11pm. £tbc. Punk with more acts tbc. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues and Celtic influences.
Dundee ■ The Magic of Motown: Reach Out – 50th Anniversary Tour Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £19.50–£22 (£17.50–£20). Celebrating 50 years since Motown’s first million-selling single, this show includes covers of the hits of The Jackson Five, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and the like. ■ The Searchers Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, 08717 029486. 7.30pm. £17 (£16). The Searchers present an evening of big hits including ‘Sweets For My Sweets’, ‘Needles & Pins’ and ‘Don’t Throw Your Love Away’. ■ Autonomy, Dixie Narco and Support Hustlers Snooker & Pool Hall, 66–70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229 226. 8pm. £4. Local indie and rock bands. ■ The Lost Todorovs, Boogalusa, Panda Su and Gavin McGinty The Duke’s Corner, Guthrie Street. £7. Balkan gypsy cabaret sounds from the headliners.
Dunfermline ■ Abba Mania Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7.30pm. £16.50. See Fri 4. ■ The Draymin Velocity, 45 Carnegie Drive, 01383 721902. 8pm. £7 (£6 in advance). Guitar rock with an electro edge from these Rosyth boys who returned to their music-making this year following a brief hiatus. Kilmarnock ■ The Blockheads The Hunting Lodge, Glencairn Square, 01563 522920. 8pm. £16. See Thu 3.
Sunday 6 Glasgow FREE Bloc + Jam Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 5pm–2am. Open mic night hosted by Louis Abbot (Brother Louis Collective), Craig Grant (Union of Knives) and Kenny ‘Jelly Minogue’ Reid. ■ The Afterglow, Daybreak, The Cairos and Annie Stevenson Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Indie and alt.rockers. ■ Casino City ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Indie rock. ■ Steve Earle Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm. £25–£27.50. The country songwriter (who you may have spotted playing Walon in The Wire) tours his latest album, Townes. ■ WASP The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £16.50. Over-14s show. Once notorious full-on metal outfit whose name is an acronym for We Are Sexual Perverts. They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore.