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FRIDAY 29 APRIL GLASGOW THE ART SCHOOL

WI T H

Mar tha Ff i o n K athr yn Jo s ep h Ann e ke K a mpman He l en Marn i e Karine Po lwar t Sara h J Stan le y

Aby Vu l l i amy

SUNDAY O1 MAY EDINBURGH ASSEMBLY ROXY

WI T H

K athr yn Jo s ep h K a rin e Po l wa r t Sara h J Stan le y Kathr yn Wil l i ams

JAMES plus special guest Yana Bibb

ERIC BIBB

The ‘You Really Got Me’ Tour AND BAND

Thursday 19 May 2016 Edinburgh Queen’s Hall 0131 668 2019 Friday 20 May 2016 Glasgow Concert Hall 0141 353 8000

plus special guest Sunny Ozell

Friday 27th May Edinburgh Queens Hall 0131 668 2019

'LONDON WAS AWFUL, I FEEL FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT'

north of Ullapool for almost a decade. While he still retains the Liverpudlian accent of his birth, Davies was raised in Scotland from the age of eight. First he lived in Paisley around 1974, because his parents taught at the nearby Kibble School, and then the family settled in Callander. He moved back there three years ago with his young family and sent his children to the same school he attended. ‘I was living down in London and hating it,’ Davies remembers. ‘One day I just said, “kids, do you want to go to school in Scotland?” London was awful, I feel for people who have to go through that, and I feel so privileged that I’m able to just decide, “we can live anywhere, so let’s live somewhere cool”. My wife, bless her, agreed. It feels like I’m joining a circle; I know every inch of these places as I ran, cycled and fished in them in the 70s and 80s. I had no ties for many years and I enjoyed touring the world living out of a case, but then I had kids and started rediscovering an affinity with these places I once knew.’

Girl at the End of the World was written between the Tolbooth in Stirling and in a house in Gairloch where the band stayed for a few weeks. ‘The Tolbooth gave us the top room to write in and lots of gear, and we just went in and made a racket,’ he says. ‘They were so kind to us; we did a mad show for about 70 people in their theatre to say thank you. To my ear there’s a weird Scottish flavour to the record, a Celtic kind of theme. I guess you can’t help but be

influenced by the place you’re in.’

Last year, Davies took his family even further up north to Sutherland. ‘At the end of my road there’s a sign which says, “Land’s End: 58 miles”. I can sit in the glass room at the side of my house and it’s an incredible reminder of the power of the place I’m in.’ What can he see? ‘Fucking nothing! And everything. That’s a really strong reminder of our place in the world and it’s why I love writing up there. You just batten down the hatches and get lost in it. In Scotland there are very highly urbanised and contemporary attitudes to modern life sandwiched up against some of the most stunning and violent natural landscapes on the planet.’ He speaks eloquently and at length of Scotland’s music scene and its political energy, lending evidence to the idea that understanding a country or a culture can be easier without a leaden sense of over-familiarity. ‘Scotland’s full of English twats who think they’re Scottish,’ he laughs. 'And you can quote me on that. But my granny was from Govan before she moved to Oldham and she used to tell me stories about what it was like to be brought up there in 1915 or whenever, literally sharing shoes and all that, like in any urban centre in the UK: Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, wherever. She was a displaced Scot who went elsewhere for a better life, and I’ve always taken her experience of that with me.’

James play SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Thu 19 May; The Girl at the End of the World is out now on BMG.

New album TELLING THE TREES out 29 April on Chemikal Underground

Friday 6 May The Art School Glasgow

B Y A R R A N G E M E N T W I T H C O D A A G E N C Y P R E S E N T S

P L U S S P E C I A L G U E ST S

NEW ALBUM RESISTOR OUT 29TH APRIL

S U N D AY 2 9 M AY G L A S G O W O R A N M O R

TELEVISION

JUST ANNOUNCED Roy Harper

A 75th Birthday Celebration Tour

with String and Brass Ensemble arranged by Fiona Brice plus special guests

Saturday 17th September Usher Hall Edinburgh

WED 8TH JUNE O2ABC GLASGOW

Saturday 16th April

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

THURSDAY 28 April

EDINBURGH Voodoo Rooms BY ARRANGEMENT WITH UNITED TALENT AGENCY

THE GLEN CAMPBELL YEARS

FRI 16TH SEPT Glasgow Royal

Concert Hall (New Auditorium)

0141 353 8000 GRCH Box Office / Tickets Scotland

In association with Coda Music Agency present

Tuesday 14th June EDINBURGH USHER HALL LIVE AT

0131 228 1155

REGULAR MUSIC & CPL BY ARRANGEMENT WITH PRIMARY TALENT INTERNATIONAL PRESENT PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

MONDAY 30TH MAY GLASGOW THE HUG & PINT

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

SATURDAY 28 MAY GLASGOW CCA

New album Fever Dream out 8 April 2016

SAT 15TH OC T O 2 ABC G L A SGOW

0844 844 0444 www.ticketmaster.co.uk In person from Ticket Scotland Glasgow/Edinburgh & Ripping Edinburgh and usual outlets

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