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BLOODY SCOTLAND Bloody Scotland will launch its 2019 programme with a one-off event featuring tartan-noir star Val McDermid. The event will take place at the Golden Lion Ballroom in Stirling on Monday 3 June and will combine the launch of the festival with McDermid’s new book, In My Scotland. Val will be joined by Alan McCredie, whose photographs illustrate the book, to discuss the work.

ANNIE LENNOX GETS TED X TEDxGlasgow returns for its seventh year on Friday 14 June and singer Annie Lennox will lead the line- up. Lennox is set to discuss global feminism and her talk will relate to the event’s theme of ‘connection’. Joining her on the bill is Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Skyscanner’s former COO Mark Logan and up- and-coming comedy writer Amna Saleem.

V&A DUNDEE UP FOR PRIZE The V&A Dundee has been chosen as one of five museums in the running for the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year prize. The award throws a spotlight on museums and galleries across the UK that have shown exceptional innovation and achievement. The winner receives £100,000 pounds and will be announced on Wednesday 3 July.

THE NEXT BIG STAR BBC Radio Scotland have launched a hunt to find Scotland’s next big star with their brand new Singer/ Songwriter of the Year 2019 award. Entrants were asked to submit submissions through the month of May, which will then be reduced to a 10-strong shortlist by a panel of industry insiders and go to a public vote in September. The top four will get specialist mentoring and the grand finale will take place during BBC Music Day on Thursday 26 September.

ICOMBAT LASER TAG COMES TO GLASGOW Remember Glasgow’s Alien Wars or heard of Reading’s Zombie Shopping Mall Experience? Well the creative mind who was involved in both has opened a brand new iCombat laser tag in Glasgow. Zed Events will turn the Arches into a battleground this spring with the most advanced laser tag in the world. Expect to fight for your own survival with realistic weapons, movie quality special effects and situations ranging from post-apocalyptic wastelands to zombie uprisings.

SAY AWARD GETS ROLLING The Scottish Album of the Year award just closed submissions for the 2019 award and will soon be edited down to a longlist of 20 albums chosen by 100 impartial nominators from fields like journalism, music venues and music shops. The longlist will be announced at a live showcase event at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, on Friday 26 July. This year the award will relocate from the west coast of Scotland to Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms for a ceremony in September. Last year Young Father’s won the award for the second time with Cocoa Sugar.

V&A Dundee iCombat

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