A Strange Summer

This is the first summer that I can remember that I'm not going to a festival, tickets for Leeds, T in the P, Reading and of course Glastonbury see out well before any line ups are announced and I'm an old traditionalist and would rather give a festival organiser money for bands I actually want to see. However, I'm discovering that maybe next summer we should decide on what dates we like and just go for it, a scary prospect for me.

Therefore, as compensation for a disappointing summer I have arranged tickets for several gigs in the next couple of months. These include;

The Pixies, Idlewild and Teenage Fanclub @ Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh
VHS or BETA @ Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh
The Magic Number @ The Glasgow Barrowlands
Broadcast @ the ABC2 in Glasgow
Belle & Sebastian @ Perth Town Hall

A good start to the last half of the year I'm sure you'll agree and hopefully there will be a good few more to add to that list soon enough.

Al