TWO years ago this month, Bob Dylan and his band rolled up at the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow, as part of his Rough And Rowdy Ways world wide tour, which had begun in 2021.
WHEN Simple Minds released their sixth studio album, Sparkle in the Rain, in early February 1984, it won a lot of critical acclaim. Not every reviewer, however, was blown away.
IT was the spring of 1990, and the Glasgow rock quintet, Gun, were about to have a huge moment.
ON Sir Paul McCartney’s official Facebook page there’s a video clip of his concert earlier this month at the River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires.
SOMETIMES, you just have to wait a long time before you can see your favourite artist in concert. And when demand for tickets far outstrips supply, it might seem that you'll never realise this particular ambition.
KELVINGROVE Baby is, says Stefan Kassel, all these years later, an “absolute classic masterpiece”, a masterpiece of Glasgow music. So much of the city, he observes, is in there.
FOUR years ago, Milngavie’s Lillie Art Gallery announced three new exhibitions. Among them was one by James Greer, entitled 36 Views of Dumgoyne. A Herald arts writer described it thus: “James Greer uses the centuries-old technique of wood engraving to unleash his distinctive view of the world around him. Wood engraving sees an artist incise into a block of hard wood, rather than cutting away the background to leave a line in relief"
Craig Armstrong's solo debut The Space Between Us re-evaluated: Back in September 1995 the composer Craig Armstrong gave an interview to this newspaper. Among the subjects under discussion was his recent work on the theme song of a James Bond film, Goldeneye.
IT’S not known whether Crowded House still employ a roadie called Dougal, but if he’s still around he’ll surely not have forgotten the ribbing he once received at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Simon Kempston My Dreams Are Theirs (Self-Portrait Records)
