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Simple Minds brings new energy to the 02 arena with a hits laden nostalgic tour date. Back in 2020, the band was 10 days into a world tour when the rest of the tour dates were cancelled because of Covid, and now the band is back in full force. Frontman Jim Kerr grew up in …

Del Amitri performing live

Following the release of their seventh studio album Fatal Mistakes last year, Del Amitri performed the perfect playlist of new material and nostalgia to a grateful Glasgow crowd. Del Amitri’s three-night run of sell-out shows at the iconic Barrowland Ballroom in December, including a night just for NHS workers, had to be postponed due to …

Photo of Del Amitri on stage at Glasgow Barrowlands on 28 July 2018

Justin Currie – frontman of Scots chart botherers Del Amitri – has unlocked his personal vault of memorabilia to raise money for a friend’s charity. Handwritten lyrics, a tour jacket and laminates, notebooks and a signed Fender guitar are just a few of the items that Del Amitri fans can get their hands on through …

Tim May Ovada Oxford photographed by Andrew Ogilvy Photography

Aliens demonstrate their collective power on new single ‘Long Way To Run’. Aliens is a music/film collective that began to take form in 2016 on the back of troubling world events – terrorism, Trump and Brexit, to name a few. Composer and producer Iain Harvie (of Scots rockers Del Amitri) and filmmaker, songwriter and singer …

Photo of Del Amitri on stage at Glasgow Barrowlands on 28 July 2018

Del Amitri prove they’re still a hot ticket as they play a scintillating set of live favourites and new material to a sold-out Barrowlands. It’s clear that the weather has changed on this Saturday night in Glasgow – the balmy Scottish summer making way for cool gusts and, appropriately, a hatful of rain. Barrowlands, however, …

Promo image of Del Amitri for 2018 UK tour announcement

Del Amitri are preparing to take to the stage in venues across the UK for the first time in over four years. Del Amitri – Justin Currie (vocals, guitar), Iain Harvie (lead guitar), Andy Alston (keys), Kris Dollimore (guitar) and Ashley Soan (drums) – will embark on their UK tour next month beginning on the …

Promo image of Del Amitri for 2018 UK tour announcement

Del Amitri have announced that they’ll conclude their long-awaited UK tour with two hometown shows at Glasgow Barrowlands. The Del Amitri lineup that performed to rapturous crowds in 2014 – Justin Currie (vocals, guitar), Iain Harvie (lead guitar), Andy Alston (keys), Kris Dollimore (guitar) and Ashley Soan (drums) – delighted fans when they announced that …

Promo image of Del Amitri for 2018 UK tour announcement

Scots chart-botherers Del Amitri will make their long-awaited return to the stage for a UK tour in 2018. It’s been a while since we last saw Del Amitri – February 2014, to be exact, when they closed their ‘A To Z of Us Tour’ with a sold-out show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. Their fanbase revelled in …

Justin Currie on stage at O2 ABC Glasgow on 14 October 2017

Justin Currie – accompanied by his Pallbearers – holds court in Glasgow, with a set including tracks from his beautifully crafted new album ‘This Is My Kingdom Now’ and fresh arrangements of Del Amitri favourites. Justin Currie’s solo live shows have tended to be pretty intimate affairs. In smaller venues, he has played stripped-back versions …

SBH Scotland staff and children celebrating Travis Del Amitri Christmas single

Travis plan to make something happen for a good cause with their festive cover of Del Amitri hit ‘Nothing Ever Happens’. The single (available for pre-order download on iTunes today) is a cover of one of Del Amitri’s best-known songs wrapped up in Fran Healy’s distinctive, warm vocals and tied together with sparkling sleigh bells ringing. …