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Tickets for our FRETS at Celtic Connections concert at St. Luke’s sold out on the day of release. Standing tickets are available, however these will also sell quickly. Tickets available at https://www.celticconnections.com/event/1/frets-norman-blake-bernard-butler-james-grant-and-monica-queen FRETSNorman Blake, Bernard Butler & James GrantMonica QueenI established FRETS on 19.06.19, the impulse was generated after watching Neil Young In Concert, anContinue reading “SOLD OUT – extra standing tickets released – FRETS x CELTIC CONNECTIONS – Bernard Butler, Norman Blake & James Grant / Support – Monica Queen”

Hi, not long now until Tim’s acoustic concerts at FRETS this Friday 29th/Sat 30th Oct in the Strathaven Hotel. Tim will be performing solo and will be joined by Charlatans guitarist Mark Collins. We’re delighted that The Pearlfishers and Duglas T Stewart will also be on the bill. If you’ve never attended FRETS before, thereContinue reading “TIM BURGESS – tickets for sale / FRETS information & stage times etc”

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19666213.j-j-gilmour-sunnyside-p-l-scotlands-greatest-albums/ This is a great article by Billy Sloan in The Herald about the debut solo album by JJ Gilmour, Sunnyside P.A.L., recorded in New York and financed by golfer Ian Woosnam. Tickets for JJ Gilmour at FRETS on Sat 26th Feb in the Strathaven Hotel are available at this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jj-gilmour-acoustic-concert-at-frets-on-saturday-26th-feb-2022-tickets-121761703533 TIM BURGESS –Continue reading “JJ GILMOUR – Classic Scottish Albums, The Herald / Tim Burgess tickets for sale / swap etc”

We are delighted that The Pearlfishers will be performing a support slot with Tim Burgess in the absence of Norman Blake. The evening will be opened by Duglas T.Stewart and some fellow BMX Bandits members performing an acoustic set, followed by The Pearlfishers, then Tim.

Norman Blake will sadly be unable to perform a guest slot with Tim Burgess at FRETS this Friday 29th/Sat 30th Oct. Norman started feeling unwell last week on his birthday, in his own words… “Unfortunately I wasn’t feeling too great on my birthday. A PCR test on Thursday confirmed that I had developed Covid 19.Continue reading “Norman”

Here is a film of The Bluebells at FRETS on 10th Sept 2021. The film was made by Into Creative and features their encore covers of The Patriot Game, For What It’s Worth, and What Goes On.

A couple of tickets are available for sale for Tim Burgess at FRETS on Friday 29th Oct, the seller can no longer attend. If interested please email martin@gallacher.biz Hipsway – a couple of tickets are looking for a new home at face value (not sure if they are for Friday 26th or Sat 27th Nov).Continue reading “Tim Burgess / Hipsway – a couple of tickets for sale”

Here is an article by Billy Sloan for The Herald as part of their Classic Scottish Album features. The album in question is Strange Kind of Love by Love & Money, which in many ways was the breakthrough album that brought James Grant’s songwriting talent to the fore. Here is a link to the feature,Continue reading “L&M – Strange Kind of Love / Classic Scottish Album feature in The Herald”

Tickets for James Grant in concert at FRETS on Friday 25th Feb 2022 go on sale this Sunday 10th Oct at 7pm. Tickets are only available at this Eventbrite link from Sunday. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-grant-acoustic-concert-tickets-184317176637

It was 2 years ago on 4th October 2019 that FRETS entered this world as a live entity, with our first FRETS concert at the Strathaven Hotel featuring Lloyd Cole. It was a great night, it tickled us that Lloyd was starting his world tour in Strathaven, and he was in great form (accompanied byContinue reading “Happy 2nd birthday to FRETS!!”