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Thanks to all of you for supporting FRETS and attending our concerts. We have tried to put something back into the local community and give Strathaven a live music presence. It was exactly four years ago on 4th Oct 2019 that we had our first concert when Lloyd Cole performed acoustically. In a sign ofContinue reading “FRETS 4th Birthday”

Thanks to everyone who came along to The Bluebells’ two performances at the Strathaven Hotel for our We Could Send Letters and SandFest events. This Friday 6th Oct we have Richard Jobson & Martin Metcalfe headlining, it’ll be another cracker. There are rumours that Belle & Sebastian are playing at FRETS, these rumours are sadlyContinue reading “WCSL & SANDFEST – thanks!!”

Please check your tickets carefully to ensure you attend the Bluebells concert/event you bought tickets for. Tonight (Fri 29th) is the We Could Send Letters event (see details on the poster). THE EVENT STARTS AT 7pm AS SOON AS PEOPLE ARE SEATED. Tomorrow night (Sat 30th Sept) sees the return of our SandFest event whichContinue reading “The Bluebells Fri 29th Sept (We Could Send Letters) & Sat 30th Sept (SANDFEST) – Information”

Heads up – there are only 5 tickets left for the Richard Jobson and Martin Metcalfe concert at FRETS on Fri 6th Oct in the Strathaven Hotel. We’ll be making that information public on social media later, but if you are interested in coming to the concert this is the final opportunity for you toContinue reading “Richard Jobson & Martin Metcalfe – only 5 tickets left”

Here’s the new video by Ewan MacFarlane, ‘Fade Out The Fear’. Ewan will be performing an acoustic concert at FRETS on Friday 6th Oct in the Strathaven Hotel as special guest of Richard Jobson (The Skids) & Martin Metcalfe (Goodbye Mr Mackenzie). There are very few tickets left, if you are interested in attending theContinue reading “Ewan MacFarlane – Fade Out The Fear (new video)”

We’re exclusively announcing here that Grahame Skinner (Jazzateers/ Hipsway/ The Cowboy Mouth) will be performing an acoustic opening slot at FRETS on Fri 6th Oct at the Strathaven Hotel. The concert is headlined by Richard Jobson & Martin Metcalfe, special guest Ewan MacFarlane will be performing a set too. Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/581824

Boots For Dancing will be special guests of The Scars featuring Tam Dean Burn at FRETS in Edinburgh at La Belle Angele on Friday 15th Dec. Boots For Dancing were signed to Fast Product’s new label, pop:aural, in the early 1980s. They released a couple of singles produced by Bob Last and performed in LondonContinue reading “Boots For Dancing join the Xmas Concert line up”

Martin Metcalfe has been busy performing in a theatre production of Revelations of Rab McVie at the Edinburgh Festival. “In a windowless world plagued by darkness and despair of the impending doom a man is striving for the light… “ The script is based on an essay by Maria Rud written 28 days before the fullContinue reading “Richard Jobson & Martin Metcalfe / UPDATE”

Davy Henderson makes a rare live appearance when the Sexual Objects appear as special guest of Callum Easter & The Roulettes at FRETS on Fri 3rd Nov at the Strathaven Hotel. Eugene Kelly will also be performing a special guest set of songs from his catalogue of solo and Vaselines songs. Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/586792

Hungry Beat has just been published as a paperback edition after the success of the hardback (published by White Rabbit last year). There are a couple of launches; the Edinburgh Book Festival on Saturday 19th August – tickets: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/douglas-macintyre-grant-mcphee-hilary-morrison-paul-research-we-oppose-all-rock-n-roll-19016 The Social will host the London launch event on Monday 21st August. Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/hungry-beat-the-scottish-postpunk-pop-underground/the-social/2739470 The HungryContinue reading “Hungry Beat book launches in Edinburgh & London”