The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
ROCKTALK GIG GUIDE
The inimitable Cool Cat Chris Difford brings his new songbook – and book – to Inchyra Arts on Tuesday for a special acoustic show alongside another great songwriter, Boo Hewerdine.
Chris Difford is a rare breed. As a founder member of Squeeze he made a lasting contribution to music with hits such as Cool For Cats, Up The Junction, Labelled With Love and Tempted.
His legendary songwriting partnership with Glenn Tilbrook has helped soundtrack so many fans’ lives since the 1970s and the passion for innovation and love of playing still drives him.
Following the release of his autobiography Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze last year, Chris is on tour with Boo Hewerdine on his extensive Some Fantastic Acoustic Book Tour.
Chris will regale the audience about some of the key events in his life in music from the book and perform some of his biggest hits acoustically alongside tracks from Pants, a best-of album featuring songs from a stage play created by Chris and Boo a couple of years ago.
Chris says: “It’s a mixture of things, me talking about the book and Boo and me playing songs and the usual audience taking part and asking questions. It’s all very intimate.
“It’s my journey in my life outside of Squeeze as well, it’s an honest reflection of where I’ve been.
“I think the first part is amazing, because it describes my childhood and it takes me back to those golden days of music in the 70s, it was so incredible.”
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All Good welcomes special guest Midland to the Reading Rooms tonight, with residents Van D and Ethan Bell from 10.30pm.
Tickets are £14 from skiddle.com and residentadvisor.net
The Locarno boys are back tomorrow with their alternative slice of 50s, 60s and 70s music.
Entry is £5 before midnight (£4 for students), £7 after and gates open at 10.30pm.
On Wednesday Frequency Sessions hosts its first Meet our Friends night, where DUSA resident Jamie Stewart will be serving all forms of techno, house and some funky bits and bobs.
Residents Jst Mickile and Paul Findlay will also be on decks from 10.30pm.
Entry is £5 all night.
The excellent Dirty Work are at Clark’s On Lindsay Street tonight..
On Saturday it’s those ace Dundee genre-jumping legends Tripper.
Both nights start around 9.30pm.
Sunday’s Beyond Presents show with young Highlanders Tide Lines is sold out, but for those heading down with tickets in hand, doors open around 7.30pm.
TRiP! are at the Bank Bar from 9.30pm tonight then tomorrow it’s The Rainkings at the same time.
Songwriters Sunday is hosted by Gav McGinty and Martin Tino Allan at 8.30pm.
Dave Webster’s open mic night is at 8.30pm on Wednesday.
Number 57 has Itchycoo Park in tomorrow’s tea time slot from 5.30pm.
The Junkyard Dogs are in their usual Sunday residency at 7pm. Cherry Bombz are at Klozet tonight from 10pm.
On Sunday it’s an unplugged set at Kettledrum at 5pm.
The Sound of Young Scotland comes to Beat Generator Live tomorrow with Rascalton, Sahara, The Dunts, Pleasure Heads, The Roques, Altinak and Shiva.
Doors open at 5pm and advance tickets are £8 from Groucho’s and Ticket Scotland.
The second round of heats for the WestFest Battle of the Bands take place this weekend in Dundee and Perth.
Saint-Louie, Ramanan Ritual, Mara, More Than Two, Killjoy and Immortal Omen take to the stage at Church in Dundee tomorrow followed on Sunday by Blind Summit, South Paw, Gentlemen Jackals, The Selkies and The Ellies at Perth’s Green Room.
Doors for both open at 6.45pm and advance tickets are £5 from Groucho’s, Assai Records and www. gjpromotions.uk or it’s £6 on the door. Euan Ross plays acoustic tunes at Bell Rock Tavern in Tayport tomorrow. Entry is free and the music starts at 9pm. McDaniels has The Lawson Brothers from 9pm tonight. Tomorrow it’s Kabin, which starts at 9.30pm.
Due to the success of last night’s fundraising gig for Help for Kids, organiser Lianne Carr from Coconut Groove has put together another superb show to raise funds for the charity on Sunday.
It’s at the Westport Bar in Dundee from 4pm with entry only £3 on the door.