The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Singer takes her music to city’s streets to help back good cause
Singer KT Tunstall returned to her busking roots yesterday afternoon, giving a special impromptu performance in Dundee city centre.
The St Andrews singer played outside DC Thomson’s Meadowside office just hours before taking to the Slessor Gardens stage to launch Sleep In The Park 2018.
KT, alongside fellow Scottish star Amy McDonald, will perform in four cities in one night in December.
The pair will fly by helicopter, provided by Andrew and Yvonne Devlin of Curtis Moore Group.
All the airports involved have agreed to waive fees on the night.
Organised by Social Bite, the event is looking for 12,000 volunteers in Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh to raise money to tackle homelessness.
Tunstall, whose new album Wax is released worldwide next month, performed her latest single The River and hit Suddenly I See.
She told the gathered crowd about her worst ever busking experience in Dundee – on the overpass connecting the old train station with the demolished Olympia swimming pool – where she was moved on by police despite not making any money.
As the Black Horse And The Cherry Tree star played to fans, two police officers made their way into the crowd, where they were greeted by a very happy Tunstall – who playfully asked not to be moved on again.
KT said she was honoured to be involved in the Social Bite campaign.
She said: “For homeless people in the UK, it is an incredibly tough life.
“I don’t think we should be living in a society where this is happening.
“Events like Sleep In The Park are really good because it is very easy to go about your day and forget about these situations when you are not having to live them yourself.”