Idlewild News

Rock giants Idlewild have confirmed they will be coming to Gloucester in March in what will be a bumper week for the Guildhall.

BOTHWELL fiddler John McCusker has had another busy year working with the likes of Mark Knopfler and Idlewild and has been nominated for a Spirit of Scotland Award.

THREE remarkable performers will join forces for an evening of musical magic at Crosby Civic Hall on December 10 at 8pm.

VICTORIA Halls will play an integral part in the first Borders Music and Comedy Festival which takes place next month, writes Kenny Paterson.

Last time they played Portsmouth it was to a half-empty Pyramids. Much better a packed Wedge.

Singer Roddy Woomble's sojourns into folk have, perversely, made Idlewild into a splendid grown-up rock band.

THE dotty diva's 12th album begins hopefully, with current single Obsessed, her musically bland but lyrically scabrous riposte to Eminem's allegations of a relationship.

A return to their punk-rock roots of sorts, the album is by Roddy Woomble's own admission a deft mix of old school punk and indie rockers, with flecks of Fleetwood Mac's folk/pop/rock peaks and Springsteen-like bombast.

The third Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival kicks off tommorow night with a concert at Glasgow's Old Fruitmaket, featuring a rather fine line-up of Karine Polwart , former Delgado Emma Pollock , Alasdair Roberts , and a joint performance from James Yorkston and Adrian Crowley performing the songs of Daniel Johnston.

Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble raises a glass to everything from the best folky pubs in Edinburgh to watching the Northern Lights with Iceland's party animals as he reveals some of his top Hogmanay hangouts.

THE guitarist with rock band Idlewild is one of nine people being taken to court for refusing to allow tram wires to be fixed to their homes, The Scotsman has learned.

VICTORIA Halls is set to play host to its second Scottish rock band in five months, writes Kenny Paterson.

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When Mike Skinner announced that the Streets were pulling out of Summer Sundae due to swine flu, just hours before they were due to play arguably the most hyped set in the festival's history, it was up to Idlewild to take over the reins, writes Gemma Peplow .

Day one of Wickerman 2009 kicked off in rude health, with a vibrant set from local indie-ska band The Common Empire on the main stage.

Thousands of people from across the country descended on Leicester for the Summer Sundae Weekender, held in the grounds of De Montfort Hall and Victoria Park on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Idlewild have achieved a well-deserved reputation as one of the most visible and widely popular Scottish bands out there, and they got where they are by playing every show they can get.

Idlewild have achieved a well-deserved reputation as one of the most visible and widely popular Scottish bands out there, and they got where they are by playing every show they can get.

During Idlewild 's set at last weekend's Wickerman Festival, vocalist Roddy Woomble announced that the first single to be lifted from their new album, Post Electric Blues , will be "Readers & Writers"; an upbeat anthem about the lasting power of the written word.

THE audience at Llangollen Fringe was treated to a remarkable performance from a group of Scotland's most talented musicians.