Chief Scottish Music, News and Events

03/10/2025

Wow - what a lineup for next year's The Heartland Festival! Skipinnish , The Laurettes , Sandi Thom , Peat & Diesel , Kim Carnie , Starsailor , Torridon and so many more!

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And there it is..... 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 #𝗛𝗙𝟮𝟲 👇😲
Ticket sales are going really well and there is most certainly a lovely buzz around about the Heartland Festival 2026. Let's see if we can get 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ shares on this on people. TIA 💙

👉 www.heartlandfestival.co.uk/tickets-2026

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03/10/2025

We made it to Friday and there's a big weekend and week of music ahead. Performing over the coming days in Scotland - aside, of course from Sing in the City with Hanley and the Baird tomorrow at the Usher Hall - are: Edwyn Collins, DeWolff, Busted and McFly, The Wedding Present, Ethel Cain, EMF, Jesus Jones, Feeder, Project Smok, Katy Perry, Billy Nomates , TOMM¥ €A$H and Kane Brown to name but a few. Whatever you've planned for the weekend, stay safe in the wild weather, and make time for some music!

01/10/2025

Happy 1st of October, Chiefers!

30/09/2025

It's Tuesday morning, and the final day of September. The morning's are feeling decidedly autumnal which is to be expected, but how are you? How are you feeling, how was your September, and what does October have in store for you?

28/09/2025

Less than a week to go until the Usher Hall is taken over by Sing in the City with Hanley and the Baird for 3 very special shows next Saturday celebrating 15 years of the amazing choir. Fresh from performing with Skipinnish and having performed at every performance of this year's The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, this is a show you will not want to miss!! Last remaining tickets are available now:

Sing in the City with Hanley and the Baird will light up the Usher Hall on their 15th Anniversary.

27/09/2025

Tonight is the night!! The brilliant Skipinnish perform tonight at OVO Hydro, joined by Rachel Walker, Levi Heron, Fisherman's Friends, Strathallan School Pipe Band and 400 singers from Sing in the City and Sing in the City Aw Blacks ! It's going to be a concert to remember. Who's excited??

26/09/2025

It's Friday and almost the weekend, and there's plenty of live music to enjoy across Scotland over the coming days including: Skipinnish, Fisherman's Friends, Dodgy, FARA, Bow Anderson, Busted and McFly, Simply Red, Kirsten Adamson, Jill Jackson, WISHBONE ASH, Darius Rucker, Calum MacPhail and Brooke Alexx to name but a few. It promises to be a great weekend, so whatever you've planned be sure to make time for some music!

25/09/2025

The lineup has been announced for next year's C2C Country to Country weekend, with some HUGE names performing at all 3 venues, including the OVO Hydro in Glasgow. Tickets go on sale tomorrow!

25/09/2025

Congratulations to this year's long-listed artists for the Scottish Album of the Year Award - The SAY Award - especially those artists we featured on Chief Radio such as Mogwai and Be Charlotte. Best of luck to you all.

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📢 Announcing the 20 outstanding Scottish albums on The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award Longlist 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎶

⭐️ Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman - Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On
⭐️ Be Charlotte - Self Help and Fictional Doubts
⭐️ Brooke Combe - Dancing At The Edge Of The World
⭐️ Cloth - Pink Silence
⭐️ Constant Follower - The Smile You Send Out Returns To You
⭐️ corto.alto - 30/108
⭐️ Faith Eliott - dryas
⭐️ Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand
⭐️ Jacob Alon - In Limerence
⭐️ Kai Reesu - KOMPROMAT vol. i
⭐ Kathryn Joseph - WE WERE MADE PREY.
⭐️ kitti - Somethin' In The Water
⭐️ M a r a n t a - Day Long Dream
⭐️ Matt Carmichael - Dancing with Embers
⭐️ Mogwai - The Bad Fire
⭐️ Rebecca Vasmant - Who We Are, Becoming
⭐️ TAAHLIAH - Gramarye
⭐️ The Joy Hotel - Ceremony
⭐️ Walt Disco - The Warping
⭐️ Zoe Graham - TENT

Congratulations to this year’s nominees. Explore and stream the Longlist now at www.sayaward.com

23/09/2025

It's Tuesday morning, and the perfect day for a quick check-in to see how everyone is doing. So how are you? How was your weekend, and how is this week looking for you?

20/09/2025

Two weeks today Sing in the City will be taking over the Usher Hall, with hundreds of members of the choir performing across 3 fun-filled shows. If the rehearsal with Hanley and the Baird this week is anything to go by, you do not want to miss your chance to see and hear them! Fresh from performing at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, they might even be bringing a wee bit of magic from the Tattoo to the Usher Hall. Tickets - priced at just £17.60 - are available now!

https://cultureedinburgh.com/events/sing-in-the-city---15th-anniversary