Salamander Street star announces gig in the Borders
Last updated 14th Mar 2023
Scottish singer-songwriter Callum Beattie is coming to the Borders.
The Salamander Street star - who played at last year's TRNSMT Festival - has announced plans to perform a more intimate show at Galashiels MacArts Centre on Saturday, August the 5th.
His debut album People Like Us reached number one in the Scottish album charts.
Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am.
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A spokesperson for the music venue said: "Delighted to have Callum Beattie play here. Callum has been hard at music for almost half his life, making his own chances, taking chances and, for sure, being a chancer.
"The Edinburgh-born singer-songwriter has progressed from bad gigs in pubs, to where he is now: a singer-songwriter with a punchy, rousing, emotive and gloriously catchy debut album that scored a No.1 in The Official Scottish Albums Chart.
"His new material is a collection of songs clawed from the raw stuff of existence, nostalgic patriotism and bleeding love."
It's already looking like a big summer for music in the Borders, with The Proclaimers having already announced plans to perform in a 6000-capacity circus tent at the Border Union showground in Kelso on Saturday, June the 10th.
It follows the success of the huge concerts staged on the opposite bank of the River Tweed last summer, when Bryan Adams, Michael Buble and Tears For Fears pulled in the crowds to Floors Castle. Alison Moyet and Feeder were also included on the bill.
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