80s pop legend Marc Almond announces Perth show for next year

Alex Neil has announced he will stand down as an MSP at next year's Holyrood election. The ex- health secretary is the latest former member of Alex Salmond's Cabinet to step away from the Scottish Parliament, with Stewart Stevenson and Roseanna Cunningham having previously revealed their intention to quit in 2021.

Martha Is Dead, the first-person psychological horror game originally announced for PC, will now see a release on Xbox Series X, developer LKA has announced.The game is to be released in 2021, however, no specific date has been announced. A brand new trailer and a gameplay walkthrough that introduces some of the game’s first chapters has been shared.The events of the story take place in Tuscany, 1944, amid the horrors of World War II.

Biffy Clyro have announced that their rescheduled tour will go ahead next year instead. The Scots band were gutted when their first arena tour in four years had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic but are excited to set dates for next year.

League Of Legends’ virtual K-pop group, K/DA, is set to return with new music next week (August 27).K/DA took to Twitter to announce a new song titled ‘The Baddest’, which will premiere on YouTube on August 27 at 12pm PT/8pm BST.

A free park and ride facility could be up and running at Walkden Railway Station within the next year.Detailed plans to demolish buildings at a former council depot in Chestnut Avenue to make way for a new car park with 107 spaces have been revealed.The unmanned facility would be free to use and open to vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists 24-hours-a-day – but it will only be lit up 30 minutes before the first train and 30 minutes after the last train of each day, the proposal says.A new cycle

Arkane Studios has announced that its upcoming next-gen game Deathloop has been delayed until next year.Deathloop will now release in the second quarter of 2021, as revealed through a meassge to the community via the game’s official Twitter page.The game is being helmed by the developer’s French division, Arkane Lyon, and due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic the team has adjusted to working from home.

David Robb Labor EditorHard times call for hard decisions, which trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan say they had to make to save health benefits for future generations of participants.Even before the pandemic, the Plan was facing unsustainable deficits, and the COVID-19 production shutdown accelerated the need for a complete overhaul of its benefits structures.

Scone Palace will be lit up pink when it gets dark from 9.30pm-10.30pm and the stately home’s stunning reflection will be visible from the opposite bank of the River Tay at North Muirton.Thirty jobs saved at Perthshire-based timber companyA burst of fireworks will go off at the palace at 10pm.Lily’s home in North Muirton, Perth is also getting the attention of a professional lighting company which has volunteered its services to turn it her favourite colour pink as a surprise for Lily and her

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Variety, The American Song Contest will be a 50-state competition modelled on the Eurovision version that will take place late next yearSimilar to the European version, the show format will see budding hopefuls go head-to-head against acts from other states in a series of televised qualifiers, with solo singers, duos or groups up to six members allowed to compete.There will be semi-finals before the main event which Variety has described as the ‘ultimate primetime Grand Finale March

Perth will not reopen its doors until 2021 despite many venues returning at the weekend following the easing of lockdown restrictions. The prestigious Culture Perth and Kinross-run museum will remain closed due to predicted high expenses and a lack of space for social distancing.

John Wick series will have a fifth film which is set to be shot back-to-back with the franchise’s fourth instalment, it’s been confirmed.In an announcement on Thursday (August 6), Lionsgate confirmed the next two films in the Keanu Reeves franchise will begin production in early 2021.