Scotland’s Gardens scheme gets back in bloom for the summer across Dumfriesshire from this weekend.
02.04.2022 - 13:55 / nme.com
The Twilight Sad paid tribute to the late Scott Hutchison at their show in Glasgow last night (Friday April 1) by covering Frightened Rabbit‘s ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ with the band’s drummer.Yesterday, the Scottish band announced that their two hometown gigs at the Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom would see them joined by Frightened Rabbit’s drummer, Scott’s brother Grant Hutchison. Mogwai’s Alex Mackay also stepped in for Twilight Sad guitarist Andy MacFarlane, who was unable to perform “due to personal reasons”.The band have regularly covered ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ at shows since their close friend Hutchison took his own life in 2018.
They’ve also covered ‘Fast Blood’ on a few occasions, but last night’s show marked an emotional climax with Grant getting back behind the drums to perform the Frightened Rabbit favourite in front of The Twilight Sad’s hometown crowd.They last performed the song with Grant, along with Frightened Rabbit’s Billy Kennedy and Andy Monaghan, at a special charity tribute show in Glasgow in 2019 – where Biffy Clyro, Fiskur and Kathryn Joseph also played. The Twilight Sad also covered ‘Floating In The Forth’ for a tribute album of Frightened Rabbit’s seminal second album, ‘The Midnight Organ Fight‘.Speaking to NME in 2018 about the decision to make ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ a staple of their set, Graham said: “We have been playing it and I’ve bawled my eyes out and probably will again, but even if there’s one person in the crowd who loved Scott then it’s worth it.
I don’t know if other people have had the release that we’ve been able to have. If they see me being a bawling mess on stage, then maybe they’ll realise it’s OK to release these feelings.
Scotland’s Gardens scheme gets back in bloom for the summer across Dumfriesshire from this weekend.
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The Twilight Sad have announced that they will be joined by members of Mogwai and Frightened Rabbit for their pair of shows at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow this weekend.The Scottish band had originally been due to play the gigs back in April 2020, but they have been postponed a number of times since due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Twilight Sad will finally kick off the first of two nights at the Barrowland tonight (April 1), with a second show following tomorrow evening (April 2).Addressing their fans this afternoon ahead of the gigs, The Twilight Sad confirmed that they will be fielding a different line-up to normal. Guitarist Andy MacFarlane will not be performing this weekend “due to personal reasons”, so Mogwai’s Alex Mackay will be filling in in his place.A post shared by The Twilight Sad (@thetwilightsad)The continued impact of COVID-19 on international travel and touring has also ruled out drummer Sebastien Schultz, who is based in North America, from taking part in this weekend’s gigs.
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