SCOTTISH BAND, SKERRYVORE, TO RETURN TO THE U.S. AND CANADA IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ON THEIR 360 WORLD TOUR
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND–Skerryvore, an award-winning eight piece band from Scotland, will return to the U.S. and Canada this fall following up on their highly successful spring tour of North America. The band is calling this their “360 World Tour” since they will have virtually toured the entire year of 2019 going into 2020 all the while filming every show with a specialized 360 camera. In addition to the U.S. and Canada, 2019 has already found them in Australia, Holland, Denmark, England and, of course, Scotland.
Lead singer and songwriter Alec Dalglish comments, “The ‘360 Tour’ began with a performance at our own music festival ‘Oban Live’ which sold out to 10,000 people over two days in the beautiful west coast town of Oban in Scotland. We’ll continue on this world tour with visits to Spain, Germany, Denmark, Holland, England, Dubai, Singapore, Australia and several runs in the US & Canada. The finale of the tour in June of 2020 will be our biggest show to date when we host a special grand event to celebrate 15 years as a band. The camera offers the chance for fans to see life on the road and on stage from our perspective with much of it being filmed for for possible use for a documentary on down the line.”
Hailing from the island of Tiree, Skerryvore formed in 2005; their music is an eclectic fusion of rock, pop and traditional music with an emphatic thundering of drums and bagpipes and is as rich as a single malt scotch. With their outstanding musicianship and the mesmerizing voice of award-winning Dalglish, Skerryvore has become an international sensation. In addition to Dalglish on lead vocals and guitar, the band includes brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordions), Fraser West (drums & vocals), Craig Espie (fiddles), Alan Scobie (keyboards), Jodie Bremaneson (bass) and Scott Wood (bagpipes). The band took their unique name after the lighthouse that sits on a remote reef of the same name off of Tiree; it is the tallest in Scotland. The name is pronounced Sker-ee-vore.
Skerryvore is twice winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music Awards coveted “Live Act of the Year” (2011 and 2016). They have performed in over 25 countries and are very popular in the Middle East, China, UK and the U.S., where they have performed in over 30 states.
Skerryvore is touring behind their 7th album, Evo (June 2018), which is all original tunes plus one cover song, runs the gauntlet from big blast numbers to heartfelt reflective tracks. The band’s first 6 albums have sold over 60,000 physical CDs and well over 5 million streams.
The band’s tour schedule is as follows with all dates subject to change:
Thurs, Sept 19—Infinity Music Hall & Bistro—Norfolk, CT
Fri, Sept 20–Blue Ocean Music Hall–Salisbury, MA
Sat, Sept 21–Boothbay Harbor Opera House–Boothbay Harbor, ME
Mon, Sept 23–City Winery–Boston, MA
Tue, Sept 24–World Cafe Live–Philadelphia, PA
Thu, Sept 26–Mauch Chunk Opera House–Jim Thorpe, PA
Fri, Sept 27–AMP by Strathmore–North Bethesda, MD
Sun, Sept 29–KVMR Celtic Festival–Nevada City, CA
Tue, Oct 1–Alberta Rose Theatre–Portland, OR
Wed, Oct 2–Triple Door–Seattle, WA
Fri, Oct 4–Arden Theatre–St Albert, Canada
Sat, Oct 5–The Centennial Theatre–North Vancouver, Canada
Sun, Oct 6–McPherson Playhouse–Victoria, Canada
Wed, Oct 9–Four Rivers Cultural Center & Museum–Ontario, OR
Thu, Oct 10–College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Building–Twin Falls, ID
Fri, Oct 11–College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Building–Twin Falls, ID
Sat, Oct 12–Soiled Dove Underground–Denver, CO
Sun, Oct 13–Stargazers Theatre & Event Center–Colorado Springs, CO
Tue, Oct 15–Community Concert Hall @ Fort Lewis College–Durango, CO
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