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Glasvegas

Glasvegas are a Scottish rock band from Dalmarnock, Glasgow. The band comprises James Allan (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rab Allan (lead guitar, backing vocals), Paul Donoghue (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Caroline McKay (drums). Since their formation in 2000, they have released one studio album and five singles.

History

Formation and early years (2000–2007)

The band's line-up came together in 2000. After touring around Scotland, mostly Glasgow (where they played Glasgow's Barfly dozens of times), a mutual friend approached the Scottish media mogul Alan McGee at Death Disco, a monthly electro night held at The Arches club in Glasgow and asked him to listen to band. Eventually, McGee saw the band at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow and has backed them ever since, predominantly on his music blog at The Guardian newspaper.[1] On 30 October 2006, the band released their first self-funded limited edition 7" single, "Go Square Go!." Following the release of a second limited edition 7" single, "Daddy's Gone" on 5 November 2007, Glasvegas found themselves at the centre of a bidding war from several major record labels.[citation needed] "Daddy's Gone" sold out and was voted the number two single of the year by NME magazine.[citation needed]

Glasvegas (2008)

After releasing their third limited edition 7" single, "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" on 14 February 2008, the band opted to sign to Columbia. They then won the prestigious Philip Hall Radar Award at the NME Awards two weeks later.[2] Glasvegas recorded their eponymous debut album, Glasvegas, at Brooklyn Recording Studios in New York. The album was produced by James Allan and Rich Costey.[3] The album was released on 8 September 2008, and included re-recordings of "Daddy's Gone" and "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry," the former being the second single from the album, as well as previously unreleased songs "Polmont on My Mind," "Lonesome Swan," "S.A.D. Light" and "Geraldine," which was the first single from the album.[3]

Future Projects

The band are set to record their second studio album in Romania, in an Transylvanian church. Speaking with The Skinny in a July 2008 interview, singer James Allan confirmed not only this, but that it would in fact be a Christmas album.[4] In another interview from NME in October 2008, James Allan said that the LP album was now going to be "at least 10 songs"[citation needed] and also confirmed that earlier plans to include guest vocalists have now been scrapped.[citation needed] He told NME: "We’re so short of time we can't wait for singers to become available. We've done a few days in New York, then 10 days recording in a church in Transylvania."[citation needed] Confirmed song titles include "Cruel Moon", "F**k You, It's Over" and "A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" as well as a cover version of "Silent Night", but James is remaining tight-lipped about the songs themselves.[citation needed] He added: "The label keep asking me but all I'm saying is they sound 'black and white', 'hot and cold', that sort of thing."[citation needed] Glasvegas' as yet untitled new album is scheduled for release on 1 December 2008.[citation needed]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales and certifications
UK IRE SWE NOR
2008 Glasvegas 2 2 5 23
  • Sales: 118,000
  • BPI certification: Gold

Singles

Year Title Peak chart position Album
UK
[5][6] 		SCO
[7]
2006 "Go Square Go!" — — –
2007 "Daddy's Gone" — —
2008 "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" — —
"Geraldine" 16 1[8] Glasvegas
"Daddy's Gone" 12 2[9]

References

  1. ^ Glasvegas: Rough glamour, video interview with stv.tv/music
  2. ^ "Glasvegas: 'We've yet to earn our award'". NME. 29 February 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Glasvegas' 12-Hour Sessions to Finish Album" (26 April 2008). NME: 8. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ The Skinny - What Happens in Glasvegas...
  5. ^ "UK Top 40 Hit Database". everyHit.com. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help) Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Glasvegas."
  6. ^ "Chart Stats – Glasvegas". ChartStats.com. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ OCC Scottish Top 75 Singles Chart
  8. ^ "Scottish Singles Chart for the week ending 5 July 2008". ChartsPlus (358). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 1. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Scottish Singles Chart for the week ending 6 September 2008". ChartsPlus (367). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 1. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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