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Franz Ferdinand have announced a number of Scottish shows in September. The band played a brace of low-key shows at Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry in June of this year.

The low-key tour, on which they will play a number of new songs alongside old favourites, calls in at a number of Scottish towns previously un-visited by the band.
The full list of shows are as follows:
SEPTEMBER
9th Stirling Fubar (08700 600 100 / www.pclpresents.com)
10th Inverness Raigmore (0871 2200260 / www.seetickets.com)
11th Fort William Ba Club (0871 2200260 / www.seetickets.com)
18th Dundee Fat Sams (08700 600 100 / www.pclpresents.com)
19th Aberdeen Moshulu (01224572876 / www.ticketweb.co.uk)
21st Portree Community Centre (0871 2200260 / www.seetickets.com)
24th Shetland Whiteness & Weisdale Hall (01595 692114 / www.seetickets.com)

Tickets for the shows are priced at £15 and are available via the phone numbers / web addresses above.Tickets will be going on sale on Saturday 28th July 2007 at 9am and will be limited to 4 per person except Shetland which is limited to 2 per person.

The White Striped have announced that they will embark on a UK tour later this year, hitting Glasgow on Octobe 26th.

The Detroit twosome will play the SECC as the very first date on their tour which will also visit Manchester,Newcastle,Birmingham,Cardiff,Sheffield,Nottingham, and London.

Tickets go on sale Friday July 13th!

TIckets for T in the Park 2008 go on sale today at 9am at www.tinthepark.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk at £140 camping and £120 for weekend only.

Have you got yours?

Well maybe not, but global CD sales have fallen more than had been expected, according to an industry reports.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said sales in 2006 dropped to 1.7bn, compared with 1.9bn in 2005.

On a happy note, digital music sales doubled last year, but overall music sales have still sadly sunk. IFPI chairman John Kennedy told BBC News: "While digital sales have grown as expected, physical sales have fallen by more than expected.

"Unfortunately this trend has continued in 2007. Physical sales continues top drop at a faster pace than we hoped for, particularly in the US and now also in the UK." However, Kennedy predicted that digital sales could grow by a further 50 per-cent this year.

Illegal downloads are not included in the figures but it is thought that there are 20 illegal downloads for every one legal download worldwide. Kennedy insisted that, and we're sure our readers will agree, "music is more popular than ever" but claims the recording industry is suffering from the much publicised piracy issues including CD copying. Kennedy is calling on the government and internet service providers to help curb the spread of piracy.

So basically, piracy = evil. Or does it? Discuss.

The final additions to this year’s T in the Park line-up has been announced as The Bravery on the Radio1/NME Stage, Jamie Scott & The Town in the King Tut’s Tent and Ross Copperman in the Pet Sounds Arena!

The full line-up for the legendary T-Break stage has also been confirmed,with up and coming acts such as The Ads, Flood of Red, Amy Macdonald, Drive-By Argument, Colin MacIntyre, The Law and Figure 5 taking to the T-Break stage over the weekend. Visit the T-Break line-up page for full details.

Also the much loved Celidh Tent returns to T in the Park, once again boasting the best in Scottish Traditional artistes. So why not take a break from the Main Stage and get your dancing shoes on! Visit the Celidh Tent line-up page for full details.