Cash for Kids


Runrig have just added a very important date on to their upcoming Autumn / Winter Tour. On Friday 5th December, the day they play their first Barrowlands show, they will be part of the annual Radio Clyde charity extravaganza – Cash For Kids. The sell-out charity lunch takes place at the Hilton Hotel at 1 o’ clock.

Radio Clyde’s Marketing Director, Richard Muir, said, “We’re delighted to have the boys on board for the Radio Clyde Cash for Kids Lunch on the 5th of December. Runrig are famous throughout the world and Scottish legends and we’re so pleased they are coming to play and support Cash for Kids. We can’t wait to see them on the 5th.”


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Runrig hit Radio Clyde with Tom Ferrie


Radio Clyde will be broadcasting segments of an interview with Calum and Iain and the live session all next week on the Tom Ferrie show on Clyde 2 from 6pm weeknights. This programme is available on line from the Clyde 2 website www.clyde2.com or 1152AM.
They will also be doing a special Runrig programme as part of their St Andrews Night celebrations details of which will be posted nearer the time.


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BBC ALBA Launch Night


BBC Alba launches on satellite tonight and to mark the occasion, BBC 2 are also covering the launch with an evening of programmes to introduce it to the world.
Runrig fans will be particularly interested in the launch song — a specially recorded, extended version of ALBA by Paul Mounsey featuring a cast of Gaelic singers including Karen Matheson and Arthur Cormack.
The song opens up the new channel at 9.00pm BBC2.

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Runrig live at Scone


To celebrate 2009, The Year of Homecoming, Runrig are now delighted to be in a position to announce their major Scottish event of the year. Continuing their well travelled quest for live concerts in scenic and iconic outdoor locations, we can now confirm that they will stage their Year of Homecoming concert in the historic grounds of Scone Palace, Perthshire, on Saturday 29th August, 2009.

Tickets on sale from Saturday 26th July, 2008: Price £35
Call now on 0844 8472269
www.ticketmaster.co.uk plus usual outlets

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Pre Edinburgh Castle fan get together


A pre show get together has been organised on the afternoon of the 26th of July in the Bongo Club in Edinburgh's Royal Mile. There will be Karaoke competition and more fun and games

The event is free, although any donations towards costs would be appreciated, and any additional monies raised shall be donated to a charity!

The Bongo Club is part of a charity group called Out of the Blue, who help and encourage young musicians and artists in Edinburgh and often help promote them through concerts, club nights as well as providing them with learners classes and practice rooms. You can visit the Bongo Club website and read more by clicking here.

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Special Castle concert malt on sale


Continuing the venture initiated for Beat The Drum, Duncan Taylor of Huntly, The whisky bottlers, have created a special commemorative malt, marking the Edinburgh Castle concert in July. This time it is a 12 year old Strathspey, Open Edition.

The whisky can be purchased direct from Duncan Taylors website. The whisky will not be available on the castle grounds on the day of the show.

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Year of the Charts


We are all popping the single malt corks at the Runrig Office as we have just heard the great news that Year of the Flood is this week's No 1 in the Official UK DVD Music Charts beating even 'older timers' like Neil Diamond, Led Zeppelin and Madonna. This comes on the back of a Danish No 1 run and a mid-week position of No 2 in Germany in the first week of release.

You can view the official chart by clicking here. Year of the Flood can be purchased from our online shop together with an exclusive audio CD. Also check out our new range of summer tour T-Shirts too.

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DVD release information


Unfortunately, and with great regret, we have just found out that we will have to delay the date of the DVD release. This is particularly frustrating for all concerned, as the PR, distribution and retail teams were all waiting on the starting line ready to go. The problem is a technical one within the manufacturing process, and we have no option but to delay the release.

Fortunately the impact will not be too bad as the manufacturing plant will ship out on Tuesday 29th April. We will ensure that shipments to fans and to retail outlets will be as quick as possible from receipt at the office and distribution outlets.

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Special Castle guest announced


We are delighted to announce that top Gaelic diva, Julie Fowlis has agreed to join Runrig on the bill for Edinburgh Castle. She will perform a short set prior to Runrig taking the stage, and it is the perfect act to compliment the band in this historic setting. There will also be some special guests joining Runrig on stage during their set.

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Year of the Flood available for pre-order


We are delighted to announce the release of Year of The Flood, the long awaited DVD of the Beat the Drum event. Filmed at Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness on 18 August 2007, Year Of The Flood will bring back many memories of that unforgettable day when 17,500 people gathered to celebrate the band’s flagship event of Highland Year of Culture 2007, on what was to prove to be the wettest day for the area in living memory. A day of music and celebration – a day of relentless deluge - an event that had the unique distinction of becoming legendary the second it was over and a day that none present would ever forget!

The film attempts to capture it all, just as it was – the mud, the rain, the music, the Highlands and ultimately the ‘never say die’ spirit of a remarkable audience that saw it through to the end, as only a Runrig audience could.

The DVD will be officially released in the UK and Denmark on 28 April, followed by Germany on 4 May. Also, alongside the DVD, a CD release, with selected tracks from the event, will be available exclusively from our online shop and the Aberdeen office.

Both the DVD and CD are available to pre-order from our online shop. A special combination offer is availble for customers who wish to purchase the DVD and audio CD.

Customers who purchased the Souvenir Disc can fill out the discount slips and send it to the Aberdeen office where the DVD will cost £13.99 inc p&p, or the DVD combo pack £18.99 inc p&p.

For all mail, and telephone orders please contact;
Runrig Office
1 York Street
Aberdeen
AB11 5DL
01224 573 100

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Coming Home exhibition moves to Skye


The Runrig Exhibition Coming Home has moved from Lochmaddy, Isle of North Uist, to Aros in Skye. It opens on the 17th of March and is running to the end of the year.

The exhibition covers three distinct areas of band history; the early years (1973-1986) playing round the islands of Skye and the Outer Isles, the Donnie / Chrysalis era (1986 –1997) when the scale of operation reached a higher level with crossover popular appeal and when the international dimension became part of the picture and finally the remarkable regeneration of the band as it moved into the Bruce era, 1997 till the present day.

For more information on viewing the exhibition, visit the Aros centre website by clicking here.

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Runrig return to the Castle


Runrig are delighted to announce their Scottish summer show on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle on Saturday the 26th July. After 2007 being such an exciting year for the band, the show at Edinburgh Castle is a significant event for the band in 2008.

Calum said ‘This is a show we’re really excited about. It’s been too long since we last played on the esplanade – they were always great occasions for the fans – music in the heart of the capital city on a summers evening - you just couldn’t get a better atmosphere.’

Tickets – seated and standing – go on general sale on Friday 15th February from 9am, priced £35.00 (plus booking fee). Tickets will be available from ticketmaster. Gates open at 7pm.


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The Megantic Outlaw Live at Celtic Connections


A new show devised by Lewis musician and teacher Calum Martin, best known for his Gaelic psalm recordings with the Back Free Church congregation, The Megantic Outlaw takes its name from that popularly bestowed on Donald Morrison (1858-1894), a once-celebrated figure in the frontier folklore of Quebec, where his parents settled after being cleared from Lewis.

After shooting a bounty-hunter over a disputed family debt, Morrison spent ten months on the run, frequently sheltered by other Scottish settlers in the region. Martin’s Gaelic folk-rock song cycle, recently released on CD, begins with the family’s voyage from Lewis, following the story through to Morrison’s capture, imprisonment, and eventual death following a hunger-strike.

Helping Calum perform The Megantic Outlaw album live will be an all star Trans-Atlantic band, consisting of Runrig members Malcolm Jones (guitarist/piper/multi -instrumentalist) and Blair Douglas (accordion/keyboard) as well as Fraser Fifield (saxophone/pipes/whistles) a hugely individual and multi-talented musician who transcends various musical genres and one of the youngest ever traditional Mod Gold Medallists Isobel Ann Martin (backing vocals).

From Nashville comes Arvel Bird, the most popular Native American recording artist on tour today who secured top honors as Artist of the Year at the Native American Music Awards in 2007.

Venue : The Classic Grand
Date : 31st January
Time : 7:30pm
Tickets : £12.50

Click here to purchase tickets from the Celtic Connections website. The Megantic Outlaw is available to purchase from the Ridge Records section in our online shop.

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