Andy Macfarlane: Last News

Social work chiefs are bracing themselves for an exodus of important staff members in the coming years.

The decision making process around changes to the region’s health and social care services has come under the spotlight at the council.

The body with responsibility for addressing the region’s bed-based intermediate care needs has agreed to implement an action plan aimed at alleviating severe capacity problems affecting the service.

Campaigners calling for a Stewartry hospital to be reopened have received a huge public boost.

The council election campaign in the Dee and Glenkens will step up a gear on Monday evening with a hustings in New Galloway.

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.

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.

The Twilight Sad have made their recent performance film available to watch on-demand and released a live album from the show.Singer James Graham and guitarist Andy MacFarlane appeared in a performance film that was broadcast on December 5, 2020.The show was filmed at Glasgow music venue Òran Mór and saw the pair rework tracks from across the band’s back catalogue for the performance. It was previously only available to watch at the time of the original broadcast.The Twilight Sad have now made the Òran Mór performance film available for fans to watch once more.