Glasvegas are performing a surprise show in an East End record shop at 2pm tomorrow for Record Store Day. Blitzkrieg Shop sell guitars, vinyl, prints and memorabilia. James and Robert Allan will be in store to play a selection of hits, with plans to debut a new song.
Frontman James said: “It is exciting, playing there. It’s something I don’t do often enough, I like just grabbing the guitar and then there’ll be people standing right in front of you and you get to share some songs with them. And it’s a good place to do it, because there are less and less record shops. These places are important and they get more and more rare. Blitzkrieg is a brilliant place.”
Alan McGee – the band’s co-manager – recently proclaimed Blitzkrieg, which is on London Road, the best record shop in Scotland. And James feels we all need to do what we can to support it and stores like it: “Definitely, they are getting more and more rare. And these places are so important, both for the support they provide to musicians and for the connection you as a consumer get to the music.”
With lots of big plans coming soon for Glasvegas, James is looking forward to performing in front of more fans as the summer goes on.
“I hope to share more new ideas in the music and play more gigs. We’ve been talking about maybe doing some acoustic shows as well, because we loved doing that in 2019. Yeah, I think just expect the unexpected and even then we might surprise you…”
Blitzkrieg Shop is at 204 London Road, G40 1PB.