Mogwai today announced three special shows that will take them to small venues in the Hebrides and the highlands. The April gigs plot a course to three venues not often served by major touring bands: the historical Pavillion in the highland town of Strathpeffer; the community Aros Centre on the Isle of Skye; and the century-old Stornoway Town Hall on the Isle of Lewis.
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It will be the band’s first time playing each location. Of the tour, Stuart Braithwaite from the band says, “Playing concerts in the Hebrides and in the highlands is something that we’ve always wanted to do but never had the opportunity to do.
“It’s going to be brilliant being able to play our music to people who perhaps don’t get the chance to go to concerts in the larger cities that often. It’s also going to be really special to spend time in some of the most amazing natural surroundings anywhere in the world.”
Local in-person pre-sale tickets will be available to purchase from the Pavilion Box Office and Dingwall Leisure Centre for The Pavillion, the Aros Centre Box Office for the Aros Centre, and the Delights Cafe for Stornoway.
General tickets go on sale at 9am Friday 13th March 2020. You can find at mogwai.scot/shows.
Last month Mogwai announced a run of three UK shows for February 2021, that will see the band return to London’s Roundhouse and the scene of their biggest headline show to date, the SSE Hydro, as well as Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse.
The shows will take place 25 years on from the release of the band’s debut single Tuner/Lower.
Mogwai – UK shows 2020-21
Wednesday 22 April 2020 The Pavillion, Strathpeffer
Thursday 23 April 2020 Aros Centre, Isle of Skye
Friday 24 April 2020 Stornoway Town Hall, Isle of Lewis
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Roundhouse, London
Friday 19 February 2021 O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 20 February 2021 SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Mogwai return to the studio shortly with producer Dave Fridmann to begin work on their tenth studio album, the follow up to 2017’s Every Country’s Sun, their second top 10 album in a row after 2014’s Rave Tapes.
In between the band released a career-spanning retrospective Central Belters and collaborated with filmmaker Mark Cousins to soundtrack his documentary Atomic.
The band’s latest soundtrack is for the Sky Original drama ZeroZeroZero, which is available to watch in the UK from May.
ZeroZeroZero is created by Stefano Sollima (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Gomorrah), with Leonardo Fasolia and Mauricio Katz, and was shot on three continents and in six languages.
It stars Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, The Death of Stalin), Dane DeHaan (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) and the Golden Globe-winning and multiple Emmy and Tony nominated Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, Stigmata).