The Side
Indie Rock n Roll from the Scottish Highlands
"A modern day Elvis Costello and the Attractions" Sharleen Spiteri, TEXAS
"I love them" Janice Long, BBC RADIO 2
"Excellent" STV
The Side are -
Hugh Winton - Vocals/Guitar
Andrew Stewart - Bass
Douglas Watt - Drums
Matthew Rattigan - Keys/B.Vox
Based in Ross Shire, Scotland. Influences include - The Beatles, Crowded House, Ocean Colour Scene, Madness and Manu Chao
Highlights for the band inc
Afraid to say we've had to cancel this one aswell. Full refunds are being processed by The Tooth and Claw. (The night may still go ahead with This Machine taking over)
Badger, our bass player has parted ways with us. We'd like to thank him for all his effort and comittment this last 6 years and wish him all the best for the future. We've had some brill gigs and trips away with the 4 of us.
We'll be back in the new year with our "forever changing" line up ๐คฃ๐๐ถ
We've had to postpone our gig in Alness next Friday, will have a new date sorted soon for early in the new year.
Still some tickets left for our gig at Tooth and Claw, Inverness on Fri 22nd Dec ๐ถ๐ป
https://www.thetoothandclaw.co.uk/events-1/the-side-this-machine-dashh?fbclid=IwAR1eBFsDs6Pj27ggnrMg_z8g9BCIYf7NnNmWlFGkCwl8Ei9m6HCHxzZSZkM
Tickets are now on sale from the link below. Delighted to have our good friends This Machine and Dashh- join us on the bill. Limited tickets available, hopefully see some of you there! ๐ถ๐ปhttps://www.thetoothandclaw.co.uk/events-1/the-side-this-machine-dashh
Winnie will be supporting Kyle Falconer on Sun 8th October in Inverness. He's on at 2.20pm - Get your tickets from - https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Inverness/The-Gellions/An-Intimate-Audience-With-Kyle-Falconer-The-View/36405579/
Some more gigs added... London, (Supporting The Swagger) and Inverness, tickets be on sale for that soon ๐ถ๐ป
First hometown show for Winnie in a long time. Support (tbc) and sound provided by some of the talented students of UHI Music Alness. Hopefully see a few of you there! ๐ป๐ถ
On way to Thurso for Mr C's tonight. Dougie's feeling the heat ๐คฃ Music starts 9pm, support from Faith Charlton and Colin Manson, Free Entry ๐ถ๐ป
Back to gigging after a wee break, looking forward to heading back up to Thurso next weekend.. Few more gigs on the way soon ๐ถ๐ป
A wee cover from Winnie of "Over My Head" by Ocean Colour Scene ๐ถ๐น๐ปโ๏ธ
A wee interview with What's on North ahead of our show at Bandstock in Inverness this Sunday. Big thanks to Margaret Chrystall for this ๐
Bandstock QnA: The Side take in Tamworth and Liverpool 'It's great ... seeing the way the tunes go down with new crowds'
Stage time for 1st set of IPO festival ๐ถ๐ป
On our way to play IPO Festival at the Cavern Club ๐ป๐ถ
Amazing night supporting Toploader . Big thank you to Strathpeffer Pavilion Community Trust. for having us and to Media Pro Scotland Ltd and Prism Event Lighting for brilliant job with sound and lights. Class set from Dashh- aswell..hopefully see some of you at our next one in Nairn in a few weeks ๐ค๐ถ
Looking forward to this one tonight! ๐ถ๐ป
Winnie will be playing an acoustic set at Bella this year ๐ถ๐ป
Winnie in the studio today, working on a demo of our next single "4 Letter Word".. we are gonna need a brass section for it ๐ถ๐บ๐ค
Great to be back gigging again...Cracking gig tonight in Tamworth.. Big thanks to Chris Louca for having us down ๐๐ถ๐ป
On our way to play March of the Mods โ๏ธ๐ถ๐ป
Looking forward to heading back down to play The Cavern again as part of IPO Liverpool๐๐ป
Bandstock
Sunday June 18th
12 pm - 10 pm
Featuring live performances from:
The Side / Space Van / This Machine
MacGilli / Lucid Liars / Rope Limit
DJ sets from Hoggoblin & DJ X
Tickets on sale now:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bandstock-tickets-583117589407
Great to be back jamming again!.. Next gigs for us are -
Sat 1st April, March of the Mods, Tamworth
Sat 22nd April, The Pavilion, Strathpeffer (Supporting Toploader)
Sat 13th May, The Bandstand, Nairn
Delighted to announce we will be supporting Toploader at the Strathpeffer Pavilion on Sat 22nd April 2023
A big thank you to Strathpeffer Pavilion Community Trust. for having us on the bill.
Also supporting are the brilliant Dashh-
Tickets available from -
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/toploader-tickets-425368106457
Prism Event Lighting
Media Pro Scotland Ltd
First gig of the year, road trip down south ๐๐ป๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ. Cracking line up and all for a great cause. More gigs on the way soonโ๏ธ
Our Dec gigs in Perth and Inverness are now also cancelled. Due to ongoing family health issues within the band. We will be back in April 2023 with new music and tour dates ๐
Our gigs at Ironworks, Inverness and Mr C's, Thurso are now cancelled. Due to personal family reasons within the band. Catch some of you in Perth and Inverness in Dec ๐๐ถ
Looking forward to these shows, we're working away on some new tunes just now for them ๐ถ๐๐ป
๐ธ Steve Bull
Thank you International Pop Overthrow Music Festival.. We had an amazing time. Sold out of CD's, got booked for a festival in England next year and made plans for IPO Los Angeles next summer... time for drams! ๐๐ป๐
๐ธMarc Davidson