The Side

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

18/11/2023

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 ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ™Œ๐ŸŽถ

17/11/2023

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 ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป
https://www.thetoothandclaw.co.uk/events-1/the-side-this-machine-dashh?fbclid=IwAR1eBFsDs6Pj27ggnrMg_z8g9BCIYf7NnNmWlFGkCwl8Ei9m6HCHxzZSZkM

09/09/2023

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! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿปhttps://www.thetoothandclaw.co.uk/events-1/the-side-this-machine-dashh

02/09/2023

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/

31/08/2023

Some more gigs added... London, (Supporting The Swagger) and Inverness, tickets be on sale for that soon ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป

29/08/2023

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! ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽถ

20/08/2023
Photos from The Side's post 19/08/2023

On way to Thurso for Mr C's tonight. Dougie's feeling the heat ๐Ÿคฃ Music starts 9pm, support from Faith Charlton and Colin Manson, Free Entry ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป

12/08/2023

Back to gigging after a wee break, looking forward to heading back up to Thurso next weekend.. Few more gigs on the way soon ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป

28/06/2023

A wee cover from Winnie of "Over My Head" by Ocean Colour Scene ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽน๐ŸŽปโœŠ๏ธ

Bandstock QnA: The Side take in Tamworth and Liverpool 15/06/2023

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 ๐Ÿ™Œ

Bandstock QnA: The Side take in Tamworth and Liverpool 'It's great ... seeing the way the tunes go down with new crowds'

04/06/2023

Stage time for 1st set of IPO festival ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป

Photos from The Side's post 04/06/2023

On our way to play IPO Festival at the Cavern Club ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽถ

Photos from The Side's post 23/04/2023

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 ๐ŸคŸ๐ŸŽถ

22/04/2023

Looking forward to this one tonight! ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป

14/04/2023

Winnie will be playing an acoustic set at Bella this year ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป

11/04/2023

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 ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽบ๐ŸคŸ

01/04/2023

Great to be back gigging again...Cracking gig tonight in Tamworth.. Big thanks to Chris Louca for having us down ๐Ÿ™Œ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป

Photos from The Side's post 01/04/2023

On our way to play March of the Mods โœŠ๏ธ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿป

15/03/2023

Looking forward to heading back down to play The Cavern again as part of IPO Liverpool๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

13/03/2023

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

19/02/2023

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

19/01/2023

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

06/01/2023

First gig of the year, road trip down south ๐ŸšŒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ. Cracking line up and all for a great cause. More gigs on the way soonโœŒ๏ธ

17/11/2022

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 ๐Ÿ’™

26/10/2022

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 ๐Ÿ™Œ๐ŸŽถ

27/09/2022

Looking forward to these shows, we're working away on some new tunes just now for them ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

๐Ÿ“ธ Steve Bull

16/05/2022

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! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’™

๐Ÿ“ธMarc Davidson

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A wee cover from Winnie of "Over My Head" by Ocean Colour Scene  ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽน๐ŸŽปโœŠ๏ธ

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