Category: Live Music

No Room at the Top – Scotland’s Festival headliner problem

by Keira Thomson — Published on 24 April, 2026

In November 2025, Glasgow-based music festival TRNSMT announced its 2026 lineup, boasting headliners Lewis Capaldi, Kasabian, and Richard Ashcroft, former lead singer of The Verve. The largest music festival in Scotland has since been at the forefront of an uncomfortable conversation: its lack of female headliners. This year marks the ninth consecutive year since TRNSMT […]

Is Glasgow a music city for everyone?

by Emmy Leishman — Published on 22 February, 2025

Looking at a sample of 10 small venues in Glasgow, we gauge if they are wheelchair accessible and how readily that information is made available online. Glasgow was given the status of Music City by UNESCO in 2008 and in 2017 the Live Music Census reported it to be home to 241 venues, including the […]