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Rocktoberfest 2009
This time last year The Pop Cop came up with an ingenious idea. Having noticed how outrageously attractive the Glasgow gig calendar was in the month of October, we appealed directly to the Lord Provost to declare ‘Rocktoberfest’ the official catch-all name for 31 days of live music in the city.
We mapped out one amazing show per day – from pop and soul to rock ‘n’ roll, from hot newcomers to world conquerors, but despite doing all the hard work for him, the Lord Provost decided not to take us up on our masterplan.
However, like a failed X Factor auditionee who can’t take a hint, we’ve come back undeterred the following year to give it another shot. So here is the fashionably unofficial Rocktoberfest 2009 – the only festival where you will find the Mercury Prize winner, the biggest punk band on the planet, and Frightened Rabbit supporting Sugababes and Daniel Bedingfield in the one city in the one month…
Thursday, October 1, Speech Debelle, The Arches (tickets)
Friday, October 2, Beerjacket, Oran Mor (supporting Joan As Police Woman) (tickets)
Saturday, October 3, The Seventeenth Century, Oran Mor (tickets)
Sunday, October 4, Pixies and Sons And Daughters, SECC (tickets)
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Monday, October 5, The xx, The Captain’s Rest (sold out)
Tuesday, October 6, Animal Kingdom, King Tut’s (tickets)
Wednesday, October 7, Maximo Park and Malcolm Middleton, Barrowland (tickets)
Thursday, October 8, Frightened Rabbit, Royal Concert Hall (Scottish Royal Variety Performance) (tickets)
Friday, October 9, Jamie T, Barrowland (tickets)
Saturday, October 10, Meursault, Over The Wall, Arches (The Skinny and Ten Tracks Twisted Kids Birthday Party) (tickets)
Sunday, October 11, The Noisettes, ABC 1 (sold out)
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Monday, October 12, Teitur, Brother Louis Collective, The Little Kicks, Brel (tickets)
Tuesday, October 13, Editors, Barrowland (sold out)
Wednesday, October 14, Paolo Nutini, Academy (sold out)
Thursday, October 15, Noah And The Whale, Oran Mor (tickets)
Friday, October 16, Kate Walsh, Oran Mor (tickets)
Saturday, October 17, Brendan Benson, Oran Mor (tickets)
Sunday, October 18, The All-American Rejects, Barrowland (tickets)
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Monday, October 19, Green Day, SECC (sold out)
Tuesday, October 20, Jack Penate, The Arches (tickets)
Wednesday, October 21, Pink, SECC (sold out)
Thursday, October 22, Fleetwood Mac, SECC (sold out)
Friday, October 23, Billy Talent, Barrowland (tickets)
Saturday, October 24, The Xcerts, Sloan’s (Oxjam Glasgow Takeover) (tickets)
Sunday, October 25, Phoenix, The Arches (tickets)
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Monday, October 26, Alphabeat, The Classic Grand (tickets)
Tuesday, October 27, Our Brother The Native, The Captain’s Rest (tickets)
Wednesday, October 28, The Young Republic, Nice ‘n’ Sleazy (tickets)
Thursday, October 29, Camera Obscura, Barrowland (tickets)
Friday, October 30, Efterklang, Oran Mor (tickets)
Saturday, October 31, Los Campesinos! and Copy Haho, King Tut’s (tickets)
Beerjacket – Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Billy Talent – Try Honestly
Brother Louis Collective – These Barren Years
Frightened Rabbit – Song Against Sex (Neutral Milk Hotel cover)
Green Day – Favorite Son
Maximo Park – 500 Miles (The Proclaimers cover)
Phoenix – Lisztomania
Teitur – Catherine The Waitress
The All-American Rejects – My Paper Heart
The Noisettes – When You Were Young (The Killers cover)
The Seventeenth Century – Roses In The Park
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