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Review – The Divine Comedy – live ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Three songs from 1996's breakthrough album "Casanova" took the audience back to the band's heyday.
Hidden behind dark sunglasses and dressed in a dark...
Foy Vance speaking ahead of return to Edinburgh
When Foy Vance walks on stage at the Usher Hall later this year, it will be during a tour marking the end of a...
Ian Anderson coming home to the Usher Hall
For almost six decades, Ian Anderson has remained one of the most distinctive figures in British rock.
As the flautist, singer, and principal songwriter...
Edinburgh Royal Choral Union to perform at Usher Hall
Almost 200 artists will be involved in the performance of Poulenc’s Glora and Bruckner’s Mass in D Minor, conducted by Michael Bawtree, at Usher...
Review – Robert Plant live at Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Robert Plant has never been interested in standing still. “Saving Grace”, released in September, captures the latest phase of his long post-Zeppelin journey: a...
Lets Face the Music – Strictly stars to perform in Edinburgh
Two of the Strictly stars, Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec are heading to Edinburgh with a new shoe called Let's Face the Music...and Dance!
This show...
Review – Suzanne Vega at Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Vega walks on stage and puts on a top hat, alluding to a night of storytelling and entertainment. She opens with her plaintive 1985...
Deacon Blue appreciate success more now
Deacon Blue singer, Lorraine McIntosh says the band now appreciate their success more than ever - as they know every album and tour could...
Van Morrison – live in Edinburgh
It's a fresh Spring night in the city centre and an eclectic group of fans file into the elegant splendour of the Usher Hall....
Van Morrison appearing at Usher Hall
The legendary singer songwriter, Van Morrison, has announced a rare run of UK live performances this March.
He has extended his run of...
Fergus McCreadie and corto.alto join SNJO’s stellar cast at Usher Hall
Mercury Prize nominees Fergus McCreadie and corto.alto join a stellar cast of musician-composers in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s Nu-Age Sounds ll – Planet...
Concert to be held in May to mark VE80
Poppyscotland and Legion Scotland are organising a joint concert at Usher Hall to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe.
Scotland's Salute VE80 will...
Review – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
A sense of atmosphere builds before Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit take the stage at the Usher Hall.
Save The World begins with...
RSNO at Usher Hall – Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto
On Friday night at the Usher Hall, Music Director Thomas Søndergård conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in three pieces.
The first half consisted of...
EIF – The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Thierry Fischer performed five pieces for us.
The first was the light-hearted Guarnieri Suite Vila...
Listen online to Tremolo virtual concert series
The Tremolo virtual concert series began in July and some of the concerts are now available for free online.
The series features Scottish musical talent...
EIF – Opening Concert – St Matthew Passion at The Usher Hall
On Sunday the second of the opening concerts of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) was Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the Usher Hall.
Conducted...
Celebrating 75 years of India’s independence – Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
On Saturday evening at Usher Hall the dominant colours used to decorate inside and out were green, orange and white - the tricolour of...
Love Music Community Choir in concert on Monday
Love Music Community Choir, the largest community choir in the UK is presenting its first in person concert in two and a half...
Mogwai win £20,000 SAY Award
At the Usher Hall on Saturday night, Scottish band Mogwai won the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2021 with As The Love Continues.
On...
Music – Barbara Dickson will tour in 2022
Barbara Dickson has announced a UK tour which will include Edinburgh's Usher Hall during March and April 2022.
The tour is to promote her latest...
Coronavirus – New walk through testing centre open now at Usher Hall
A new walk-through coronavirus testing centre has opened in Edinburgh. The new facility is being provided by the UK Government as part of a UK-wide...
The RSNO bring you the world premiere of a lost Vaughan Williams piece
This coming weekend a large-scale visionary masterpiece, The Future by Ralph Vaughan Williams will be performed - a work that was lost till now....
World Fair Trade Gathering – in photos
The World Fair Trade Gathering was staged at the Usher Hall on Saturday night and presented by Gail Porter and Eunice Olumide. It was...
Antipodean Whole Lotta Love is on the road again
Fire's in their belly and the telly's out the window. It promises to be another utter Usher Hall Masters Mash-up as ‘Stairway To Heaven: Led...
At the Usher Hall on Monday night – Love Music choirs – get your...
The two Love Music Choirs - the Love Music Community Choir and the Love Music Junior Choir will hold their concert next Monday 12...
At the Usher Hall – cinema with a live orchestra
The Senbla Concert Orchestra will provide the orchestral backdrop to British Christmas cinematic classic, Love Actually at the Usher Hall in early December. The...
Review: Caro Emerald *****
Photo: caroemerald.comI’m always surprised when people tell me they’ve never heard of Caro Emerald. Ask any of the delighted audience at Edinburgh’s Usher...
Angela Hewitt will play solo piano with the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Usher...
Sibelius’s visionary Fifth Symphony, plus the musical heroism of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto will feature in the Sunday Classics 2018-19 Season at the Usher Hall.
The...
Review: Love and Affection for Joan Armatrading at the Usher Hall *****
It was a scene doubtless replicated across the country. November 1976. A spotty-faced 14-year-old finally plucks up the courage to strut across the school...
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