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Final names added to Belladrum's festival line-up – as eclectic as you like...


By Margaret Chrystall

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A final set of acts has been announced today for Belladrum which brings legends of Scottish pop, new exciting voices, and sounds that come from far away – or just sound like it! – to complete the variety of names completing the festival line-up this year.

Clare Grogan of Altered Images, just announced for Belladrum's line-up.
Clare Grogan of Altered Images, just announced for Belladrum's line-up.

Altered Images with singer Clare Grogan were the new wave/post-punk darlings of the early 80s with hits like Happy Birthday and I Could Be Happy. But they managed to combine chart success with effortless cool too, as Radio 1 DJ and indie music guru John Peel had a well-documented soft spot for Clare and the band.

Last December, they released their first new album in 38 years, Mascara Streakz, which entered the Top 30.

Bonnie Kemplay. Picture: James Mackenzie
Bonnie Kemplay. Picture: James Mackenzie

Also coming to Belladrum, are Dylan John Thomas – who sold out two nights at the Barrowlands – and another rising star, Katie Gregson-MacLeod's Highland tour support singer-songwriter Bonnie Kemplay.

A special Scottish hero Colin Macintyre returns with Mull Historical Society, while there's a chance to catch up with another much-loved Scottish indie act, Broken Records.

An act you will be name-dropping any time soon if you haven't already checked them out are Australia's Little Quirks.

While one you CAN check out – as they will feature in Karawane's next night at Eden Court on Saturday, June 10 – is the unforgettably-named Latina Turners who have an Afrobeat/ Caribbean vibe.

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