Pet Shop Boys, KT Tunstall, Russell Watson and Passenger have pledged to play gigs for ‘Passport: Back to Our Roots’, the campaign to raise money for grassroots music venues at risk of closure.Two further artists will be announced on BBC Radio 6 Music during the station’s ‘State Of Independents Day’ on Thursday September 10th.

Pet Shop Boys will be performing at Camden’s Electric Ballroom, Russell Watson at Manchester’s Stoller Hall,...

KT Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter and live-act sensation, has released her fifth studio album. It’s called KIN and is inspired by Tunstall’s new life in California. On April 6, she’s rocking The Alex. Frontview had a companionable chat with her, a few hours before the gig.

I am beginning to think there’s a link between Zermatt & Scotland.

Oh really?

In 2016 Simple Minds performed here. Now you, also scottish,...