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• 29 May 2009

  Tickets go on sale for the 2009 MOBO Awards

  

  Tickets for the hotly-anticipated MOBO Awards 2009 in Glasgow will go on sale on Friday 5th June 2009, it was announced today (Friday 29th May 2009).  The prestigious annual music event will be held on 30th September in the SECC. It is the first time the MOBO Awards Show is being staged outside London in its 13-year history and organisers anticipate that demand for the tickets will be ‘unprecedented’ thanks to the stellar line-up of musicians that is MOBO’s trademark.

  In a double vote of confidence for the venue, the SECC has been given exclusivity for a duration of two weeks to handle ticket sales via its new ticketing website –ticketSOUP.com™, which launches on Monday 1st June 2009.

  The first wave of tickets to go on sale are priced at £29 and £39, with the second wave being made available later in June at £49.  VIP tables can be ordered now via the mobo.com website.

  Category: International Events
• 28 May 2009

  Piping Live! and the World Pipe Band Championships Launch

  

  Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival and The World Pipe Band Championships are set to be bigger and more international than ever this year with over 16,000 pipers and performers along with 50,000 visitors from sixteen different countries descending upon Glasgow during the week of  10th – 16th August.

  As two of the most important events in the traditional music calendar, they showcase the vibrancy and diversity of the pipes by bringing together some of the world’s top international players to perform alongside Scotland’s finest homegrown talent.  Both events are also being supported by Homecoming Scotland 2009 as many pipers and visitors from as far afield as Canada, Pakistan and New Zealand prepare to return to Scotland for Piping Live! and ‘The Worlds’ during this special year of celebration.

  Now in its sixth year, Piping Live! is a week-long festival packed with events taking place at venues across the city, as well as free concerts and displays in George Square daily – including a special Homecoming Scotland “Music of the Clans” presentation. 

  Paul Bush, Chief Operating Officer of EventScotland, the national events agency, said: “These are world-class events that place Glasgow at the centre of the global piping community during August and attract thousands of visitors to the city every year.  2009 is the national Homecoming year and we are celebrating many of Scotland’s great contributions to the world and welcoming home many of the millions of people around the world who have an ancestral link or love for our country.  EventScotland is co-ordinating the Homecoming celebrations, we are delighted to be supporting Piping Live! and the World Pipe Band Championships and look forward to a fantastic week of celebration.”

  Category: International Events
• 25 May 2009

  Cassie Patten to take the plunge in Great Scottish Swim

  

  Cassie Patten, one of the Olympic heroines from Beijing, has signed up to take part in the inaugural Great Scottish Swim.  The 22 year old, who won bronze in the 10k open water swim last summer, was also the winner of the inaugural Great North Swim in Lake Windermere last year.

  The Great Scottish Swim makes it debut at Strathclyde Country Park on August 29th and is over a distance of one mile.  Swimmers will be set off in waves of approximately 200 and the event will be televised for broadcast on Channel 4.

  Patten is relishing the opportunity to return to the water.  “I really enjoyed taking part in the Great North Swim last year and to be doing all four this year is really exciting. I was delighted to beat my friend and rival Kerri Anne Payne to first place. I’m looking forward to coming to Scotland to compete and I’m sure I will again face top class opposition!”

  The Great Scottish Swim has been secured through a partnership between EventScotland and North Lanarkshire Council, and organised by Nova International.

  Category: International Events