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• 29 September 2010

  MTV Crashes... Glasgow

  

  MTV Crashes... Glasgow, an exclusive free concert, took place in the atmospheric setting of The Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow’s hip Merchant City and will be filmed as an MTV Worldstage, which will later broadcast via MTV channels in 161 countries and over 640 million households as part of MTV’s global Friday night live music programming.

  In Diddy’s first UK concert in over 5 years, fans had the first opportunity to watch Diddy-Dirty Money perform tracks from the yet to be released album “Last Train To Paris” as well as the hit single “Hello Good Morning”, plus classic Diddy tracks.

  Working in close partnership, MTV, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and EventScotland have developed a 2010 exclusive, bespoke night of music; hosted by the world’s number one youth brand, bringing one of the world’s top artists to Scotland and reinforcing Glasgow’s style credentials to a global audience.

  Diddy Dirty Money was supported by Sketpa and Jodie Connor. Handpicked by Diddy as one of the support acts for this exclusive concert, Skepta, created a twitter storm after producing the grime remix of Diddy-Dirty Money’s single ‘Hello Good Morning’. The collaboration came about after P. Diddy posted a message on Twitter asking UK fans to recommend an artist to do a grime remix of his single.

  Jodie Connor, was discovered by Soul II Soul founder Jazzie B and is now signed to Tinchy Stryder’s label ‘Takeover Ent’. Already this year Jodie has featured on Tinchy Stryder’s top 10 single ‘In My System’ and on Roll Deep’s ‘Good Times’ which stayed at no. 1 for three weeks. Her debut solo single ‘Now or Never’ is out early next year. 

  The Surround Show for MTV Crashes…Glasgow featuring interviews with Diddy –Dirty Money plus a look at the city’s nightlife and musical heritage, will broadcast on 2 October and be repeated 5 times.  MTV Crashes…Glasgow will air in the UK on 8 October at 9pm with 3 repeats on MTV and a further 10 repeats on MTV Base.  The MTV World Stage Programme will air on 29 October via MTV channels in 161 countries and to more than 640 million households as part of its global Friday night live music programming.

  Category: International Events
• 29 September 2010

  Minister Shona Robison visits Junior Ryder Cup

  

  Shona Robison, Minister for Public Health and Sport, was at The Gleneagles Hotel for the Junior Ryder Cup opening ceremony on the eve of the tournament to wish the European and United States teams well for the contest.

  Ms Robison revealed how golf among youngsters is booming as a result of Gleneagles’ successful bid to host The 2014 Ryder Cup and the Scottish Government’s subsequent commitment to introduce the sport to every nine year old in the country by that time.

  The Minister took time out from her busy schedule and ahead of her trip to Delhi, India this week for the Commonwealth Games to congratulate the young golfers on qualifying for their respective teams.

  “It’s a shame we don’t have a Scottish representative in the European team this year for the match here at Gleneagles but we will work on that for the next one,” joked Ms Robison. “The Junior Ryder Cup is a wonderful event and showcases the best golfing talent in Europe and the United States and it is a pleasure to welcome the event to Scotland.”

  The Junior Ryder Cup is just like The Ryder Cup in that it is a biennial match play contest between Europe and the United States, but it is for girls and boys under the age of 18. Past players include Sergio Garcia, Suzann Pettersen and Matteo Manassero, as well as two players taking part in The 2010 Ryder Cup at The Celtic Manor Resort this week, Rory McIlroy and Hunter Mahan.

  Category: International Events
• 28 September 2010

  Junior Ryder Cup European Development Trust donates equipment to schools

  

  The Junior Ryder Cup European Development Trust has made a £5,000 donation of golf equipment to local schools which will help develop the national junior golf programme, clubgolf.

  The Junior Ryder Cup is a showcase of the top young golfing talent in Europe and the United States and an opportunity to celebrate the progress being made at grass roots level in Scotland as a result of the country winning the bid to host The 2014 Ryder Cup.

  As a direct result of that bid the Scottish Government committed to introduce every nine year old in Scotland to golf by 2014, and clubgolf was set up to create initiatives to support development in young golfers. It will ensure The 2014 Ryder Cup leaves a lasting legacy for many years.

  Running alongside this week’s event at Gleneagles, clubgolf has organised a festival showcasing its fun introduction to golf, with 600 local children taking part.  It is the first time a Junior Ryder Cup has welcomed such large crowds.

  The generous donation of equipment will ensure that a new generation of Perth and Kinross children are introduced to golf.

  Category: International Events