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Arab Strap switch up their live shows to finish with a happy ending

TO celebrate their 30th anniversary, Scottish band Arab Strap will mark the occasion with their ninth album, Half-Told Tales.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 22

Arab Strap on Kneecap, free speech and gigging in Glasgow

It's been eight months since Arab Strap last performed in Glasgow – and their return comes at quite a time for the city's music scene

The National (Scotland) · Jun 21, 2025

REVIEW: Arab Strap impress at sold-out Barrowlands show

AS instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton slinks and frontman Aidan Moffat swaggers onto stage with supporting band in tow, the crowd and band are raring…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 22, 2024

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'People don’t go to gigs to be happy': Arab Strap on chips, Beyonce and eight pints

ARAB Strap’s lyrics are so raw and honest that fans may feel they know frontman Aidan Moffat and instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton without ever…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2024

The Delgados Chemikal Underground catalogue is fearlessly experimental

SPEAKING in the 2019 BBC documentary series Rip It Up Unwrapped, which examined the rise of independent Scottish music, The Delgados guitarist and…

The National (Scotland) · May 22, 2023

Arab Strap: ‘We’re the last generation that could get drunk without someone filming us’

The mordant Scottish duo answer your queries about retirement and reformation, watching (but not dancing to) Ed Sheeran and what they would bring to a picnic

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2022

Post your questions for Arab Strap

As they prepare to play this year’s Green Man festival, the duo are ready to answer your questions with their usual lugubrious candour

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2022

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Indie legends Arab Strap to play intimate 'stripped back' set in Strathaven this summer

Tickets for the As Days Get Dark acoustic set by Frets events go on sale tonight (Friday, February 4) at 7pm

Daily Record · Feb 4, 2022

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