Glasvegas

It received generally favourable reviews from critics but failed to match the commercial success of previous albums.

In 2018, the band announced a UK tour celebrating the ten-year anniversary of their self titled platinum-selling debut album.

Local gigs in and around Glasgow were frequent and in May 2004 the band released a self-financed limited edition double A-side single, "I'm Gonna Get Stabbed"/"Ina Lvs Rab" on CD.

[6] The single gained an early and positive review for Glasvegas from Rick Fulton of the Daily Record on 24 December 2004.

When Ryan Ross left in late 2004, the band went on a very brief hiatus until Caroline McKay was asked to join the group in early 2005.

McGee was also accompanied that night by ex-Libertine Carl Barât who, on the strength of their performance, offered Glasvegas several support slots with his band Dirty Pretty Things throughout 2006.

In early February 2007 (with assistance from Alan McGee), the band made a video for one of their demos, "Daddy's Gone", which was shot in London and in Glasgow's East End.

In late February 2007, James Allan made the decision to post up all the band's demos on MySpace for free download.

On 14 July, the band supported Dirty Pretty Things for the last time at the Hackney Empire in London which saw Glasvegas join the headliners for an encore and on 23 July 2007 another notable first was the band's TV appearance on Death Disco TV in London at The Cuckoo Club alongside Carl Barât and Milburn.

The band also offered to help in this venture and within a few days Sane Man Recordings was born; the aim was to release 1000 copies of "Daddy's Gone" on 7" vinyl by November 2007.

One of the most immediate consequences of the buzz generated at "In The City" was Ian Brown asking Glasvegas to support him on several dates in late October 2007.

[citation needed] "Daddy's Gone" sold out and was voted the number two single of the year by NME even though the band had only produced 1000 copies.

On 6 October 2008, the band started recording a Christmas-themed second album, A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss), with a view to releasing it in time for Christmas 2008.

Initial recording began at the Electric Lady Studios before the band moved to a Transylvanian Castle in Brasov, Romania.

[11] Throughout 2008 and 2009 the band embarked on a world tour, appearing at various festivals, including support slots for Oasis, U2 and Kings of Leon.

Glasvegas were nominated for the 2009 Mercury Music Prize,[12] however lead singer James Allan disappeared just days before the Awards Ceremony on 8 September 2009.

[13] In January 2010, Glasvegas moved to California and set up a studio in a beach house in Santa Monica where for over five months they demoed, tracked and recorded most of their second album Euphoric Heartbreak.

Santa Monica and its location on Southern California's West Coast had a massive influence on the sound and feel of the new songs.

The remaining band members stayed in Santa Monica until early May 2010 before returning to Scotland with an album's worth of new material.

After a break over the summer, the band headed south to the Assault & Battery 2, a tracking and mix studio in London, with producer Flood through September, October and November 2010.

The tour received positive critical reviews with Simon Price of The Independent on Sunday quoting that "Glasvegas are still – and we desperately need this right now – a band to believe in".

In July 2011, the band toured Australia for the first time playing three shows at The Rosemount Hotel in Perth, The Metro in Sydney and The Hi-Fi in Melbourne before making a festival appearance at Splendour in the Grass held at Woodford 45 miles north west of Brisbane.

The band were also invited to the set of Neighbours by the TV producers which was located just outside Melbourne and spent the day there meeting the cast and crew and were thrilled to be served by Tom Oliver (Lou Carpenter) at Harold's.

In October 2011 Glasvegas embarked on a successful tour of the UK and Ireland starting in Cork, then London and then working their way north via Manchester, Sheffield and York eventually ending with a homecoming gig at the ABC Glasgow on Halloween.

During the summer of 2012 the band started the tracking and recording of all their demos at the Gorbals Sound Studios in Glasgow and the album was completed at the end of 2012.

In June 2013 the band announced that for the second time in their careers they had signed a worldwide major record deal with one of the world's biggest music companies; BMG.

"We played on the Late Show with Craig Ferguson in LA a couple of years ago and William Shatner introduced us as he is a fan of the band," Allan said.

It's a simple live performance by the band with an abstract part in the middle where it looks like the video has been taped over with random visuals.

The band released a third single; the title track "Later...When the TV Turns to Static" to promote the fact that 30 min of footage contained within the Deluxe Almanac DVD was broadcast by Sky Arts.

She had missed several recent Glasvegas shows due to other commitments, and the band acknowledged that she would continue to be in high demand for her talents.

Glasvegas performing at the Dundee Doghouse, 2007
Glasvegas performing at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival
Glasvegas performing in Germany, 2011