The Gig Cartel - Gig guide: Skipinnish Gateshead Sage

Skipinnish Gateshead Sage

(featuring Skipinnish)

Venue: Gateshead The Glasshouse

Skipinnish are at the very top of Scotland’s vibrant Celtic Music scene. Their anthemic songs and rocking bagpipe led tune sets have given them a track record of hits and sell-out shows across the country’s biggest and best music venues. Their popularity is now rocketing in southern parts too!  Following a successful tour of packed out venues in England in 2024, they are returning in 2025 to meet the growing demand from fans South of the border.  

Skipinnish co-founder, Angus MacPhail said – “2024 was an incredible year for the band.  Our Edinburgh Castle 25th anniversary summer show was the biggest gig we’ve ever done and we had our best and biggest tour in England. We cannot wait to return!  Music is universal and it has been incredible to see audiences all over England go as wild at our gigs as fans anywhere closer to home! We are really looking forward to feeling this magic again soon!”

Skipinnish are riding an ever-growing wave of popularity and the last 2 years before Covid hit were the biggest for the band since they began way back in 1999 when co-founders Andrew Stevenson and Angus MacPhail joined forces.  With new additions in the band from these early days including lead vocals, and guitar, recent years have seen the band hit the very top of the music scene in Scotland.  With hit after hit of self-penned songs and a strong mix of powerful bagpipe, fiddle and accordion led tune sets, they encompass the very best of contemporary Celtic Music.

Their large and growing fan base is such that Skipinnish are regularly selling out some of the biggest venues in Scotland. From Eden Court Theatre in Inverness  - where they filled 2 consecutive nights -  to the iconic Usher Hall in Edinburgh and from the Albert Halls in Stirling to the famous Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, every show has been full and audiences have been going wild!

As well as their own headline shows. Skipinnish are one of the hottest acts on the vibrant music festival scene. They have played at various festivals in England, Ireland and the rest of Europe as their international following continues to snowball the band look forward to returning to some Scottish festivals in 2025.