Saturday’s   - 1st July 2006

Headlining The Big Day Out it was great to welcome to the Scottish Borders, prior to their UK tour in the Autumn, one of Scotland’s finest and most successful bands, “Deacon Blue”.

They ‘wowed’ the packed out Big Top crowd with all their legendary hits including Dignity, Real Gone Kid and Chocolate Girl among many others. Ricky pleased the locals by wearing one of the Galashiels’ festival rosettes, and drummer, Dougie Vipond received a special crowd welcome due to his popularity on BBC Scotland as a sports presenter.

View the Deacon Blue picture gallery.

For more band info visit: www.deaconblue.com

The supporting line up for Saturday included:

Scottish Ska sensations, “This R 2 Tone” returned for the 2nd year running to get the crowd jumping, delivering an energetic show incorporating the sounds of The Specials, Madness, The Beat and Bad Manners. One of the highlights of their set was getting all the kids on stage to dance along to Baggy Trousers, bringing great music to a new generation. As you will see from our photo gallery we had a very young Ska fan in the audience enjoying every minute.

View the This ‘R’ 2-Tone picture gallery.

For more band info visit: www.skadancecraze.com

Local ‘folk and roll’ legends, “Scocha”, who also played at last years event, were there again this year to give us more of their foot stomping, sing-along, rousing, emotional, traditional Scottish and Celtic music and song with their Rock ‘n’ Roll attitude.

View the Scocha picture gallery.

For more band info visit: www.scocha.co.uk

Top UK Tribute to the Fab 4, “The Counterfeit Beatles”, are gaining a reputation as one of the finest Beatle tribute bands in Europe. All equipment used by the band is the exact replica of the original Fab 4’s gear down to the finest detail. They performed a selection of The Beatles well known hits from the 60s including Twist and Shout, Yesterday and Back in The USSR.

View the Counterfeit Beatles picture gallery.

For more band info visit: www.counterfeitbeatles.com

Up and coming young Scottish talent, “Omniblob”, formed in 2001, have developed a unique catalogue of songs ranging from driving rock to infectious pop. They were the first band of the day which is huge task for any band but went down well with the early afternoon crowd.

Omniblob Gallery coming soon!

For more band info visit: www.omniblob.com