Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Music stars to rekindle legendary 1970 tour with one-off Fife show

Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes.
Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes.

An all-star line-up of musicians and singers from Fife, many of whom went on to become household names in the 1970s and 80s, are reuniting for one night only.

For the likes of Barbara Dixon and Rab Noakes,  the now legendary Great Fife Road Show tour in 1970 was a chance to test their brand of Scottish folk in front of a mass audience for the first time.

The enterprise gave the pair their first foot on a ladder to eventual musical stardom and now the surviving members of the musical collective, including Maureen (Chalmers) Blyth, Davie Craig, Barbara Dickson, Noel Farrow, Cilla Fisher, Jim Herd, Jimmy Hutchison, Brian Miller, Rab Noakes, Davey Stewart and Artie Trezise, are returning to the stage early in the new year for a much anticipated one-off show to celebrate the tour’s 50th anniversary.

The Lochgelly Centre will provide the perfect backdrop in January as the group rekindle old friendships some five decades on.

Rab said the tour had its roots in late 1969 when a troupe of singers from the Fife folk scene gathered themselves together for a trip to Belfast.

“The occasion was an invitation to provide a show around Folksong from Scotland at Queens University,” he said.

“Later that year a wee tour of East Anglia was undertaken and here the name The Great Fife Road Show was unveiled.

“As 1970 emerged, ambition was rife and a tour over the summer months was suggested. And so it came to pass. The numbers expanded and the tour was plotted and we covered all points across Scotland, from Dumfries to Ullapool and a total of some 25 dates.”

A photo from the original tour.

Today, that tour of Scotland back in 1970 has gained legendary status among folk music aficionados and the forthcoming show promises a treat for fans as it will revisit some of those original ensemble pieces and solo performances.

Performers will also pay special tribute to singer and guitarist Des Haldane, who died in 2008, while a segment of the show will be devoted to the much loved and greatly missed John Watt featuring several of his most popular compositions.

The Great Fife Road Show comes to Lochgelly Centre on Saturday January 18, 2020, tickets priced £10 are available now from the box office or online at www.onfife.com.