Happy Burns Night: The 18 best bands to come out of Scotland
Biffy Clyro, Chvrches, Annie Lennox, Lulu and more
- AC/DC: You might not know it from the Australian accents, but you might have guessed from their names that Angus and Malcolm Young are originally from Scotland. They spent the first 8 and 10 years of their lives in Glasgow before emigrating to Sydney.
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Burns Night takes place over the weekend (Saturday 25 January). We're sure you have your celebrations all planned out already, but there might be some of you who are thinking, "I'm not too keen on the poetry of Robert Burns, or the internal organs of sheep. How else can I observe this Scottish holiday?" With insanely good music, that's how.
Scotland has produced a shedload of brilliant and eclectic musicians and bands, from Belle & Sebastian to Biffy Clyro to Annie Lennox to Chvrches and beyond. Here's a list of the absolute very best.
And yes, The Proclaimers are in there.
