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Two Tenementals benefit gigs this week - Wednesday in Glasgow for Honorary Scotians, Friday in Kinross for Doctors Without Borders. We’ll be playing a full set at both (and we're on last). Both start at 7pm. Here’s some words from David. Come along and help us spread the word!

Govan Old Parish Church has an extraordinary collection of medieval burial stones which are more than well worth visiting- and a great shop which is now stocking our album, on CD and vinyl. Swing by!

Many thanks to Zara and the @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff who helped host The Tenementals Listening Post for Glasgow Doors Open Day this afternoon. Thanks to those who bought records, CDs, t-shirt and/or signed up to our mailing list. The biggest draw on the day was, of course, The Tenementalsauras

Three years tonight we performed our first full gig! Stephen Sheriff, the then Director of Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival programmed us to play Glasgow Trades Hall. We were super-chuffed to be awarded 'Outstanding Event of the Festival' award a few weeks later. Were you there?

People Make Glasgow! A night of poetry, comedy & music hosted by Honorary Scotians, a charity which integrates new Glaswegians into the city Wed 24 Sep, 7-10pm. FREE. Book a space at the e-mail below. We are on last - and we're playing a full set. See you there! open.spotify.com/track/7x7caJ...

Thanks to whoever created a Spotify playlist for Die Moorsoldaten. Our full-length German-language version sits astride some celebrated performers – Luke Kelly and The Dubliners, Pete Seeger, Hans Wader, Paul Robeson, Ernst Butsch, Choir of the GDR People’s Army! open.spotify.com/track/1ph3Ck...

Here'e a link to more info about the film fundraiser we posted about earlier.

Thanks to the always on-the-ball, Mr @lostglasgow.bsky.social for noting that today is the anniversary of the execution of John Baird and Andrew Hardie for their part in the 1820 Radical Rising. Our 1820 song focused on a man deported whose name remains uncertain ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lat1...

Here's a film crowdfunder that you might want to support. Read more at the link ..... www.indiegogo.com/projects/thi...

Beautiful song. Beautiful voice.

One year ago today, we put this video out into the world. The inimitable Monica Queen on vocals, singing a cover of a Victor Jara classic, accompanied by Simon on guitar. What a voice! Catch Monica Queen and Thrum performing at Airdrie Town Hall, Saturday 13 April. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ege...

Free symposium @uniofstandrews.bsky.social - 4 October. People Make Places: Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity "The heart of the project is The Tenementals, who tell the story of Glasgow in music. How might popular music contribute to community-building in the east of Scotland?"

Free symposium on Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social on Saturday 4 October - there's performances, talks and more. Book a place here: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/peopl...

I love this bilingual version of Die Moorsoldaten / Peat Bog Soldiers by the excellent Tenementals

On this day in August 1933, left-wing political prisoners in Börgermoor, a nazi concentration camp, first performed Die Moorsoldaten, or Peat Bog Soldiers. Here’s a video of our German/English version, featuring Lily Mohaupt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaCK...

Congratulations to the Village Hotel Strikers who announced on the picket line yesterday that they've secured a major victory on pay and conditions. This is the first British hotel strike in 46 years and it's a historic and significant win for the young workers. They are an inspiration to all of us!

Here's looking at you, kid. We put together a fifty-minute montage of film clips for Elder Park Festival. We'd be interested to hear the thoughts of those who were there. So, if you fall into that category, add a comment below, or send us a message. Thanks! Photo: @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social

To support their work in Palestine and elsewhere, we'll be playing a fundraising gig for Medecins Sans Frontier in Kinross on Friday 26 September. Many other acts already announced. Come along. Spread the word. www.tickettailor.com/events/kleok...

Every day at 6pm, Mothers Against Genocide in Scotland and others are gathering at various spots across Glasgow (and beyond) to bang pots and pans to protest against the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Some footage from tonight at Kelvinbridge.

This is t-shirt weather - make the most of it! £15 plus p&p. Available from our website - free badge with every one!

What a fantastic day at Elder Park Community Festival. It gave us enormous pleasure to invite one of the Village Hotel strikers to the stage; Shakeira spoke eloquently and passionately as she outlined the young workers' case and received a great response. Do what you can to support them!

Main stage times for today, if you're coming along. Free entry.

Many thanks to Luis Rive at Sunny Govan Radion for having our David on his show last night. Played a few tunes, talked about tomorrow's festival and gave a big shout out to the Village Hotel @uniteunion.bsky.social strikers. Tune in! www.mixcloud.com/SunnyG103/pa...

Top night at the Franz Ferdinand SWG3 gig! What an incredible onstage energy they have - and the tunes to match it. The wonderful Matthew Rich at M.A.R.Studio was doing his amazing live screen printing, and to top off an outstanding evening, The Owl of Minerva featured on the pre-show playlist!

This Friday we'll be playing a short set at The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR's album launch. Doors are 8pm and we'll be on first so get there sharp. You won't want to miss the man himself who has amassed a sizeable band for the night. Tickets are super-cheap. Come along! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gorgeo...

If you missed it first time, check out this @historyworkshop.org.uk podcast about The Tenementals!

Many thanks to The Mighty Steg G who invited us along to his show on Sunny Govan Community Radio this morning to talk about our forthcoming performance at The Elder Park Festival. It's on this Saturday, 16 August, 12 noon to 8pm. Tune in and come along. FREE ENTRY!

One week today: FREE outdoor music festival in Govan. Loads of great bands - we're the last act on the main stage. But come along for the whole affair. Pass it on!

Keir Starmer's government will be remembered as one which responded to a state-organised genocide by criminalising the people who campaigned against it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The young members of @unitescotland.bsky.social Hospitality who are striking for equal pay at Village Hotel are an inspiration! They need your support to win - come along to the solidarity picket tomorrow (Sat 9 August) from 4pm. All welcome. Donate to the strike fund if you can. Please pass it on!

To paraphrase Macbeth, brought down by vaulting greed www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Yesterday we went along to support the Village Hotel workers - well done to the overwhelmingly young people who are striking. David offered support if there was any moves to organise a fundraiser. Get along to the picket line, or make a donation to the strike fund. All power to the striking workers!

Two weeks tonight, we'll be playing a few songs to mark the release of The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR's new album! We'll be playing three or four songs alongside the fab acts below. It only holds 100 so get yer tickets while you can!

Workers at Village Hotel Club in Govan are set to take historic strike action in their fight for the real living wage, paid breaks, and an end to discriminatory pay practices. We'll be joining the picket line this Sunday at 2pm. Come along! If you can, contribute to the strike fund. Pass it on!

In March 2023 we played a gig with Mick Lynch at Stephen Skrynka's amazing Revelator Wall of Death. It was an extraordinary event. We made some commemorative t-shirts, which we thought were all long gone but we've just found 14 down the back of the couch. Go get 'em. tenementals.com/t-shirt-the-...

People in Glasgow, out on the street against the far right. Pass they shall not.

There's a fab triptych of exhibitions at Street Level Gallery - get down there to see it all in its totality. Thanks to Street Level for stocking our album. They'd sold out so we took down a new batch. If you buy one there you'll get a free Tenementals badge! Love this photo by Gerry D’Ambrosio.

Some words we put up on Facebook.

On this day in 2022, we were part of Live in The Lane, a festival hosted by La Chunky Studios and Rafa's. Our compere on the day was the wonderful @zanyzaz.bsky.social who you can now catch in her own unny AF comedy show. Check it out! Photo Nate Cleary www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

We're playing at this free local music festival in Govan on 16 August. There will be loads of great bands on the day - come along; pass it on!

The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR, AKA The Tenementals' Dark Night of The Keyboards, AKA La Chunky Head Honcho, AKA Ronan Breslin, will be celebrating the launch of his album on 15 August. We'll be playing three or four songs alongside the fab acts below. It only holds 100 so get yer tickets while you can!

History Workshop Journal is one of the world’s leading academic History journals, so it’s an honour and a half that they’ve published this extended podcast with David about our debut album – tune in! www.historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/can-...

HE IS THE FLY. Check out the forthcoming exhibition by super-lovely Matthew Rich from M.A.R.Studio. He'll be exhibiting images taken whilst flyposting Manchester in the early 80s. Showing at @monorailmusic.bsky.social 17-30 August. Here's the man himself last weekend at The Revelator Wall of Death.

Detailed analysis of the illustrations connected to the scores of Die Moorsoldaten (Peat Bog Soldiers), first performed in a German concentration camp in 1933. Written by @corinnabittner.bsky.social from research conducted at @diz-emslandlager.bsky.social. blog.ehri-project.eu/2025/06/05/i...

Mr Lost Glasgow himself, Norry Wilson, looking cool and urbane, with that Tenementals t-shirt peeking through his jaiket. A man of impeccable taste!

Another great exhibition at Stephen Skrynka’s amazing wall of death in South Street. One more day to go. Free entry. Worth a visit to see The Revelator alone!

Hollywood was in Glasgow recently and parts of the city were re-imagined as, well, who knows? We wrote Post Production -the first song about Scottish film policy🙂- in part cos these productions can't take the place of cinema being used by people who live here to tell our own tales 📷 Gordon Terris/ET

Here's four of wonder-photographer Julia Bauer's many shots from our recent record store gig at Glasgow HMV. We've posted more to our Insta and Facebook pages so head over there if you want to catch some of them (@tenementals). What a great day!