Idlewild will celebrate 25 years with a show at The Button Factory

This is just the first in a series of announcements from Idlewild, with several special projects and releases later in the year.

Across nine studio albums, Idlewild have delighted and charmed fans all over the world for a quarter of a century with their sweeping, melodic songs full of soaring choruses and poetic lyrics.

Initially a ramshackle punk rock band - famously described as sounding like “A flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs” - and taking their influence from underground US rock, the band developed over time to include a variety of influences, from indie rock, to country rock and folk. Their albums 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part were critical and commercial hits and proved influential for a whole new generation of Scottish bands.

“When Rod, Colin and I met and formed Idlewild in 1995, none of us expected that we'd still be playing shows and recording songs together 25 years later," says frontman and singer Roddy Woomble. "It feels great to get the chance to celebrate the records and songs we have made together over the last quarter of a century with our fans."

Mailing list presale for the shows starts at 9am on Wednesday March 11, and fans can sign up on their website. Tickets go on sale this Friday via ticketmaster.