03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
200 fans pack into Scottish trad pub for surprise Tide Lines gig
The surprise set was to kick off The Reeling festival week and celebrate the renaming of a stage in the venue's honour at Glasgow's biggest outdoor traditional music festival.
The set, announced just two hours beforehand, marked a full-circle moment for the band, who first performed together at the iconic Finnieston pub.
Robert Robertson from Tide Lines said: 'The Park Bar means a lot to us, it's where a couple of us first played together, long before Tide Lines officially began.
'To come back and play a surprise set here, in the week The Reeling names a stage after it, just felt really special.
'Our fans turned up and packed the pub out at a couple of hours' notice so the atmosphere was amazing - as it always is in there.
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'It felt like a really nice throwback for us, back to when we were very young musicians starting out in Glasgow.
'We can't wait to play the main stage at The Reeling on Friday and to be part of such a brilliant weekend for Scottish music.'
Returning to Rouken Glen Park from June 6–8 features performances from Tide Lines, Talisk, RURA, Dougie MacLean, Shooglenifty, Eddi Reader, Breabach and more.
