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Katie Gregson-MacLeod heads home for four intimate dates


By Margaret Chrystall

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One of the most hotly-tipped singer songwriters in the world is heading to her hometown in a short tour of the Highlands next month.

Katie Gregson-MacLeod
Katie Gregson-MacLeod

Inverness musician Katie Gregson-MacLeod who was signed to Columbia Records last summer, will perform four dates – the Ceilidh Place, Ullapool, on April 1; An Lanntair, Stornoway, on April 12; Portree LAS on April 13: and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, on April 15.

It's an intimate tour as Katie, until recently a student and working in a coffee shop, swaps the global audience her candid songwriting and stunning vocal abilities have attracted since her song complex (demo) went viral on TikTok last August.

This year will see Katie take her live show to festivals up and down the country including, Connect, Barn

on the Farm, The Great Escape, and she wiill be back at Belladrum later this summer.

The Inverness singer songwriter's recently released songs written for piano EP follows the independently-released single Second

Single Bed and Katie’s 2021 debut five-track EP Games I Play, which was played on BBC Radio 1,

BBC Music Introducing and BBC Scotland.

Vic Galloway named Katie as one of BBC Scotland’s 25 artists to watch in 2022.

Tickets for Katie's April dates will go on sale at 10am (Tuesday, March 7) from www.ticketweb.co.uk

“‘complex’ has allowed Katie Gregson-MacLeod to take her place in an impressive lineage of female singer-

songwriters” - The New York Times

"A plaintive, heart-tugging ballad about unrequited love, 'complex' showcases Gregson-MacLeod’s innate musicality,

the descending piano chords underpinning vocals rich with vibrato and longing" - The Sunday Times

"Katie Gregson-MacLeod’s songwriting is as dynamic as it is honest

as it meditates on the pitfalls of complicated love" - NYLON

“Katie’s songwriting and vocal abilities have kicked up a bit of a fuss” - Dork, Hype List 2023

"there’s a quiet confidence to Katie’s work that eases gently into a realm of its own" - CLASH

“‘complex’ is in and of itself a stunning piece of songwriting, but perhaps most important is that the song’s success

came on the heels of years of hard work from Gregson-MacLeod” - The Line of Best Fit

"Katie Gregson-MacLeod has already captured listeners’ hearts with

her vulnerable lyricism and stunning vocal ability" - Notion

“this is perfect, I have not heard many songs capture the transition between youth

and adulthood...the lyrics are just incredible” - Jack Saunders, Radio 1

Live Dates:

11 th April - Ullapool – The Ceilidh Place

12 th April - Stornoway – An Lantair

13 th April - Portree – LAS

15 th April - Inverness – Eden Court Theatre


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