Runrig, Octagon Centre tonight

THESE enduring Scots are probably glad to be playing back in the warm following their one-off outdoor show on the banks of Loch Ness.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Oct 2007, 08:33 BST

Not that Runrig, a band with 30 years history and playing Ibrox Stadium before most English folk had even heard of them, don't have plenty in their song locker to rouse many a chilly soul.

No wonder their music - described by fans as stirring, passionate, inspiring, uplifting, among other things - has seen them play a key role in Scotland's celebration of Highland Culture this year. They remain the only band ever to have had a Gaelic UK top 20 hit alongside their various UK chart singles and albums and current album Everything You See was their first album recorded entirely in the Highlands.

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Same night, different bit of the campus, comic Markus Birdman is in the Raynor Lounge with his show Son Of A Preacher Man.

Part of the city's Grin Up North comedy festival, his set explores being a son, a father and finding the right time to teach your daughter to swear.

It centres on Markus' relationship with his father, who's a vicar, his relationship with his two-year-old daughter and his relationship with God.

"My Dad's a vicar, but I'm an atheist, thank god," he says. "It's an odd religion (Christianity) based on God sacrificing his own son. I mean a child is for life, not just for Christmas."