Frightened Rabbit, & Lightning Seeds to support Paolo Nutini at Edinburgh's Hogmanay

Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2016

Friday 30th December to Sunday 1st January 2017
Princes Street, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, EH2 3AB, Scotland MAP
£12 - £65 (+ booking fee)

Daily capacity: 80,000

Last updated: Mon 14th Nov 2016

The line-up of support acts for Paolo Nutini's Concert in the Gardens and the Night Afore Concert have been announced for Edinburgh's Hogmanay on the 31st and 30th December respectively..

Frightened Rabbit will appear on the first night and Lightning Seeds the second with The Vegan Leather appearing on both nights.

A special competition, Hog the Stage, has also been launched in partnership with Forth 1 and The List to find two of Scotland’s best new bands who can win the chance to join the bill and open one of Paolo’s shows at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. Bands from across Scotland are being asked to submit new music and the top 5 will be hand-picked by Paolo Nutini and entered into an online public vote to select the winners. One of the winning bands will open the Night Afore Concert (30 Dec) and the other will open the Concert in the Gardens (31 Dec).

Submissions open 10am, today Monday 14th November via edinburghshogmanay.com and will close 5pm, Friday 25th November. Paolo will personally select a shortlist of his top five favourite bands, which will be put to an online vote to find the winners. The winning bands will be announced on Wednesday 14th December.

Al Thomson, Director of Unique Events, who produce Edinburgh’s Hogmanay on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council, said, "We’re thrilled to welcome more incredible music onto the Edinburgh’s Hogmanay bill and to give new Scottish bands the opportunity to join Paolo, Frightened Rabbit and The Lightning Seeds with our ‘Hog the Stage’ competition, which would see them play to thousands and could help launch the career of Scotland’s next biggest band."

Edinburgh's Hogmanay organisers Unique Events are expecting another sell-out three day festival, with 150,000 visitors from over 80 countries visiting the celebrations in Scotland’s capital city last year, bringing an estimated economic benefit of over £40 million to the city (figures based on 2014/15 event). Edinburgh’s Hogmanay will not only kick-start 2017, but also launches a year of celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Edinburgh becoming the world's leading festival city. The Festival is also a key part of Scotland’s Winter Festivals celebrations.

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Tickets for Night Afore Concert with Paolo Nutini are priced at £65 (inc. booking fees) for the Enclosure and £55 (inc. booking fees) for the Gardens.

Tickets for the Street Party, the Old Town Ceilidh with Belhaven, the Final Fling, Candlelit Concert, pre-booked Torches and wristbands for the Torchlight Procession, are all now on sale. Tickets for the Concert in the Gardens and the Stoats Loony Dook are already sold-out.

Street Party tickets are priced at £25 (including booking fee). Early bird tickets for EH postcode residents priced at £20 (including booking fee) are available until 30th November. Old Town Ceilidh with Belhaven tickets are priced at £47.50 (including Booking Fee). Torches for the Torchlight Procession can be pre-booked (priced at £12), price includes a wristband for access to the Torchlight Procession, additional wristbands for accompanying friends and family can be purchased at £3. Sale of Torches and Torchlight Procession wristbands include a donation to Unicef. Tickets for the Final Fling are priced at £6.50 (including Booking Fee) and £20 for a family ticket, (2 adults, 2 children) and for Candlelit Concert at £18.50 (including booking Fee).

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