The DJ is used to headlining huge stages, but fondness for these islands led him to schedule a three-date island tour here with euphoric results for a lucky few
Other than the odd piper or Gaelic singer, the Isle of Harris is a place usually short of much live music. Visitors comment on the almost eerie silence that covers the island from dawn ’til dusk. After dark, the best you can hope for is an appearance from the local covers band Passing Places – or perhaps a ceilidh in the village hall. So you can imagine the commotion when one of the world’s biggest DJs turns up to play for an audience of 200 vape-wielding teenagers and tattooed ravers on a Friday night.
Months after playing for an audience of 20,000 at Madison Square Gardens and closing Coachella with a main stage performance alongside Skrillex and Four Tet, Fred Again announced he would be coming to the Outer Hebrides. And not for a holiday: his three-date tour would see him play village halls on Skye and the Isles of Lewis and Harris, each venue more remote than the last.
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