ST. PETERSBURG - The Battlefield Band will perform on Saturday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m., at the Palladium Theater. Tickets are $16 to $20.
Inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength of today's Scottish cultural scene, which they have done much to create and fuel, the Battlefield Band performs music of rare passion and joy under the banner "Forward With Scotland's Past."
They have mixed the old songs with new, self penned material, playing them on a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments such as bagpipe, fiddle, synthesizer, guitar, cittern, flute, bodhran and accordion.
The band was named after the Glasgow suburb of Battlefield, where the group was formed by four student friends. The Battlefield Band has been on the world's roads for 30 years now, distilling their own unique form of the Scottish spirit and bottling it in concert and onto disc. They have broken down barriers and pioneered many new directions which others have followed. Angry, joyful, raucous, contemplative, their music is most importantly accessible to all. For more information visit, www.battlefieldband.co.uk.
Local musican Brendan Nolan will open the show. For more information, visit www.brendannolan.com.
Tickets are available in person or by calling the box office at 727-822-3590, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. and one hour prior to performances. Tickets also may be purchased at www.mypalladium.org.
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