The big names of Scottish music were on top form on Saturday at a special benefit concert at Glasgow’s SECC in aid of the post-tsunami relief effort. Franz Ferdinand, Deacon Blue,
Mull Historical Society, Travis, Idlewild, Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub and Texas were among the acts that played and helped to raise over £300,000 in funds for the relief effort.
**Colin
MacIntyre**, of Mull Historical Society, made time to perform at the benefit even though he had another gig to play the same day. He told reporters: "I think we were all affected by seeing the reports coming from the Far East. We all know somebody who was there, but more than that it was that we had never seen a wave of destruction, a natural disaster, like this in my generation.
I'm lucky as an artist to be able to perform at something like this."
The
Glasgow concert took place on the same night as another tsunami benefit event in Bristol which saw Massive Attack and Portishead share a stage for the first time.