Darius gets a couple of mentions in this article.

 

ROCK OF THE TOWN

VH-1 experts will decide this weekend which UK city is the best for music

By Brian Mciver

IT doesn't matter whether it's Franz Ferdinand, Travis or Darius, everybody loves to see a star act from their home town doing well.

 

But this weekend the argument over which city is the rock capital of the UK will be settled.

 

Eight locations across Britain and Ireland are doing battle in a head-to-head contest on VH-1.

 

Glasgow, home to Travis, Wet, Wet, Wet, Simple Minds among others, is the only Scottish contender in the VH1 Nation's Favourite Music City and is taking on Birmingham, Dublin, London, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Blackwood and surrounding areas in Wales.

 

Experts will compare the success of artists and calculate the winning location by seeing which city's stars have amassed the most No.1s in the last 20 years. Here is a guide to the country's most successful rock cities

 

The Nation's Favourite Music City is on VH1, Saturday, May 26, at 7pm.

 

 

GLASGOW

 

 

AS the only Scottish representative, we need to hope that the combined skills of Darius, Michelle McManus and Wet Wet Wet take Glasgow over the top.

 

 

With two of the best live venues - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and The Barrowland Ballroom - Glasgow has a proud tradition of rocking out and is in with a decent shout.

 

 

Primal Scream, Fairground Attraction, Edwyn Collins, The Bluebells, The Fratellis, Franz Ferdinand, Simple Minds, Texas, Altered Images, Travis and Belle and Sebastian all hail from Glasgow. While Lanarkshire acts like Soup Dragons and The Jesus and Mary Chain get a shout and Paisley's Paolo Nutini and Gerry Rafferty are included by proximity.

 

 

Former Altered Images singer Clare Grogan said: "I've got a soft spot for all the Glasgow jangley guitar types - Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Franz Ferdinand and new band BriColage.

 

 

"Music is a way of life in Glasgow."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks, Preston. who out of that lot had number ones, I know some.

I wish these could listen to him really sing. At least we've been lucky enough to see him with just his guitar and a great voice.

 

Just Darius and his guitar, Darius and the group, Darius and an orchestra, Darius and a jazz band - his songs and his voice work so well with them all.

 

I can't wait to hear him perform his new music and I don't really mind whether he's on stage himself or with some/many others and I don't care if it's in a tiny intimate club, theatre, arena or even Hampden Stadium again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems ages ago now since I heard him singing his own songs. :(

I think it was Lincoln nearly 2 years ago :o

Portsmouth 18 months ago was the last time for me. I think he was right to step away from the circuit, though.