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We speak with Bobby Gillespie, front man of Primal Scream who has released a new album, Utopian Ashes, comprised of duets with French singer Jehnny Beth from Savages. Themed around a disintegrating marriage, it鈥檚 a richly orchestrated album that doesn鈥檛 necessarily fit into fans鈥� expectations for either singer.

After Public Health Scotland revealed yesterday that over 1,000 people who attended Euro 2020 matches went on to contract COVID 19, throwing the success of the Government鈥檚 Events Research Programme (of which the matches were a part) into doubt, Anne Torreggiani, CEO of The Audience Agency, joins us to explore just how confident the public are about returning to mass entertainment events, if government plans to remove all restrictions go ahead on July 19th. A recent survey conducted by The Audience Agency found that only a third of theatre audiences would be 鈥渉appy to attend鈥�. More concerningly, this was only a 2% increase on the response to an equivalent question asked in late February.

Karla Black, the Glasgow-based, Turner Prize-nominated artist, discusses her new exhibition in Edinburgh, which reopens the city鈥檚 Fruitmarket Gallery after a two-year, 拢4.3m expansion and refurbishment.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Simon Richardson