Tam Coyle
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Tam Coyle is a Scottish DJ, music promoter[1] and Scottish football "superfan".
Career
In the early 2000s, Coyle worked for Glasgow City Council as their Music Business Development Officer.[2]
He is a music promoter[3] famous for promoting The Stone Roses[4] and a Disc jockey[5][6] described by Scottish entertainment magazine The List, in 2007, as a "local legend".[7] He was the first music booker for King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and suggested the name for the Glasgow music venue to the owner.[2] He has DJed at Scottish football events, for The Proclaimers,[2] and has at times, DJed four nights a week in his home city of Glasgow.[2]
He was previously the Chair of the Scottish Music Industry Association[8] and is currently the Scotland Representative for the Scottish music event Independent Venue Week.[9]
Personal life
Coyle has attended over 100 Scotland international football matches since 1985,[10] and was described by the Daily Record (Scotland) as a "superfan" in May 2021.[11]
References
- ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Steve Lamacq, New music from She Drew the Gun, "I only describe myself as a blagger and chancer because I can't spell 'entrepreneur" – Tam Coyle on the Glasgow scene". BBC. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chrystall, Margaret (2020-02-21). "Tam Coyle takes his new music passion for a spin". Whats On North. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "10 things that changed my life: music promoter Donald MacLeod". The National. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ Young, Fiona (2011-10-22). "Stone Roses: The rock and roll legends Scottish beginnings". Daily Record. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ McKay, Gabriel (2017-06-02). "Southside bar to host Tartan Army party ahead of Scotland v England". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ Welsh, Susan. "Who remembers when The Proclaimers would play at the Market Bar in Inverness?". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ "Hogmanay in Glasgow and Edinburgh 2008". The List. 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ "Scottish music industry body announces five year plan | Complete Music Update". Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ "IVW Rep for Scotland Tam Coyle in conversation with Alan Morrison – Head of Music for Creative Scotland – Independent Venue Week". Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ↑ Panja, Tariq; Dodds, Kieran (2021-06-14). "Scotland Returns to Soccer's Heights, Trailed by Its Tartan Army". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ↑ McGivern, Mark (2021-05-13). "Scotland fans' fury after cheap Euro tickets are cancelled in 'random' ballot". Daily Record. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
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