Bishopbriggs Katee’s covid-safe drive in gig a huge hit

With live music gigs severely curtailed because of the pandemic, the talented and popular local musician has come up with an innovative way to get her songs out to her fans.

Katee’s dad and manager Peter O’Neill said: “We had noticed from posts online that a lot of churches in America were doing drive-in services so that’s where the idea came from.

“John and Susan Watson, who own Huntershill Village in Bishopbriggs, have very kindly allowed us to use the car park at Huntershill.

“We have a small elevated stage where both Katee Kross, along with Glasgow band Raintown will perform what will be essentially an acoustic set each. The audience will all be in their own cars parked in front of the stage and the music sound will be transmitted to their car radio.”

Peter added: “This is very much a pilot show but we hope to run similar and frequent shows.”

Katee has lost out on numerous gigs because of the pandemic, including a three-week tour of Germany, but has managed to keep her profile up by livestreaming 17 weeks in a row.

The drive-in concert is on Sunday, October 4, from 2pm.

Katee and Raintown joined forces last year to form TKM (TownKross Media).

They did three sell-out theatre gigs in 2019 and Katee’s album launch sold out too in February 2020 with a combined ticket sales of more than 1200 seats ,

Raintown – Paul and Claire McArthur-Bain – have won 16 music awards in five years. They fuse a passion for country music with their eclectic musical influences.