LEGENDARY Scottish band Hue and Cry will perform in one of their favourite places when they take to the stage in Greenock next week.

The platinum-selling duo, brothers Pat and Greg Kane, are back by popular demand and heading to the Beacon Arts Centre on Sunday November 19 following a sold-out gig at The Albany just over a year ago.

The pair are on the road promoting new album ‘Pocketful of Stones’ inspired by Pat’s love of the likes of Scott Walker and Frank Sinatra.

It was released in September and was two years in the making and Greg says he can’t wait to showcase it to fans at the Beacon.

He told Showbuzz: “I loved The Albany and got a good feeling in there, they treated us really well and the audience were a classic Greenock weekend audience, they were amazing.

“Being on stage is your therapy, once you get on stage nobody can annoy you, nobody can phone you nobody can bug you.

“It’s taken quite a while to make this album.

“It’s a ballad record and one Pat always wanted to write — he’s a big fan of Scott Walker and Frank Sinatra.”

The 12-track album does feature some ‘anthems’ but among the powerful ballads is a duet with London-based Pat and his eldest daughter Eleanor on ‘Let Her Go’.

Greg said: “Everybody’s really warmed to the song.”

The pair, who had hits with ‘Labour of Love’ and ‘Looking for Linda’ in the ‘80s, will be on stage with a full band and while the music business is almost night and day from when they started out their careers, some things never change.

Greg, who still lives in his home city of Glasgow, said: “Labour of Love was a big hit for us 30 years ago this summer and sold 350,000 copies.

“Now a number one album sells about 15,000 copies.

“The business has changed, it’s completely changed and that’s just the way it is, you’ve just got to deal with it.

“We’ve managed to find a way of engaging with the fans we’ve got and keep them engaged and they contribute to what they want us to do.

“It’s more of a two-way street with the people who like your music and want to hear your music and you who makes the music.

“We set up our own social network before Facebook was even launched and, like anything, if you put the shift in you reap the rewards.

“Pat and I have had a 30-year career and still do 30-40 gigs a year, we make a new album every couple of years, we’ve got our own studio up in Glasgow — you know Hue and Cry are in rude health.”

For tickets visit beaconartscentre.co.uk or call the box office on 723723.