Scott Rowley

Coming soon: the story of Stuart Adamson, founder of not one but two Scottish post-punk bands, The Skids & Big Country. For the first time, his wives, children & bandmates tell their story: unflinching, often funny and brutally honest. bit.ly/stayalivescott…

It will be 25 years since we lost the late great Stuart Adamson, one of Scotland's finest musicians and songwriters. @ScottRowley4 has written this fantastic book that captures every facet of his life. Will never forget my time as part of Big Country. heraldscotland.com/life_style/259…

@PeteWishart Thanks Pete - and thank you for giving me some of your time and wisdom 🙏

Glasgow 4 April, 7pm waterstones.com/events/celebra…

Dunfermline 5 April, 4pm eventbrite.co.uk/e/stay-alive-t…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mojo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Record Collector ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Classic Pop magazine Audio book voiced by Mark Bonnar (sound on to listen). Available a week today: 26 March. Book launches in Glasgow and Dunfermline 4-5 April (links in comments). Stay alive.

Stay Alive gets a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review in Mojo's latest issue. “This superb book rues his absence while celebrating his music’s still audibly beating heart.” Thanks to Keith Cameron for his kind words. The book is out next week.

Glasgow tickets waterstones.com/events/celebra…

Stay Alive book launches in Glasgow and Dunfermline April 4 and 5th.

Dunfermline tickets eventbrite.co.uk/e/stay-alive-t…

The Skids Weekender in Portmeirion this weekend will be the first time anyone has seen and is able to buy a copy of Stay Alive - I’ve only just seen one myself - two weeks ahead of onsale date and at a special price of £20.

Come to the book launch of Stay Alive: The Life & Death of Stuart Adamson at Glasgow Waterstones, for readings, signings and a chat with Sandra Adamson waterstones.com/events/celebra…

@gazzadexy40 In fact: just gone up on the Waterstones site waterstones.com/events/celebra…

@ScottRowley4 Good I’ll shall definitely attend. Look forward to reading your book.

I am on the Word In Your Ear podcast, talking to David Hepworth and Mark Ellen about Stay Alive: the Life and Death of Stuart Adamson. It’s also on YouTube, but this way you avoid having to look at my fat head. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wor…

@gazzadexy40 Hey Gary - There was a bit of a blow to our plans this week, but we’re hoping to do one in Glasgow week of publication, and a couple of others around then, and maybe another in London later in April.

@ScottRowley4 Terribly sad to hear about Stuart. Are you doing any book launches at all Scott?

@BLACKSUN333 Cheers Steve - hope you’re well

@KevMcDempster “Skids”

@KevMcDempster Ha. How did you hear that? It might be true and I would LOVE to come to Liverpool and talk about how a young U2 came over to watch the kids

Coming soon: the story of Stuart Adamson, founder of not one but two Scottish post-punk bands, The Skids & Big Country. For the first time, his wives, children & bandmates tell their story: unflinching, often funny and brutally honest. bit.ly/stayalivescott…

@Hendosussex @BigCountryUK It is 👍🏼

@BigCountryUK Looks great do you know if it’s coming out on audio?

NEW MODERN ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF FORMER BIG COUNTRY FRONTMAN, STUART ADAMSON ‘STAY ALIVE: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF STUART ADAMSON’ By Scott Rowley will be published by New Modern, 26 March 2026 For details and pre-order links: bigcountry.co.uk/stay-alive

We could write a book on what it took to get to this book - Stuart's story. At the heart of it was the courage of his family who took the decision to tell it like it was, no sugar coating. Capturing it was down to the empathetic tenacity of author Scott Rowley. Supporting it were Stuart's musical collaborators - former manager Ian Grant, Skids co-founder @richardjobson, his @BigCountryUK bandmates and many more. A monumental effort which has resulted in a magnificent book. We can't wait for you to read it. @SAIABCT was an enormously gifted music maker. He lives on. simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Stay-Ali…