The Waterboys are the first headliners to be announced for the 2017 Hebridean Celtic Festival.
The festival will also feature singer songwriter and former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan, as well as Tide Lines, a Scottish band with strong traditional influences who launched earlier this year.
It will be a third appearance at HebCelt for The Waterboys formed in 1983 by Mike
Scott. Their first visit, in 2003, set a record for the biggest ever gig in the islands,
and their return in 2012 was a huge sell-
Their most recent album, Modern Blues which was released last year, was recorded
in Nashville, produced by Mike Scott and mixed by the award-
The band will close the four-
Mike Scott said: “I am delighted to bring my troupe of musicians back to Stornoway and Lewis for another fabulous bash at HebCelt! We have some Americans in the band and I look forward to blowing their minds with the beauty of Lewis and the wildness of the people."
Lucy Spraggan, who describes her music as 'A-
She appeared on the X Factor in 2012 and since then her audition video has been viewed 35 million times on YouTube.
Tide Lines are a four-
The band consists of former Skipinnish members Robert Robertson, from Lochaber and Ross Wilson, from Mull; as well as Alasdair Turner, from Alness, and Fergus Munro from Glasgow.
First acts announced for Hebridean Celtic Festival 2017
8 December 2016