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Nicola Meighan with ideas and inspiration for fun things to do around Scotland in the days ahead and a soundtrack to kick start your weekend.

The Friday Afternoon Show: McFly, DBC Pierre, Belladrum

McFly, DBC Pierre, Belladrum

BBC Radio Scotland - The Friday Afternoon Show, McFly, DBC Pierre, Belladrum

McFly are back! They chat to Nicola about their new single and upcoming album.

McFly are back with a brand new single Happiness! Dougie and Tom from the band chat to Nicola about getting the band back together.

MCFLY are back after a 7 year hiatus with a new single HAPPINESS! Nicola chats to them about their return to studio and what we can expect from the new album YOUNG DUMB THRILLS. 

The Evidence Chamber is a brand new immersive experience where you are part of the jury in a murder trial! We’ll get a review of what it’s like to take part, plus some of the background to the project from creative director Rachel Briscoe. 

For our Make A Difference conversation this week things take a musical turn thanks to 12 Guitars, an initiative that is helping young people gain access to guitars and music tuition. 

Booker Prize winning author DBC Pierre is back with a new novel, Meanwhile in Dopamine City, which casts a critical eye over our love of technology and the difficulty of raising a child in the digital age. 

Nicola gives us an allotment update as harvesting starts in Bridge of Allan. 

And this weekend would have seen festival goers heading north to the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival. To fill the gap of the physical festival this year BBC Alba have two great festival shows lined up, and presenter Niall Iain MacDonald will take us through what we can expect.

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