80s icon Jesse Rae returns tonight

CULT 80s icon Jesse Rae returns to the Capital with a live music and video show, which he brings to Paradise Palms, this evening.

By The Newsroom

Published 26th Feb 2016, 11:26 BST

Updated 5th Mar 2016, 04:00 BST

In Party Crackers wi’ Jesse Rae at 8pm, the 80s cult hero, clad in full Highland battle dress, brings his slick, synth-funk, Celtic bon-mots, all sung with a thick Scottish flourish to the Lothian Street venue.

Join the self-styled Funk warrior from the Scottish Borders as he also showcases his surreal, self-directed videos.

Expect also, new tracks from Rae’s forthcoming album. A Scottish music legend, Rae scored popular recognition in 1986 with Over the Sea, the video of which features the kilted, helmeted, claymore-brandishing Rae in New York City, the Scottish Highlands and Edinburgh, winning him a Vira award.

In 2009 Over The Sea was picked as the new Tartan Army national anthem.

As a songwriter, Rae is best known for the 1982 Odyssey hit single, Inside Out.

Jess Rae, Paradise Palms, Lothian Street, tonight, 8pm, 013-225 4186