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One week ago we all bid our farewells to Oor Billy the only fitting way we knew how to. Thank you to everyone for coming along to make a very sad and emotional day special for him, partner Christine, Daughter Aimee, family and friends. Two levels packed to the rafters for Billy was quite overwhelming to see. Thank you too for a very fitting service from Willie Evans which must have been challenging knowing Billy so well over the years also cram in a fraction of Billy's antics

Funeral Service & Arrangements for Mr Billy Haggarty. We have been asked on behalf of the family and close friends to share the details for Billy's funeral service to be held on : THURSDAY 9th APRIL 2026 Service begins at 1pm prompt at Dreadnoughtrock - 14-16 King Street Bathgate. EH48 1AX. Parking is free across from the venue in the old train station car park but can be busy but worth a shot or use Acredale Car Park that is only a 5 min walk down to King Street. Please Note

There is quite alot of news to begin April at the Dread. Some good and some sad. FIRST of ALL We will be hosting the Funeral Service of Billy Haggarty on Thursday 9th April at Dreadnought Rock - 14-16 King Street that has been mentioned on out main Facebook page last week. For those without social media or a reminder here are the details : 1pm MAIN SERVICE for Billy (Both levels of the venue will be open for the service) For those able to stand during the service please do

It is with great sadness we have to share of the passing of our own Billy Haggarty on Friday 20 March peacefully at home. A good man (granted stubborn as hell sometimes) a great friend to many, father and Mr Dreadnought for absolutely forever……………….. His loss will not only be devastating on his daughter Amie, partner Christine and family members. It will be for all those closest to him too, also to everyone who knew him or via his…let say exploits in the Dread over the decade

MARCH 2026 is upon us at last and we are off to the SCOTTISH LIVE MUSIC AWARDS TONIGHT as one of the FINALISTS for best live music venue upto 500 capacity along with 5 other excellent venues and a whole host of excellent bands and artists many of whom have graced our wee stage too. Ye just never know and once the fresh orange has worn off tomorrow morning will let ye know how we got on but to make the final 6 in the land is award itself from those who voted and judged us wort

Firstly, sorry for delay in getting a 2026 newsletter/bLOg out to you before now. Just when you think there would be plenty of time in January and February time seems to evaporate or playing catching up with a multitude of things and repairs after a hectic festive period that take up more and more time.    Secondly Due to more and more people requesting the news letters we have had to upgrade and switch to a new company called Brevo to provide a cost effective mail out rather

We have just learned (12.30pm on show day) that Lesley (Blondie) has been struck down but the dreaded Lurgy which has been doing the rounds and really struggling to speak let alone sing. Rather than struggle on with a sub-par performance which is never good for anyone we and the band have agreed to postpone tonight's show to a future date. ALL TICKET HOLDERS have been informed directly earlier and apologies to those who were planning on coming later, still to get a ticket or

2025 is all but done as I jot this down, with just ONE more live show and Saturday night Rock Club on 27th Dec with TEMPTATION WAITS kicking the night off before we see out 2025 Dread Style with our HOGMANAY PARTY in a weeks time. I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the full Rock Crew Team to thank you all keeping the Rock and Roll Train going down the tracks whether it was just coming to one show or really knocking the arse out it every weekend in 2025. It's d

Some really tragic news in this morning I’m sorry to announce. Due to a very sudden bereavement to one of the bands immediate family we will be postponing this show due to take place on Friday 19 th December to Friday 27 March 2026 . Due to the complex nature of what the band play and the integral part the band member plays in the show we have no other option to postpone in such sad circumstances. I’m sure you will all join us in passing on our condolences to the band and me

No point messing about with this update - here are the facts. At today's date 18/11/25 just 10 days before the awesome Airforce are up from London to Scotland and the majestic Medusa Touch are back with us for a great night of Rock, granted original rock that both have been playing for decades we only FOUR TICKET SALES. Yup 4, quatre, vier, quattro, cuatro, fire or if you are turkish - dort. Hopefully you are just as flabbergasted as we all are and at £7 a ticket wasn't as

18/11/25 IMPORTANT UPDATE Due to very slow uptake since putting this event out on sale on 5th April 2025 - Just 25 at todays date. We have already had too many sleepless nights with the uptake also what we know financially we will be facing in 2026 to deliver this show, so had no option to look very closely at all the costs/band fees involved in this show then take an impossible decision to cancel The Meffs appearance on the 2026 Gathering with full agreement from their mana

So far..... No Bad news for a change but think we've had our fair share lately including mini drain disasters, amps blowing up, speakers disintegrating and multitude of repairs to deal with that fortunately the highly tuned technicians were all able to fix in house and wash the bodily fluids away. All of which no one would ever know has gone on behind the scenes but without it would have potentially stopped the machine in it's tracks. We haven't stopped after quite a hectic r

Sadly another show having to be cancelled due to very poor advance sales and no point beating about the bush anymore as it helps no one....

ROCKTOBER at the DREADNOUGHT. Before that a quick look back at September which was quite a challenge if I'm open despite some top live...

Just a quick bulletin of info just in case you didn't know and despite the change starting in January 2025 we NO longer exclusively use...

OCEAN COLOUR SCHEME SHOW on Sat 27th SEPTEMBER CANCELLED. Sadly due to advance ticket sales being lower than expected or needed upto...

We have introduced two new beers to our collection in June. First up - BREWDOG COLD BEER. You deserve crisp, refreshing, very cold lager....

For a decade THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST has supported venues like ourselves with an abundance of resources and support mechanisms. Without...

Over the decades even going back to the days of BEBO and MYSPACE I've pushed our venue and shows across all aspects of the social media....

Due to a complete power outage in the area on Friday 31st where we lost all electrical power from 8.20pm-9.20pm naturally caused a bit of...