The press release also includes a short essay/long quote from acclaimed Scottish author Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) on the band: “I discovered the Beta Band, like I discovered a lot of great music, ...

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Beta Band frontman Steve Mason has revealed he spent 12 years writing his memoir, Failure is Always an Option, while worrying much of that time that it read "like a primary school essay". Ahead of the ...

The Beta Band disbanded in 2004. In 2025, the group quietly reunited to deliver shows in the UK and North America. Now, the band has officially announced their first-ever Australian tour for 2026. The ...

It’s been a long damn time since The Beta Band toured. Like over twenty years, to be more precise. Now, the planets have aligned and the cult Scottish band has returned to the road to give eager fans ...

The Beta Band are back. In March, the Scottish rock experimentalists announced a reunion tour that will take them across the UK and North America. Those travels began tonight with a show at Glasgow's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Beta Band in 1999. (Credit: Brian Rasic/Getty Images) "I will now sell five copies of The Three E.P.s by the Beta Band." With ...

Alt-rockers The Beta Band have spoken of their excitement at getting back together for a reunion tour across the UK and USA more than 20 years since the group split up. The band was formed in 1996 in ...

A beloved indie rock band is reuniting for their first tour in more than two decades. The Beta Band, best known for the song “Dry the Rain” (featured in the “High Fidelity” movie), announced tour ...

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I will now sell five tickets to the Beta Band's reunion tour. The Beta Band, the genre-melding psychedelic folk-rock trip-hop unicorns who opened my first Radiohead concert in 2001, are getting back ...

The Beta Band, the uncategorizable Scottish indie-rock band behind the beloved single “Dry the Rain,” will reunite this autumn for their first tour in over 20 years. The foursome will launch their ...