EDWYN COLLINS - event info

Best known for his tenure fronting the Scottish pop revivalists Orange Juice as well as his international solo hit "A Girl Like You," singer Edwyn Collins announces a date at 53 Degrees.

Collins is currently working on a star-studded solo album. The singer has roped in The Cribs' Ryan Jarman and Johnny Marr, Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, The Magic Numbers singer Romeo Stodart, The Drums and Aztec Camera singer Roddy Frame for 'Losing Sleep'.

The 12-track album, which is released on September 13, is Collins's first written and recorded LP since his serious illness in 2005. It was recorded at his own West Heath Studios between November 2008 and May 2010 and produced by the former Orange Juice frontman and Sebastian Lewsley.