There was something a little too poetic about the refrain, "I need light" in the Beta Band's signature song, "Dry the Rain," last night (April 18) at Chicago's Vic Theatre. Making the best of a power… ...

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 ...

“I think we owed it to ourselves as a band to fire up the engines and have a trip that was really for us,” The Beta Band’s Steve Mason told us in regards’ to their reunion tour. That tour started on ...

The post The Beta Band Announce 2025 Reunion Tour appeared first on Consequence. The Beta Band will reunite this fall for their first tour dates in more than 20 years. On the jaunt, the Scottish ...

Someone alert the clerks at Championship Vinyl, it looks like late-’90s/early-’00s indie greats The Beta Band are getting back together. The Scottish group, who ...

Watch me sell five copies of the new Beta Band album before this review is over. Apparently the only Scottish combo not currently signed to Matador, the Beta Band has very little in common with its ...

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 ...

The Beta Band is back together. The iconic Scottish act, which consists of Steve Mason, Richard Greentree, John Maclean, and Robin Jones, announced on Monday they would reunite for a tour of the U.K.

Ex-Beta Band members John Maclean and Robin Jones will release their first album as the Aliens, "Astronomy for Dogs," June 19 via Astralwerks. By Michael D. Ayers Ex-Beta Band members John Maclean and ...

“I will now sell five copies of The Three E.P.s by the Beta Band.” With those legendary words, John Cusack’s Rob Gordon put on “Dry the Rain” in the adaptation of High Fidelity. Not only did copies of ...

If they loved the Beta Band so much, why did people give them so much shit while they were still alive? Their early development was so startling-- from pleasant late 90s stoner-hop to a startling mix ...

Scottish rock troupe the Beta Band will split at the end of the year, following a U.K. fall tour in support of its newest release, May’s Heroes to Zeroes. “Sadly, eight years of hard work and critical ...