I know I have Commented so many times on this Brilliance by Runrig, I just had to as this is my Favourite all Time Runrig Song & Hearing it on Bruce’s Funeral Sevice in Cape Breton (Canada) After his Death after Cancer I just had to Comment. Rory Was Amazing playing on his Guitar at the Funeral Service & Singing “Singing Hearts of Olden Glory” Was A Brilliant Tribute !! I hope the Legacy of Runrig will Continue & The Use of the Scottish Gaelic Culture & Music will Continue Forever. As A Proud Scot My Self I hope this Will Happen.
Ich habe Runrig vor über 30 Jahren kennengelernt. Noch immer berührt mich die Stimme von Donnie, liebe ich ihre Musik und besonders das Gälische. Ich verstehe Gälisch nicht, aber ich liebe es! Tief im Herzen fühle ich mich sehr verbunden. Danke Runrig! Schottland ist großartig und wunder schön 💖
Just back from an amazing week on Skye, I am from South West Scotland, but up in the Highlands of Scotland is magical, away from all the 'modern city living'. Listening to this on the couch in the dark with volume up, the hairs on the back of my neck are standing, I would go as far as saying it has a spiritual effect on the Scottish blood in our vains!!!👏👏👏
Seen a few comments about the Bruce/Donnie debate. Please don't - they are both absolutely awesome but Runrig is done now so just listen and watch the amazing music gifted to us by this IMHO, greatest of all bands (whoever was singing lead).
They both have their place but to my mind donnie is by far the voice of runrig . Bruce is great in his own career but not as he was as runrigs lead vocallist
My opinion If they huv tae make a comparison, they don’t huv a clue whit this amazing band’s message has been since the early days gigging in the isles
When u post a video It Is custom to make comments but If u don't like or agree with them delete or stop making vids..There will NEVER B ANOTHER Donnie...The Main Stay Of RUNRIG!!!!
An American that loves Celtic music. I took a Great Courses class on the Celts and was introduced to Runrig. Simply amazing. If reincarnation is real, i was either Irish or Scottish in a past life
coming on a 500 mile journey.. to a place this sassenack calls home. May last year I met the girl of my dreams (unfortunately it was at my friends daughters funeral) he introduced us at one point during the night. the night my journey home began... I drank whiskey that night with a Scottish colleague of his, chatted idly to this beautiful Scottish lass from invergordon in the highlands... then the dj played loch lomond ... straight away I fell in love with the band and my new found lass. we sang and danced like never before... now I too live in the highlands. a place of beauty, tranquillity and peace... Scotland is my home and I am proud to call it so. long live running, long live the home of the brave 😎
And from that point onwards for a while it was unclear if or how Runrig would live one. Then Bruce came to fill the void Donnie had left. And he did a marvellous job not by replacing Donnie, but by carving his own path with the band. You can't replace a person. You can only pick up what they have left and create something new. And that's what Bruce did together with the remaining band.
Having been born in Plockton within our Scottish Highlands I don't ever remember being introduced to Runrig, it was one of those things where you felt that it's always been there, it's part of the package so to speak. They will forever be one of my favourite bands and I honestly think that both Rory and Calum are among the greatest song writers, their lyrics are phenomenal!!
donny was the voice of scotlsnd but went his own way and i wish him succss, bruce will carry the flag and make it his own, he is just as brill, runrig lives on ]
Saw then in 1995 when they played at Irvine's Magnum Centre. My late husband was based at Prestwick with the Royal Navy. Best concert ever, sadly my husband passed away May 1997, played An Ubhal As Airde played at his funeral, so haunting and heartbreaking.
To everyone who has enjoyed this- and I see there are many, please note that Runrig will play The Last Dance finale concert at Stirling on 18 August 2018. I am heartbroken to put it mildly. Runrig you will live forever in my heart (and in my car and on my TV.) Thank you boys for so many wonderful years of music.
ich bin mittlerweile seit über 30 Jahren Runrig Fan und immernoch schwer beheistert! So tolle Musik. Gerdae hänge ich voll in Erinnerungen an genau diese Zeit...hach
I work in Papua New Guinea and was introduced to Runrig thirty years ago by a couple of Scots, relatives of the band who were working in PNG at that time [Hi Ali] . I have a good collection of CDs and DVDs and listen on a daily basis to their Musak. Tried to come to Scotland this year to get in a live performance or two but not enough cash on hand to travel that distance. All my Papuan friends and my family love their Music to . A universal language......
I been a fan for many of years and no better band has ever came out scotland then runrig. There tickets for there show went so fast that they were out saleing Madonna i miss them so much what a band. I hope one day they will come back that will be a good day for Scotland and for there fan's.
I 'm Brasilian and my teacher James M C send me this video for message. I loved this. I have been in Scotland and since this I respect their culture and courage. Scotishis were very brave and give our admiration.
My husband heard a Runrig song on a jukebox when he spent a weekend in Scotland. He loved them. So do I. We have all, or most of there cd's. We listen to them a lot. Xx
THANK'S RUN RIG FOR GIVING US 45 YEAR'S OF YOU'R BEAUTIFUL 🏴 MUSIC ALOE STIRLING CASTLE IS BEAUTIFUL MY OPINION WOULD HAVE BEEN LOCH LOMOND would have been a better choice ? Wishing yourself @ family well in the future 🤗 this our 🏴 our lives ♠️
I was in my 50s before I discovered Runrig and I've been a fan for 20+ years. Got more of their albums than any artist except John McCormack. What beautiful atmospheric music! Have chosen Maymorning for my funeral. Thank you guys!
Best band ever never forget the live Concerts in Denmark 🥰 First encounter i dident know who they were and while working to put beer stands up Donnie was Warming his voice up for a long time Before start. I Said to my husband omg cant he shut up just 5 min. Answer just wait till the start and me pff but omg I was in Aww and been since 🥰
...not only on Scottish blood @31snax. I am German and miss them so much. So sad Bruce is not longer with us. Malcolm is one of the best gitarrists on earth - AFTER Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler.
I saw them in the Barbican Centre in York in I guess 1993..they were great but it was a small crowd and a big soulless venue. About a year later I saw them in Edinburgh with ten times the crowd....what a difference. The atmosphere still gives me goosebumps
Hi Jan , we would have been at that gig . Also saw them at St. Georges Hall Bradford and Oben ! It was a time of life when we went to live bands . Also did a few Saw Doctors and Mary Black concerts ........ fantastic .
I'm a Sassenach with Scottish ancestors and I absolutely love Runrig, My wife and I had a very good night out at Stirling castle where we were piped in by a spot-lit piper on the battlements and the D jay played plenty of Runrig, ....everyone loved it. We all danced the night away.
Im from essex but my dad was was from Greenock i grew up to these and still to dis day i listen to them in memory of my dad had all there songs at my dads funeral n bag pipers to even tho im half scot im proud to be one ..rangers thru n thru too miss u soo much pops allways on my mind n neva will be forgotten i miss u dad from ur wee man cameron lol as u used to call me xx
I hear you brother ,both my parents were runrig fans,both passed away now but when I listen to this it takes me back to when I was younger ,good times,I'm only 20 mins from Greenock,these songs are so powerful for me as I'm sure they are for you,this set is by far my favorite,long live runrig,with Donnie as the lead man obviously👊
There's even a Runrig song that mentions Greenock - and the MacDonald brothers' father had a best mate in the army from Greenock in WW2. Very sadly, that man was killed in his tank. Mr MacDonald took Rory to meet his family in Greenock and they gave Rory their son's accordian - Rory's first musical instrument. So Runrig and Greenock are strongly connected.
It’s 2022, September and I’ve only just discovered Runrig sadly as a result of watching of all things Countdown on TV And a mention by the host of the show….gutted I discovered them too late
I am from Denmark - took part in Dunny's farewell in Stirling in 1997 - and was there on the last dance last year 18th August 2018. Fan for 30 years - love every bit of it!! Look forward to Fans' Q/A in Denmark, Vejle, 24th August 2019. :-)
Great concert, great band and great fans. And how great to ears is the scottish gaellic language. C'est simplement trop génial rrrrrrunrrrrrrig! Thanks for sharing.
I've been a massive Saw Doctors fan for years and being Irish, I didn't really get into Runrig until the recent showing of their last gig on Sky Arts. I'm now hooked... love them. They have the same soul as The Saw Docs who I've seen about 30 times live.xxx
Almost 25 years ago and still one of the best large gigs I have ever attended. Great atmosphere, great singing and playing. A fitting farewell gig, although to my mind his true farewell should have been The Last Dance. I never understood why they didn’t try to feature all the musicians who were ever a part of Runrig in that show as it was the bands final fling.
30years ago if not more I was working on the Newcastle Upon Tyne quay side Market , I was selling confectionary, Standing opposite me was a man selling Cassette tapes, he was playing Runrig music, The music was so good I bought two tapes of him and I have been hooked on them ever since .
30 years ago I heard loch lomond in the radio the first time. At this time I was RUNRIG Fan and I want to go to Scottland. I think its time to go!! And now, so many years later I see and heard Donnies Last track. What had I cray! So many memory`s ! Best Musik ever! And best voice ever!!!
Being from Belfast my sis & bro in law took me to this concert,never heard of RunRig but after this was hooked plus I have worn out about 10 cds of them they are a great band brilliant voice has Donnie 👍👍👍
We saw them here in '97 and again on Skye & also in England(twice), such atmosphere and many years of great 'driving' music on trips between the West Coast & our families in England. Sad to see the boys 'retiring' but they deserve a good turnout in their final 2018 concerts.
An absolutely amazing concert and extremely emotional as was my last year in Scotland before moving to York but after Donnie left the band I got his autograph when he sang with the Glasgow Islay Choir in 1998.......We have been in York 17 years now and called our house "Clach-A-Mhuilinn" and our neighbours are massive runrig fans but that was when Donnie Munro was the lead singer......Bruce has a fab voice but not the depth of Donnie Munros voice........My Dad was convinced we were going to call our house Runrig.....what an amazingly inspirational band they have always been and still are even without the lead man Donnie.....
that's your opinion Bruce outshone Donny by all the miles last night and without him the band wouldn't have survived these past 20 years - the Donnie v Bruce debate is tiresome and utterly pointless - things that are ....
Bruce is a good singer but he can’t sing a Gaelic I noticed that in August he stood down for some of the songs while Donnie could sing the Gaelic 🏴🏴
Solus Na Madainn Edge of the World Canada Ard The Greatest Flame The Mighty Atlantic Mara Theme Chi Mi'n Geamradh Precious Years Every River Protect and Survive Pride of the Summer The Middleton Mouse Sìol Ghoraidh Thairis Air a Ghleann Flower of the West Only the Brave Tureadh Iain Ruaidh Alba Loch Lomond Encore: Going Home Hearts of Olden Glory Precious Years
I'll enjoy this whole 1997 gig while I work this afternoon. Michael Gove's snide remark to Pete Wishart MP today brought me back here. I sold my last kit in 1993 and the only positive thing I have to say about Gove's EU Withdrawal Statement is that he reminded me of Runrig and Donnie singing in Gaelic. @20:28 the days before smartphone lights in which the fire officers tolerated scorch burns on gig gear!
Better without Donnie in my opinion. without him they could have eclipsed U2. but that is not the Runrig way. Donnie is unique, but his voice doesnt have popular appeal, Bruce does! They realised too late, but I get the impression it didnt matter,. To me they love what they do and climbing to the top of the greasy pole is the last of their considerations Long live Runrig and all who have sailed in her!
Donnie's voice doesn't have popular appeal?? I suggest you read the comments posted on any youtube site where Runrig's music plays. Donnie's voice is hugely, hugely! appealing to the public at large.
So Runrig fans like Donnie´s voice? Well Well! That´s like saying Catholics follow the Pope. Ask any of the great unwashed out there and you will find most of them have never even heard of Runrig. Lack of radio play was one reason. They hardly ever get played outside of Scotland in the UK Another was Donnie. He just didnt have mass appeal in the way that the likes of Bono or; even Jim Kerr did. I read one review where the critic wrote "The lead singer (couldnt even be interested enough to look his name up) struts like Jim Kerr with rickets" I took friends with me to concerts and the general opinion was "The band are great, but the singer spoils it" ;Hardly "Hugely appealing to the public at large" then. A lot of them came on board when Bruce arrived.
I know I have Commented so many times on this Brilliance by Runrig, I just had to as this is my Favourite all Time Runrig Song & Hearing it on Bruce’s Funeral Sevice in Cape Breton (Canada) After his Death after Cancer I just had to Comment.
Rory Was Amazing playing on his Guitar at the Funeral Service & Singing “Singing Hearts of Olden Glory” Was A Brilliant Tribute !!
I hope the Legacy of Runrig will Continue & The Use of the Scottish Gaelic Culture & Music will Continue Forever.
As A Proud Scot My Self I hope this Will Happen.
Ich habe Runrig vor über 30 Jahren kennengelernt. Noch immer berührt mich die Stimme von Donnie, liebe ich ihre Musik und besonders das Gälische. Ich verstehe Gälisch nicht, aber ich liebe es! Tief im Herzen fühle ich mich sehr verbunden. Danke Runrig! Schottland ist großartig und wunder schön 💖
Donnie's voice is magical, the most beautiful male voice on earth.
He was great back then, for sure.
Saw Runrig at Edinburgh Castle esplanade around mid 90s and Donnie was absolutely superb.
Runrig was the best band ever. Miss them so much 😢 💔
dito.
Totally agree
RIP our Cape Breton Friend Bruce Guthro your lead singer! Makes you cry with emotion for your whole group! Thank you.
Bruce passed over? I didn’t know this. Im so sorry R.IP. Bruce Thankyou for all the Joy and Happiness you brought for us all. 🤍🦢🤍
OMG.... this is so extremely sad!!!!!
Just back from an amazing week on Skye, I am from South West Scotland, but up in the Highlands of Scotland is magical, away from all the 'modern city living'. Listening to this on the couch in the dark with volume up, the hairs on the back of my neck are standing, I would go as far as saying it has a spiritual effect on the Scottish blood in our vains!!!👏👏👏
it has a spiritual effect even on not Scottish blood in the vains!!!
Seen a few comments about the Bruce/Donnie debate. Please don't - they are both absolutely awesome but Runrig is done now so just listen and watch the amazing music gifted to us by this IMHO, greatest of all bands (whoever was singing lead).
They both have their place but to my mind donnie is by far the voice of runrig . Bruce is great in his own career but not as he was as runrigs lead vocallist
As an old fart expat whose heart is totally homesick right now, I'm with Suzycat 😉🏴
My opinion
If they huv tae make a comparison, they don’t huv a clue whit this amazing band’s message has been since the early days gigging in the isles
Rory blows both of them out of the water anyway 😊
When u post a video It Is custom to make comments but If u don't like or agree with them delete or stop making vids..There will NEVER B ANOTHER Donnie...The Main Stay Of RUNRIG!!!!
Malcome Jones a master musician so talented, 👌
An American that loves Celtic music. I took a Great Courses class on the Celts and was introduced to Runrig. Simply amazing. If reincarnation is real, i was either Irish or Scottish in a past life
coming on a 500 mile journey.. to a place this sassenack calls home. May last year I met the girl of my dreams (unfortunately it was at my friends daughters funeral) he introduced us at one point during the night. the night my journey home began... I drank whiskey that night with a Scottish colleague of his, chatted idly to this beautiful Scottish lass from invergordon in the highlands... then the dj played loch lomond ... straight away I fell in love with the band and my new found lass. we sang and danced like never before... now I too live in the highlands. a place of beauty, tranquillity and peace... Scotland is my home and I am proud to call it so. long live running, long live the home of the brave 😎
Oooh what a beautiful story that gave me goosebumps. Hope you're still in love xxx
@@Rockchicbitch very much so. 😆 life 8n the highlands with my lady is still dream worthy. Thank you xx
Runrig will never be forgotten they were the best band ever seen in the world 🌎 God bless them wherever they are.💓
Created on the Isle of Skye and exported to every inhabited place on earth . Absolute Legends
And from that point onwards for a while it was unclear if or how Runrig would live one. Then Bruce came to fill the void Donnie had left. And he did a marvellous job not by replacing Donnie, but by carving his own path with the band. You can't replace a person. You can only pick up what they have left and create something new. And that's what Bruce did together with the remaining band.
Pete Wishart was a diamond as well. It's sad that he rarely gets a mention. He is in Westminster doing all he can to save Alba! ...old Tich.
@@margaretsmallallan28 true and Brian did a great job in filling his boots.
Having been born in Plockton within our Scottish Highlands I don't ever remember being introduced to Runrig, it was one of those things where you felt that it's always been there, it's part of the package so to speak. They will forever be one of my favourite bands and I honestly think that both Rory and Calum are among the greatest song writers, their lyrics are phenomenal!!
Yep, those MacDonald brothers are supremely talented songwriters! They've written so very many wonderful songs.
One of the best bands ever!!!!! Miss them so much.
Donnie Munro is the voice of Runrig and it will ever be... for me.
Totally agree
...Not the only one, but I agree, the best imo.
The one and only
I wholeheartedly agree 👏🏽
And me too 😭
Malcolm Jones is a brilliant musician . He can play everything
Wow just wow that's awesome.The Scottish language is so beautiful and romantic.💗The singing is so lovely 🌹😻🌹❤️🕯️🙏🕯️🌹
Rory and callum up there with the best for melodies and lyrics
More than that, they are finest songwriting team ever to come from Scotland
Scotland WILL rise and be a nation again This time it will be YES the flower of Scotland will bloom again.
donny was the voice of scotlsnd but went his own way and i wish him succss, bruce will carry the flag and make it his own, he is just as brill, runrig lives on ]
Saw then in 1995 when they played at Irvine's Magnum Centre. My late husband was based at Prestwick with the Royal Navy. Best concert ever, sadly my husband passed away May 1997, played An Ubhal As Airde played at his funeral, so haunting and heartbreaking.
Thank goodness for UTUBE so we can still listen to treasure's like these and Thank you Suzycat.
Always loved Donnie's voice!! Magical!!
Malcolm Jones is such a wonderful guitar player. Love that feller.
Such a talented multi-instrumentalist, not just a guitar player...
I remember seeing him turning up all around Edinburgh as part of a ceilidh band in the 80s. Always a down to earth guy.
@@andysedgley Just a wonderful musical talent, with a real knack for melody
@@andysedgley agree. He can play everything
Was there. Loved it then...loved it now. Love Donnie and Bruce.
All brilliant on vocals, all compliment each other a very talented group.
To everyone who has enjoyed this- and I see there are many, please note that Runrig will play The Last Dance finale concert at Stirling on 18 August 2018. I am heartbroken to put it mildly. Runrig you will live forever in my heart (and in my car and on my TV.) Thank you boys for so many wonderful years of music.
Do you think Donnie will make an appearance?
I sure hope so and that I am not crying too much to watch!
So sad 2 here but Run RIG thx's for nearly 45 years of pure Magic our Hearts shall follow this 🏴
He has announced that he will :-)
I'm going on the Saturday.... Going to be very emotional 😢
ich bin mittlerweile seit über 30 Jahren Runrig Fan und immernoch schwer beheistert! So tolle Musik. Gerdae hänge ich voll in Erinnerungen an genau diese Zeit...hach
Runrig was never the same!
I work in Papua New Guinea and was introduced to Runrig thirty years ago by a couple of Scots, relatives of the band who were working in PNG at that time [Hi Ali] . I have a good collection of CDs and DVDs and listen on a daily basis to their Musak. Tried to come to Scotland this year to get in a live performance or two but not enough cash on hand to travel that distance. All my Papuan friends and my family love their Music to . A universal language......
Tough shite
Just watched the last dance with my 8 year old daughter, loved it 🏴
Always regretted that when I went to the loo Proterra came on. Had to watch the screen from the queue.
Donnie at his best.Such a touching voice .Thank you Donnie and see ya somewhere sometimes. :)
What a fantastic skilled drummer.
Morning light, incredible music by the amazing Runrig.
I been a fan for many of years and no better band has ever came out scotland then runrig. There tickets for there show went so fast that they were out saleing Madonna i miss them so much what a band. I hope one day they will come back that will be a good day for Scotland and for there fan's.
The band that brought out the Celt in all of us. Frequently imitated, but never equaled.
I 'm Brasilian and my teacher James M C send me this video for message. I loved this. I have been in Scotland and since this I respect their culture and courage. Scotishis were very brave and give our admiration.
My husband heard a Runrig song on a jukebox when he spent a weekend in Scotland. He loved them. So do I. We have all, or most of there cd's. We listen to them a lot. Xx
I would love to go back in time, especially to the Loch Lomond concert which I missed. It looks such a wonderful day.
THANK'S RUN RIG FOR GIVING US 45 YEAR'S OF YOU'R BEAUTIFUL 🏴 MUSIC ALOE STIRLING CASTLE IS BEAUTIFUL MY OPINION WOULD HAVE BEEN LOCH LOMOND would have been a better choice ? Wishing yourself @ family well in the future 🤗 this our 🏴 our lives ♠️
I was in my 50s before I discovered Runrig and I've been a fan for 20+ years. Got more of their albums than any artist except John McCormack. What beautiful atmospheric music! Have chosen Maymorning for my funeral. Thank you guys!
I likewise pete
👂👂wer hört noch zu zu Hause
Donnies voice will be never forgotten. best male voice ever
This is the all best music 🎶
Best band ever never forget the live Concerts in Denmark 🥰
First encounter i dident know who they were and while working to put beer stands up Donnie was Warming his voice up for a long time Before start.
I Said to my husband omg cant he shut up just 5 min.
Answer just wait till the start and me pff but omg I was in Aww and been since 🥰
...not only on Scottish blood @31snax. I am German and miss them so much. So sad Bruce is not longer with us.
Malcolm is one of the best gitarrists on earth - AFTER Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler.
I saw them in the Barbican Centre in York in I guess 1993..they were great but it was a small crowd and a big soulless venue. About a year later I saw them in Edinburgh with ten times the crowd....what a difference. The atmosphere still gives me goosebumps
Hi Jan , we would have been at that gig . Also saw them at St. Georges Hall Bradford and Oben ! It was a time of life when we went to live bands . Also did a few Saw Doctors and Mary Black concerts ........ fantastic .
Scotland and Runrig forever ín my heart.❤
I'm a Sassenach with Scottish ancestors and I absolutely love Runrig, My wife and I had a very good night out at Stirling castle where we were piped in by a spot-lit piper on the battlements and the D jay played plenty of Runrig, ....everyone loved it. We all danced the night away.
Mein goot ist das lange her, aber immer noch gut!
Im from essex but my dad was was from Greenock i grew up to these and still to dis day i listen to them in memory of my dad had all there songs at my dads funeral n bag pipers to even tho im half scot im proud to be one ..rangers thru n thru too miss u soo much pops allways on my mind n neva will be forgotten i miss u dad from ur wee man cameron lol as u used to call me xx
cam wright
cam wright I stay right across from Greenock....
I hear you brother ,both my parents were runrig fans,both passed away now but when I listen to this it takes me back to when I was younger ,good times,I'm only 20 mins from Greenock,these songs are so powerful for me as I'm sure they are for you,this set is by far my favorite,long live runrig,with Donnie as the lead man obviously👊
Most powerful music known to me guys beat any old shit music these days don’t care if I’m 33 I will listen Runrig all my life ❤
There's even a Runrig song that mentions Greenock - and the MacDonald brothers' father had a best mate in the army from Greenock in WW2. Very sadly, that man was killed in his tank. Mr MacDonald took Rory to meet his family in Greenock and they gave Rory their son's accordian - Rory's first musical instrument. So Runrig and Greenock are strongly connected.
i was at that concert, brilliant concert. i will always remember it, i came home to see the news the Diana was dead
Listening with my 4 year old letting her here the pipes of freedom Scotland the brave
So was I. So excited to tell my hubby all about it then switched the telly on.
A Scottish mate put me onto Runrig years ago. Been hooked for decades now (and I won more of their albums than he does).
I live in Australia.
It’s 2022, September and I’ve only just discovered Runrig sadly as a result of watching of all things Countdown on TV And a mention by the host of the show….gutted I discovered them too late
I got hooked on Runrig while visiting Scotland in the late 1990’s
I was given a couple of LP's in the 80's and thanks to RUclips we can enjoy there live performances for evey.
Donnie always blows me away.
Just pure music. It can't be true that they are coming to an end. They'll be sorely missed
Had the privilege of being at the last dance Stirling, awesome 👍🎸🥁
I am from Denmark - took part in Dunny's farewell in Stirling in 1997 - and was there on the last dance last year 18th August 2018. Fan for 30 years - love every bit of it!! Look forward to Fans' Q/A in Denmark, Vejle, 24th August 2019. :-)
@@slipstolen donny munroe
how good are Runrig , proper music 😀😀
Great concert, great band and great fans. And how great to ears is the scottish gaellic language. C'est simplement trop génial rrrrrrunrrrrrrig! Thanks for sharing.
I've been a massive Saw Doctors fan for years and being Irish, I didn't really get into Runrig until the recent showing of their last gig on Sky Arts. I'm now hooked... love them. They have the same soul as The Saw Docs who I've seen about 30 times live.xxx
I too am both a Saw Doctors and runrig fan . Having seen both at Barrowland in Glasgow it's hard to separate... both utter winners
Almost 25 years ago and still one of the best large gigs I have ever attended. Great atmosphere, great singing and playing. A fitting farewell gig, although to my mind his true farewell should have been The Last Dance. I never understood why they didn’t try to feature all the musicians who were ever a part of Runrig in that show as it was the bands final fling.
Runrig is for me the band who could perfectly combine folk music with rock and pop influence. Thank you for your upload of this outstanding vid. Dirk
30years ago if not more I was working on the Newcastle Upon Tyne quay side Market , I was selling confectionary, Standing opposite me was a man selling Cassette tapes, he was playing Runrig music, The music was so good I bought two tapes of him and I have been hooked on them ever since .
30 years ago I heard loch lomond in the radio the first time. At this time I was RUNRIG Fan and I want to go to Scottland. I think its time to go!! And now, so many years later I see and heard Donnies Last track. What had I cray! So many memory`s ! Best Musik ever! And best voice ever!!!
Being from Belfast my sis & bro in law took me to this concert,never heard of RunRig but after this was hooked plus I have worn out about 10 cds of them they are a great band brilliant voice has Donnie 👍👍👍
I have followed Runrig since the 80s and still think they're gr8
I first came across Runrig when they were supporting Chris de Burgh in Bournemouth. Bought their LP the next day......
@@JeremyPY dream weaver
Awesome
We saw them here in '97 and again on Skye & also in England(twice), such atmosphere and many years of great 'driving' music on trips between the West Coast & our families in England. Sad to see the boys 'retiring' but they deserve a good turnout in their final 2018 concerts.
I think they have had a great turnout so far. London was amazing!
Great band. I always thought they were so much better than Big Country, truer to the roots
I was at that concert what a night
Wish I had been. Never got to see them unfortunately.
was at the last dance and still emotional. donnie should've been on more. fact.
What a fantastic concert. Thanks for posting it.
the precious years are gone
WOW!!Amazeing wish i'd been there....fantastic love it!!
I posted a couple of songs from the Last Dance concert in August too.
I saw them twice at theBarrowland they were fabulous
Pure brilliance 💯💯💯
Runrig ain't runrig without Dornie ❤❤❤
Listen to this every week. Its amazing. Love the connections it brings xx
An absolutely amazing concert and extremely emotional as was my last year in Scotland before moving to York but after Donnie left the band I got his autograph when he sang with the Glasgow Islay Choir in 1998.......We have been in York 17 years now and called our house "Clach-A-Mhuilinn" and our neighbours are massive runrig fans but that was when Donnie Munro was the lead singer......Bruce has a fab voice but not the depth of Donnie Munros voice........My Dad was convinced we were going to call our house Runrig.....what an amazingly inspirational band they have always been and still are even without the lead man Donnie.....
Andrew Jackson Bruce can't sing Donnie's songs and shouldn't try hope Donnie's there at next years farewell gigs Rory's a far better singer than Bruce
that's your opinion Bruce outshone Donny by all the miles last night and without him the band wouldn't have survived these past 20 years - the Donnie v Bruce debate is tiresome and utterly pointless - things that are ....
Bruce is a good singer but he can’t sing a Gaelic I noticed that in August he stood down for some of the songs while Donnie could sing the Gaelic 🏴🏴
at this concert also,outstanding Donnie FANTASTIC GIG
@@ianangus6992 " things that are " what a perfect way to end a comment :)
This is our lives and our time... :)
as a little boy I saw it as a VHS version and since then, a huge fan of it love goes out thank you :) Canada is my favourite
Magical. Runrig and Donnie Fabulous xx👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for sharing SuzyCat brilliant as usual.
I always come to the party too late. Damn shame I missed it. Wonderful that you or somebody filmed it, thank you for sharing it!
Now that's Music ! ☺
just after runrig played loch lomond they played oban and the sun was setting behind mull it was great
Solus Na Madainn
Edge of the World
Canada
Ard
The Greatest Flame
The Mighty Atlantic
Mara Theme
Chi Mi'n Geamradh
Precious Years
Every River
Protect and Survive
Pride of the Summer
The Middleton Mouse
Sìol Ghoraidh
Thairis Air a Ghleann
Flower of the West
Only the Brave
Tureadh Iain Ruaidh
Alba
Loch Lomond
Encore:
Going Home
Hearts of Olden Glory
Precious Years
I couldn't take the encore, I wept like a bairn....thank you Boys...
was there and it was fab
I have loved runrig for years but difficult to see them in England did see them live in Kettering many years back
I was at that concert was amazing x🏴🏴
Greatest band to come out of Scotland Ever
Indeedy! Cant wait for the weekend at Stirling,
George Woodcock Don't forget the Bay City Rollers !!😁😁
lol
Suzycat1000 Hi , we all need a laugh eh 😁 !! You the ironic thing is , that maybe more people have heard of the Bay City Rollers than Runrig 😱😱😱
Skids , Big Country
What a concert just amazing.
BRILL 👏👏👏👏👍👍👏🏴
God bless but bring back Dornie he was unique ❤❤❤
Was there too. I wish this was available on DVD - I had the VHS but no player now to play it....
Where are you? Maybe I can burn a copy and send to you.
Found you in 1986 by far the BEST Scottish Band Ever Amazing !!!!!!!!!
I'll enjoy this whole 1997 gig while I work this afternoon.
Michael Gove's snide remark to Pete Wishart MP today brought me back here. I sold my last kit in 1993 and the only positive thing I have to say about Gove's EU Withdrawal Statement is that he reminded me of Runrig and Donnie singing in Gaelic.
@20:28 the days before smartphone lights in which the fire officers tolerated scorch burns on gig gear!
GOOD CONCERT! Thanks
Thanks Patrick the final song in the concert has been posted by Erling.
Best band to come out of Scotland by far glad they still going unfortunately without Donnie but the music is still great
Better without Donnie in my opinion. without him they could have eclipsed U2. but that is not the Runrig way. Donnie is unique, but his voice doesnt have popular appeal, Bruce does! They realised too late, but I get the impression it didnt matter,. To me they love what they do and climbing to the top of the greasy pole is the last of their considerations Long live Runrig and all who have sailed in her!
Donnie's voice doesn't have popular appeal?? I suggest you read the comments posted on any youtube site where Runrig's music plays. Donnie's voice is hugely, hugely! appealing to the public at large.
So Runrig fans like Donnie´s voice? Well Well! That´s like saying Catholics follow the Pope. Ask any of the great unwashed out there and you will find most of them have never even heard of Runrig. Lack of radio play was one reason. They hardly ever get played outside of Scotland in the UK Another was Donnie. He just didnt have mass appeal in the way that the likes of Bono or; even Jim Kerr did. I read one review where the critic wrote "The lead singer (couldnt even be interested enough to look his name up) struts like Jim Kerr with rickets" I took friends with me to concerts and the general opinion was "The band are great, but the singer spoils it" ;Hardly "Hugely appealing to the public at large" then. A lot of them came on board when Bruce arrived.
Better without donnie are you fucking tone deaf !! Next you'll be saying Malcolm's not the best guitarist in Scotland idiot!!
Agreed but we can’t forget big country ether
i fair miss runrig & donnie .. loving your video & donnie :)
I miss Runrig too so much. Wish Donnie would play down south!
grt band,, thaks for the upload