We speak to Ben Walker ahead of his debut at Glasgow’s TRNSMT

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Ben Walker is a singer songwriter from Scotland.

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00:00Hi, my name is Ben Walker. I'm a 20-year-old singer-songwriter from the

00:03North East of Scotland. I've been singing now three years and I'm playing

00:09transmit. I've been absolutely blessed over the past two years to just have had

00:12every gig just more and more folk loving what I do, loving my songs, loving what

00:18my band and I are about. When the offer came through I obviously cried. I

00:24couldn't believe I got it. It's been a dream of mine since I was like 14.

00:29It's the pinnacle of the Scottish music scene, especially for me

00:33anyway. I think what you can expect from our set is a lot of energy. I think

00:37it's probably the best place to start the party of that weekend. We're on at

00:4120 to 3 and I think it'll be an absolute scorcher of a set. I just played a

00:46festival there and I was so happy with the set, so happy with the guys. It's

00:50sounding absolutely awesome. So get yourself down, it's gonna be

00:54great. I'd say my music's for like fans of Jake Bugg, Sam Fender, Catfish and the

00:58Bottlemen. I also love country music as well, just a little bit in there. Luke

01:02Holmes fans would absolutely love my set. I don't know, my songs are

01:07generally just written off of experiences that I've had. It's pop music

01:11isn't it? It's a bit of everything. It's just all these influences. I mean I

01:15go from Oasis to Guns N' Roses to Kings of Leon. It really is just a blend of

01:21everything. Every show we give it our absolute best, so I think Transmit's

01:24just a case of turn up and do the best possible job that we can, which is what

01:28we always do, and enjoy the moment. It's a huge thing and it doesn't happen

01:32very often and so to be able to get to do it, you know, you never know the next

01:35time you're gonna be in one of these situations. I hope I'll get to play it

01:39again, you know, maybe we'll see me closing the stage one day, but until now

01:44I'm playing Riverstage on Friday and I'm so excited for it.

01:47Favourite venue in Glasgow? King Tut's. It's just everyone's favourite. I think second to that,

01:53the best venue, the one I want to play, the Barrowlands or an O2 Academy. I think

01:57that would be an absolutely awesome one. Hopefully I'll get to do that this year.

02:00And then my second favourite venue would be St Luke's. They've all got amazing

02:05character, really, really passionate staff that care about the music that goes on

02:09within it. Every gig, every day they go into work, you know they're happy to be

02:12there. And then obviously the legacy of all the amazing artists and bands that

02:17have played in these places, the events and functions that have been held. My

02:20favourite bands on the Glasgow scene just now are probably Plasticine, Brogueel and

02:25Soapbox. I think they're all doing absolute bits. They're all playing this

02:28festival as well, so I can't wait to see them. I think they're going to smash it

02:31as well. I'll be going for the Friday-Saturday. I'm going away on the

02:34Sunday to Spain songwriting. I'm not sure quite how I'm in the position to be as

02:39lucky as that to write songs in Spain, however I'm going to take it. I'm

02:43super looking forward to Gerry Cinnamon and Liam Gallagher's set and also seeing

02:47just some of my friends on the other stages, Vista's. I'm super looking

02:50forward to picture this. They've been on my For You page for ages. Yeah, it's

02:56going to be a great time. I'm looking forward to having my whole family there

02:58as well. It's going to be a nice full circle moment. They've been there,

03:00they've been here in me in my bedroom and then moved to the grain shed on the

03:04farm for the TikTok videos. So it'll be nice to see them playing to more than

03:08my mum, dad and my dog.

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