Kings of Leon have announced their biggest ever Scottish gig. See it and stay in Edinburgh with Serviced City Pads.

Highly-acclaimed American rock band Kings of Leon are to play Murrayfield next June. This afternoon’s announcement that the family group will play at the home of Scottish Rugby – on Sunday 26 June 2011 – follows hard on the heels of confirmation that Bon Jovi will play at Murrayfield on Wednesday 22 June 2011.

The rocker family will play Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, on June 26 this year. It puts paid to rumours they were going to headline next year’s T in the Park. It also stops the grumbles from fans who were incensed the group didn’t include any Scottish dates in their December tour of the UK later this year.

The Murrayfield gig will see the group – singer Caleb Followill, his brothers Nathan, Jared and cousin Matthew – play at the home of rugby. The stadium has a capacity of 67,000 and the biggest Scots venue they had headlined before that had been Glasgow’s SECC in December 2008, although they also headlined T in the Park in 2009.

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The band can’t wait to get back to Scotland and Caleb admitted they keep touring because he has been used to being on the road from birth. He said: “Immediately after my birth, my mom had a little suitcase and put it in between her legs in the footwell of the front seat and laid me in it. “From the word go I was always in the car, so touring was never going to be a problem.”

The band will perform in five UK venues next summer, including a return to London’s Hyde Park, the scene of last year’s triumphant headline performance to 65,000 fans. They will also play shows in Coventry, Sunderland and Manchester. They reached No1 in the UK album charts with fifth album Come Around Sundown which became their third consecutive album to debut at No1. It also took the biggest week one sales of the year and the biggest ever first week digital sales. The Followills, who release new single Pyro on December 6, were in London this week and played seven tracks f rom their latest album, including current hit Radioactive.

The band had a few teething problems early on as they struggled to kick off new track Mary, with singer Caleb later telling the crowd: We are doing some songs we have never played before and we are playing some we haven’t played in a long time, so bear with us.

We’re sure they’ll be better rehearsed in time for Murrayfield.

If you or anybody you know is coming to Edinburgh then try staying in one of our serviced apartments. They are more comfortable and more spacious than a hotel room, allowing you and your friends a place to relax and cater for yourselves. Serviced City Pads have apartments throughout the UK. One of our Edinburgh apartments could be exactly what you’re looking for. Get in touch and see what we can find for your visit to Edinburgh. You can send us an email or you can call 08443358866 to talk to one of our reservations team who will be happy to help you find an apartment.

Edinburgh is one of Europe’s most beautiful and historically interesting cities, and is also Scotland’s capital. Edinburgh’s history dates back to Roman times (AD79) with the city growing in size and stature throughout the middle ages. Much of the stunning architecture dates back to Georgian and Victoria times. Thankfully many of the beautiful buildings situated throughout the old town were preserved and returned to their former glory, during a time when other British cities were pulling down their heritage and replacing it with concrete. Edinburgh is a visually stunning place to visit.

Serviced City Pads has a fantastic range of serviced apartments in Edinburgh for you to choose from. Whatever your group size, requirements or reason for your visit then we can provide serviced accommodation to suit you. See for yourself and make an enquiry to one of our knowledgeable reservations team who can take you through the options and find an apartment that is best for you. Don’t have your stay dictated to you by staying in the same hotels. Our serviced apartments in Edinburgh can be your home away from home and can allow you the freedom to truly explore everything this city has to offer.

We can provide you with fully fitted and furnished apartments in locations spanning the whole city. If you wish to visit Endinburgh then call our reservations team today on 08443358866. Serviced City Pads are the premier booking agency for serviced accommodation in Edinburgh and across the UK We can offer you a varied choice of excellent value serviced apartments. Many of our apartments are available to book online. We can also offer you a personal booking service from a team with strong local knowledge.

Check out the following acts in Edinburgh over the next 4 weeks at the Fringe Festival. The Edinburgh Festival brings acts from all over the world to showcase their talents. The hosting venues are located throughout the city and can be accessed either with a short walk ot bus ride to the venue. There are over 2,000 acts performing throughout the month of August and the first week in September, here are some reviews of current acts at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Serviced City Pads.

Stuart Goldsmith – The Reasonable Man

Despite being from Leamington Spa, Stuart has spent his whole life desperately trying to be interesting. It sort of worked. This is a story of what happened when he tried to be himself instead…A white knuckle, high-octane meander through the worlds of sex, circus and subculture. A glorious stand-up debut from a very nice young man with no tattos. ‘Marries pitch perfect audience repartee with cleverley woven tales of the evryday’ (Independent); ‘Inspired’ (Sunday Times); Every nuance carefully calculated for maximum impact’ (Chortle.co.uk); ‘Hilarious’ (Guardian).

The Blue Lady Sings

The unexpected face of the blues is Unveiled in a Unique Musical Cabaret at the Edinburgh Fringe Free Fringe this August.
In the Blue Lady Sings, celebrated artiste Tricity Vogue sings her way off the wall anf into your heart as she brings kitsch portrait to life with her own band of witty and unusual Blues.Serviced City Pads short stay apartments.

Prepare to be serenaded, danced with, shot at, or all three, as the darling of London’s Cabaret demi-mode makes her dazzling and enchanting Edinburgh debut in the free fringe’s new dedicated cabaret venue Maggie’s Chamber at Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters throughout August.

The Blue Lady Sings is written and performed by Tricity Vogue, with music produced by Nick Trepka, and costumes by Stephane St Jaymes and Salvatore Forino. Serviced City Pads.

Tricity Vogue – she of the twinkle eye, swoonsome voice and cheeky ukulele – brings Tretchikoff’s ‘Chinese Girl’ to life in this funny and pleasingly sentimental show. She’s living the blues, all right, with a variety of tourch songs, pop and rock standards on a blue theme, plus a bit of comedy and storytelling’ (Time Out London).

New Art Club – Big Bag of Boom

Back with their genre-defining stand-up dance, Roden and Shenton, one of the most original acts in comedy, bring together the most explosive moments from a decade of award-winning shows. The clever tricks, hilarious set pieces and brilliant dances that make up their unique world get teased out of their original holes and smashed together into this combustible new show. ‘A slick, warmly delivered, bloody funny slice of modern dance-meets-comedy fun’ (List); Roden and Shenton caper gleefully along dividing line between lunacy and genius’ (Herald); ‘Downright funny’ (New York Times). Serviced City Pads.

Fancy trying something different this year? Bored of the same old city getaways? Well look no further than The Urban Rat Race Adventures taking place in Edinburgh on the 17th & 18th of July this year. The race is not your average run of the mill A to B that you can find at some point during the year in the majority of cities throughout the UK – No this race turns cities into high adrenaline adventure playgrounds for participants of all abilities. You can enter in teams of 2 or 3 and will find yourselves biking, hiking, abseiling, climbing and navigating your way around the roads, streets, structures, waterways of one of the UK’s coolest cities.

Anyone can enter and there is even a 3hour Mean Streets event on the Saturday night if you want to test the water which covers around 10K on foot and designed for some serious fun and games. You have to hunt out different adventure challenges around the city which can range from physical or funny, down to some very much surreal. The event is attended by people from all over the world and has sister events in Bristol, Teeside and even as far as Australia. The Rat Race course is kept a very closely guarded secret until just a few hours before the race and throughout your adventure you should expect the unexpected as they take you into, over, under and through Edinburgh, Rat Race style! One minute you could be running through bustling shopping streets in search of a checkpoint; the next you could be trying your hand at parkour, punching a boxing champ or pole dancing your way to the points. The Rat Race is totally unique in its format, scope of activities and sense of discovery and adventure.

One thing you will need when coming to take part in the Rat Race is accommodation and what would be worse than having to come back to a cramped hotel room after a hard days/nights adventure. It is for this reason why serviced apartments are the right option for you and your fellow racers. Serviced apartments offer over 50% more space than a hotel room and you have a fully furnished living room and dining room as well as a modern fully fitted kitchen so you can kick back and relax or prepare dinner after the long days activities.

At Serviced City Pads there are numerous different apartments throughout Edinburgh in the City Centre and surrounding areas. We have apartments that can accommodate between 2 and 9 people and many at different classes and standards and therefore various prices. For this reason we can offer fantastic accommodation to anyone and everyones needs, budgets and desires. Whether or not you decide to do the 2 day Rat Race or just have a taster at the first night then why not get a serviced apartment and have somewhere to prepare and come back and relax when its all over. Trust me your body will thank you for it. Just imagine lying back on that sofa legs up with a nice Ice cold beer in your hands.

Whether you are in Edinburgh for pleasure or business, we at Serviced City Pads recommend some gentle rambles along the river Leith as the perfect accompaniment to a stay in one of our Edinburgh serviced apartments.

The Water of Leith runs through the centre of Edinburgh. Easily accessible by both road and rail, those booking accommodation in Edinburgh can cycle the whole route in one day, as the entire river is only 24 miles long. Walkers and cyclists can tackle it in a series of stages. This is the best way, as each mile is crammed with things to see.

Dean Bridge, a dramatic construction across a deep gorge, was built by Thomas Telford in the 1830s. The area here was once lined with numerous mills. There are still numerous remnants of Edinburgh’s industrial past to be found, and anyone booking serviced apartments in Edinburgh’s New Town will find it an easy stroll to discover some of them and there are lots of other places and points of interest to be seen in Edinburgh, even if you are here on business.

It’s a downhill ramble past Stockbridge, Inverleith and Cannonmills – as the name suggests, this is where the great cannons used at the castle were forged. There are many more things to see between here and Port Leith, including gardens, museums and stately homes. Book luxury apartments in Edinburgh, and we at Serviced City Pads guarantee the “silver ribbon” of the river Leith will enchant you as it has so many others.

People renting accommodation in Edinburgh know about its famous landmarks – Edinburgh Castle, the royal Mile, Mary King’s Close and more. Alongside the city’s arts program, they ensure the city is buzzing with visitors all year round. But did you know that, for a short time each year, the Doors Open Days program allows visitors access to places of interest not normally open to the public?

Similar to the Heritage Days program that operates south of the border, Doors Open allows visitors the opportunity to “explore some of Edinburgh’s most architecturally, culturally and socially significant buildings,” entirely for free (charity donations welcome). Visitors have the opportunity to walk around stately homes, gardens, observatories, private collections and other attractions that are either not open to the public, or only accessible for a fee. We at Serviced City Pads provide serviced apartments across Edinburgh that are located within some of the main attractions’ areas.

Edinburgh is one of a number of cities across Scotland and Europe with a Doors Open Day program. Jointly organised by the Cockburn Association (the city’s civic trust) and Edinburgh Trams, properties in 2009 included heritage landmarks, civic sites, castles, museums, gardens and follies.  Participating venues included St Andrew’s House (home of the Scottish government), 19th century Drumsheugh Baths (home of the oldest swimming club in Edinburgh), Lauriston Castle and the Nelson monument. All venues had behind the scenes tours, exhibitions, talks and activities – many of them aimed at children.

A stay in one of our luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh is a must for families. For the ultimate cultural experience, we at Serviced City Pads strongly recommend you download the Doors Open brochure (due out in August) and book one of our Edinburgh serviced apartments this autumn.

Wherever you rent serviced apartments in Edinburgh, you are within easy reach of the dramatic Water of Leith. Focus is usually on the cultural and architectural attractions of the town – the castle, museums and university. But there is another part of Edinburgh that those renting accommodation in Edinburgh’s city centre rarely see – the beautiful green spaces and woodlands of its river landscape.

Practically every ancient city in Europe has a river at its heart, and Edinburgh is no different. As well as being sited on the Firth of Forth, it has its own river, flowing through the centre of the city. What is more, you can book apartments in Edinburgh with us at Serviced City Pads, and travel the entire length in just one short stay. By bicycle or on foot, the Water of Leith is just 24 miles from stem to stern. The entire route is accessible by car, and it has good bus and rail links.

The river begins its journey at the picturesque Colzium Springs in the Pentland Hills. From here, it passes beautiful Cairns Castle, Balerno (where it picks up the Water of Leith Walkway), Juniper Green, Dean Village, near Edinburgh city centre and more. It passes numerous historical and natural points of interest, before ending at the port of Leith.

We at Serviced City Pads can think of nothing better than a ramble along this beautiful river walkway, followed by a warm soak in the bathroom of one of our luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh.

How would you get the best apartment for you and your family in a jungle where there are many people who are promising heaven on earth? A search on the internet shows that there are a lot of serviced apartments in Edinburgh and this will give you a lot of headaches if you want to use any of these.

It is thus important to stick to the basics as this is one of the surest ways through which you will get the best results. How would you make sure that you are using the basics for the guaranteed results? One sure way of doing so is using companies such as Serviced City Pads which has a list of the reputable serviced apartments in Edinburgh.

Why you should use these apartments

There are a number of serviced apartments in Edinburgh and getting the right one is guaranteed if you make use of Serviced City Pads. If you get it right, then some of the benefits which you are assured of is a convenient service, unlike is the case in some certain hotel environments.

Convenience remains one of the greatest advantages of luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh. This is because if you have selected any of the serviced apartments in Edinburgh, you know what you want, one can come and go as one pleases, doing what one likes and when one likes.

Apart from this, thee is also more space and privacy. Accommodation in Edinburgh offers a wide range of amenities without hurting the purse, something we all look at especially with what is happening to global economies at the moment.

When we build or purchase houses, there are certain luxuries we look at and these are usually sacrificed if we were to go and stay for a week or two months away from home. This is made worse if we are to make the hard choice of staying in a hotel where there are some rules which you may not be comfortable with.

Worse still, the service in a hotel comes at a cost and this is one reason why many no longer enjoy their holidays. Is there a way out of this? Definitely, there is a way and with the rise of luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh, you can enjoy the luxury away from home.

One should also mention quickly that luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh are priced at a cost which is significantly lower than what hotels ask for. This makes the choice of the apartments in Edinburgh even more appealing.

What adds to the glitter?

Apart from the reasonable pricing, the luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh, as the name suggests, offers the luxury we all long for. The onus is on the holiday maker or tourist to locate the best players in the industry, and in this case, it is Serviced City Pads which can link you with the best apartments in Edinburgh.

After booking, all will be in order and what you do is walk in and find fully-furnished apartments in Edinburgh with all the necessities for your enjoyment. You can now control everything, who comes and who goes. A world of difference from hotels.

How would you look for accommodation in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland? By virtue of its being the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh attracts millions of visitors every year. These visitors have different missions and each has to get the most appropriate type of accommodation in Edinburgh.

If you want to visit this city, we at Serviced City Pads are more than happy to help. We have deep experience in this area and this will make you get the most appropriate type of accommodation. There are important facts which you should bear in mind when looking for apartments in Edinburgh. There are huge numbers of tourists who frequent this city.

It has to be mentioned that unlike is the case with other cities, tourists frequent this city throughout the year – not only in the summer. This makes the issue of apartments in Edinburgh something you should be conscious of throughout the year. It is then important to make sure that you have made an advance booking to avoid the disappointment which may follow.

What types of places are there to stay?

Being the capital of Scotland, there are a number of options for those who are visiting this city. These include the hotels, the lodges and of late the serviced apartments in Edinburgh.

The latter has transformed the way we live abroad as it has tried by all means to make sure that we continue to enjoy the comfort of our homes away from home. Another reason has been the reasonable pricing.