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11 - 13 July 2025 GLASGOW GREEN @TRNSMTFEST
Four men posing in front of a brightly colored flower graffiti wall, with one mid-kick toward the camera in a playful stance.
Four men posing in front of a brightly colored flower graffiti wall, with one mid-kick toward the camera in a playful stance.

Dictator

Dictator
BBC Introducing Sunday, 13 July
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From one East Coast to the next – meet Dictator. Hip hop beats, funk, jazz and indie collide to create one of Scotland’s most fiercely original bands.

Since forming in 2019, the West Lothian four-piece – consisting of vocalist Michael Campbell, guitarist Zach Tarimo Goodhur, bassist Joe Murty, and drummer Allan Ramsay – have consistently defied expectations of what a guitar band should be, unafraid to experiment and push their sound into exciting new territories, without ever taking themselves too seriously.