Roxanne de Bastion

A live appearance by Roxanne de Bastion, a British singer-songwriter whose music sits within pop, rock and indie, at The Hug and Pint in Glasgow.

Roxanne de Bastion is a British singer born in Berlin in 1986, whose work spans songwriting, writing books and artist activism. The career has been built independently, and the music falls within pop, rock and indie. The recent single Simple Pleasures, with its electro-tinged, Britpop-adjacent sound, is one of the newer releases.

The new album Here Lies Human contains ten upbeat alt-pop songs about the end of days, produced with Tony Visconti and Steph Marziano. It follows Me and You, We Are the Same (2021), produced by Bernard Butler. The literary debut The Piano Player of Budapest, published in 2024 by Little, Brown, recounts a grandfather's persecution during the Second World War and how he and his piano survived. A companion album, Songs from the Piano Player of Budapest, was made with Simon Tong of The Verve.

Both projects were launched with an event at London's Royal Albert Hall, and the singer was the featured guest on an episode of Jools Holland's BBC3 show Earlier. The Hug and Pint, the Glasgow venue for this date, hosts concerts and shows.