Travis have been announced as Saturday headliners for the second Party at the Palace, scheduled to take place in Linlithgow on the weekend of August 8-9.

Joining Fran and chums on the bill are the previously-announced Sunday headliners Chic feat. Nile Rogers, as well as Justin Currie out of Del Amitri and Gaelic songstress Julie Fowlis.

2014’s inaugural event was an all-Scottish affair featuring the likes of Simple Minds, Frightened Rabbit and Deacon Blue, but (presumably having run out of locally-grown bands) the organisers have brought in more acts from outwith these shores, apart from Chic. Thus, Scouting for Girls and The Feeling are on the bill, alongside The Red Hot Chilli Pipers (definitely Scottish) and Little Eye (likewise). Plus, there’s a return for last year’s ‘surprise’ hit, Horse

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