The 26-year-old former star of Channel 4’s Misfits concedes that before she was cast in Sunshine on Leith her knowledge of the Proclaimers was limited. She knew I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), not ...

By Sophie Williams Coldplay have teamed up with Laura Mvula to cover The Proclaimers’ classic track, “Sunshine On Leith.” Watch the performance in full below. The band delivered an emotive ...

Chris Martin had only heard the Proclaimers single “Sunshine on Leith” for the first time three days before Coldplay performed a cover of the 1988 record for BBC’s Radio 2 Piano Room.

“Sunshine on Leith” is a stage-to-screen jukebox musical that some will find irresistible, others highly resistible. Like the Proclaimers’ songbook, which it builds a formulaic laughter ‘n ...

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Hibs and Proclaimers hits were themselves key characters ... McAvoy in a spectacular production of Macbeth in London. Sunshine on Leith is expected to give him a leg-up, as will Sunset Song ...

The singing. The song is ‘Sunshine on Leith’ by the Proclaimers, and while this probably isn’t the moment to give Why The Proclaimers Are Actually Good the full treatment, the song does that ...

Sunshine on Leith was released in the UK in 1988 but didn't become the big hit the Scottish band The Proclaimers had hoped for. However it has endured and become an anthem of love and a ...

Chris Martin had only heard the Proclaimers single "Sunshine on Leith" for the first time three days before Coldplay performed a cover of the 1988 record for BBC's Radio 2 Piano Room. But the ...

Generally, the intimate numbers like “Sunshine on Leith” or “Letter From America ... in the use of beautiful instrumental versions of Proclaimers songs as underscoring.