Euro2020 Fan Zone Festival line-up to showcase Scotland s vibrant cultural scene A PACKED programme of live performances has been announced for the UEFA Euro2020 Glasgow Fan Zone. Glasgow Green is set to showcase Scotland’s diverse cultural scene across 23 days of events, including contemporary and traditional music, comedy and drag nights, cinema, dance, and family entertainment, which, organisers say, will take place in a safe environment. Events are scheduled on days with no matches and will be viewable only from the Food & Beverage Garden area. The Fan Zone will be set up as a largely seated venue, with physical distancing in place and all performances must be booked in advance.
Martin Compston has lavished praised on Scotland s Nicola Sturgeon as he backed calls for another independence referendum.
The Line of Duty star said the SNP leader was the most competent person to lead Scotland to recovery following the economic fallout from coronavirus lockdowns.
The Scottish actor, who stars as Steve Arnott in the hit BBC drama, also made a critical comparison to Boris Johnson s approach to the pandemic, citing how the Prime Minister was shaking people s hands back in March 2020.
Laying out his support for Scottish independence, he added that Scotland had consistently not voted for the last decade of Conservative governments.
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Compston fans will be able to see him again soon in the forthcoming thriller Vigil which was filmed and is set in Scotland aboard a nuclear submarine.
In addition to the weekend series finale of Line of Duty, Compston took part in an online SNP rally for the Scottish Parliament elections.
He joined fellow high-profile SNP supporters, including actors Brian Cox and Alan Cumming, the star crime writer Val McDermid and Mogwai frontman Stuart Braithwaite.
DI Kate Fleming, played by Vicky McClure, and Martin Compston as DI Steve Arnott in the BBC drama Line of Duty (BBC/World Production/Steffan Hill)