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Scouting for Girls

November 2019

  • Adrian Chiles

    I'm now the oldest person at the rock concert – should I be worried?

    Adrian Chiles
    My engineer and I were the oldest by far at a crowded student gig, watching Scouting for Girls play live, warm lager in hand. I’m not sure what gave us away …

July 2017

  • The Tan Hill Inn, Swaledale, North Yorkshire.

    'Snowed in 50 times': highest pub in UK goes up for sale

    At 1,732ft above sea level, Yorkshire pub the Tan Hill Inn needs owner with stamina, eccentricity and love, says landlady

July 2015

  • The Obamas with Girl Scouts around a 'fire' made of battery-powered lanterns on the South Lawn of the White House.

    Michelle Obama hosts girl scouts for first ever White House campout – video

    As part of her Let's Move! Outside healthy living campaign, the first lady welcomes a troop of girl scouts to camp out on the south lawn of the White House, which is officially one of the US's 58 national parks

August 2013

  • Scouting for Girls

    What are the worst Best Ofs of all time?

    JJ Dunning: If Scouting for Girls can have a definitive collection, then the possibilities are endless. Here's our selection of some of the most unnecessary greatest hits collections out there

July 2011

  • Say What

    Apps blog
    Former DJ Hero developers set sights on mobile with 8linQ

    Stuart Dredge: UK studio is preparing to release its first iPhone music game, armed with major label tracks

April 2011

  • Plan B

    Ivor Novello awards: Plan B and Everything Everything lead nominations

    Songs by Kylie Minogue, Scouting for Girls, Foals and Tinie Tempah also in running for awards next month

May 2010

  • Scouting For Girls

    Scouting for Girls

    Academy, Leeds
    Young (and not so young) girls holler along with every word – disturbingly so, writes Dave Simpson

April 2010

  • Scouting for Girls: Everybody Wants to Be on TV

    Scouting for Girls might be a huge success, but they don't charm Caroline Sullivan

January 2009

  • All killer no landfiller

    How did a clutch of arty female electro acts end up being tipped as the future of pop? Blame Scouting For Girls and the slow death of identikit guitar music, says Peter Robinson

November 2008

  • Scouting for Girls

    Hammersmith Apollo, LondonScouting for Girls' Roy Stride works tirelessly to engage and entertain the crowd in the first of three sold-out London shows, says Betty Clarke

July 2008

  • Media Monkey
    Scouting for street cred

    Culture secretary Andy Burnham and Tory MP John Whittingdale fell over themselves to show how down with the kids they were at the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee today. Talking about ticket touting, Burnham let slip he had been to a gig with his wife last week. "Have you heard of a band called Scouting for Girls?" he asked committee chairman Whittingdale. "Of course," the Tory shot back indignantly. Next week, the lads discuss The Hoosiers.

January 2008

  • Scouting for Plain White Wombats conquer the charts

    Chart news: Scouting for Girls stays the number one album, while the group's zany brethren (and Basshunter, of course) litter the singles chart

  • In the news
    Icke chump: Robbie Williams has a new pal

    In the news: Did a mutual interest in UFOs bring the two together? Elsewhere, Scouting for Girls take it on the chin, while Madonna takes it on the shins. Also, Britney

  • Scouting for Girls get surprise number one

    Album chart topped by little-known band, with similarly under-hyped Amy MacDonald in second place. Meanwhile, Basshunter's Now You're Gone prevails over over-hyped Adele's Chasing Pavements in singles

September 2007

  • Scouting for Girls, Scouting for Girls

    (Epic)

August 2007

  • Scouting for Girls

    100 Club, London

June 2007

  • New band of the week
    No 127: Scouting For Girls

    Every day, scoutmaster Paul Lester is out on campsites, chopping wood and erecting tents in the name of musical exploration. Today, he teaches three men with infantile dementia how to find fresh water and dump it on their heads.

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