BAGPIPE rockers the Red Hot Chilli Pipers are set to storm the stage in Hawick this Christmas as part of their UK tour.

Having brought the pipes and drums to the masses with its groundbreaking fusion of traditional Scottish music and rock anthems, the band will visit the Borders on December 21 with organisers promising “a show so hot it carries its own health warning.”

The kilt clad group formed in 2002 consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards and drummers. The band has performed to more than a million people and scooped the title of ‘Best Live Act in Scotland’ twice.

Counting Ewan McGregor, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Alex Ferguson, Gary Player, The Scottish Rugby Team, Her Majesty the Queen and Samuel L Jackson amongst its fans, the band has achieved international success selling out venues across the world.

Describing its style as ‘bagrock’, audiences can expect a high-octane performance of traditional pipe tunes and contemporary pieces alongside crowd-pleasing covers which have, in the past, included We Will Rock You, by Queen; Clocks by Coldplay; and Smoke on the Water, by Deep Purple, as well as Don’t Stop Believing, by Journey.

To date the band has released six albums with its second, released in 2007, ‘Bagrock to the Masses’ going platinum in Scotland and silver in Great Britain.

The third album, ‘Blast Live’ (2008), went triple platinum in Scotland and the fourth release ‘Music for the Kilted Generation’ reached Number 2 on the US Amazon Chart just missing out on the top spot to Adele’s ‘21’.

The band is finishing a busy 2018 with a UK tour and will visit Hawick Town Hall on Friday, December 21.

The show starts at 8pm and tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk.