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Paolo Nutini is giving 60 fans the chance to see him play a tiny one-off show in a Paisley record store.

The singer wants to boost his local shop Feel The Groove, on Causeyside Street, by staging the unique show for people who buy music there.

Paolo told the Sunday Mail: “We want to encourage that thing of making the trip to your local record store. It’s easy enough to go on iTunes or Spotify and get a song.

“It’s not like I have a record out I’m trying to sell. The idea is you buy any music in the shop, you spend a fiver, you get a token. A tenner you get two, £20 you get four.

“Each token is a chance to win – they go in the hat and 30 people are picked. Each gets to bring somebody along to the in-store show.

(Image: Andrew Neil)

“I like the idea of rocking up with a kit and a couple of amps and doing it as a four-piece but keeping it electric.

“We will get in, have a chance to say hi and maybe conjure up a couple of surprises too.”

The promotion is already running and you have until the shop closes on Monday, October 16, to take part.

The intimate show will take place on October 19, the day before Paolo plays a sold-out Paisley Abbey show for charity as part of The Spree arts fest.

The shop’s site was home to the legendary Apollo Records, where Paolo performed in 2006.

He’s teamed up with new owner Gavin Simpson to try to raise cash to pay for a Feel The Groove sign by local artist Rachel Miller.

Paolo said: “The shop has been there for years. It was The Record Factory, then Apollo Music, with old owner Mike Dillon, where we played in 2006 to launch the first album.

“Now it’s owned by Gavin Simpson, a lovely guy who does a lot in Paisley.

“The sign outside is just temporary. We want to raise funds for them to have a proper permanent sign – that was one of the big ideas.

“There’s a local girl, Rachel Miller, who is a designer and the idea is to have her do this sign for the shop. She will be doing things on a big scale for the 2021 bid too. I think she is an example of the reason why Paisley has got so far in it.”

Paolo is backing the Paisley UK City Of Culture 2021 bid and is delighted at how it’s panned out for local artists.

He said: “It’s been amazing seeing the creative local people getting the platform and the voice they deserve.

“The idea of us all working together – that is why I wanted to be involved. I hope all this going on inspires kids to think they can do things in Paisley, achieve things, stay there and keep that bond.”

And he is thrilled to be playing in the Abbey on October 20.

He added: “Of all the other things I have managed to do so far in my life, getting to a point where my hometown asks me to do something like that makes me feel proud.”