Jim Adkins, lead-singer of multi-platinum rock band Jimmy Eat World, will be playing Glasgow’s Cottiers Theatre in September – one of just four shows in the UK.

The musician is also launching a string of singles this summer every Friday until August 14, having released I Will Go on July 10.

The singles series will also be available as a one-time purchase digital subscription here. Three songs of original material will accompany three cover songs over the six Fridays.

After touring extensively with the band on the back of their latest album Damage, Jim Adkins is looking forward to embarking on his first solo tour of Europe.

He said: “2015 seemed like as good a time as any to take a second and experiment with life outside the pattern.

“In the past I have been involved with solo work, playing mostly benefit concerts locally in my home of Arizona. “Toward the end of our last European tour I decided to stick around and play a solo show in Berlin, DE.

He added: “I thought to myself: Hey, this is different and also pretty fun.. I could keep going. So why not?”