Over the years Idlewild have played in all sorts of Glasgow venues – but singer Roddy Woomble admits he has no idea what to expect at their Summer Nights show tomorrow.

The gig will be the group’s first taste of the Kelvingrove Bandstand, and Roddy reckons it will add an unexpected flavour to things.

“I’ve been aware of the Bandstand and that it was iconic, but I’d obviously never seen a gig there,” says Roddy, who used to live in Glasgow.

“I’ve no idea what it’ll be like to play, so I’m really curious and excited about this gig, because the setting means it could be a really memorable one for the audience and for us. Hopefully it’ll be a nice evening with the weather or it could be a little more challenging.

“At least if it rains then no-one has to camp in a field afterwards like at a festival!”

Summer Nights gets underway tonight with a show by Van Morrison, kicking off a busy series of gigs, featuring the likes of Tom Jones, Primal Scream and Will Young. It will also be the last chance to see Idlewild perform for a while.

Fans shouldn’t worry, though. The band may have disappeared for a few years before re-appearing with last year’s Everything Ever Written, but this time around their vanishing act is so they can focus on completing another album, with six tracks already recorded.

“The last record was made in quite a disparate way, with just Rod (Jones, Idlewild’s guitarist) and I starting out,” says Roddy.

“Then over the course of the year and a half everyone else joined up and it became a band again. That was quite a creative way to make a record, but this time we’re starting to make the record with five of us, so there’s a lot more confidence with the songs from the start.

“I did feel that a lot of Everything Ever Written’s songs came into their own after we toured them, and when we put out a live album earlier this year that was a better representation of the songs.

“I don’t think we’ll have that problem this time.”

Everything Ever Written marked a new chapter for the band, and not just because of a couple of line-up changes. Over the years the Edinburgh fivesome have evolved from a chaotic, noisy racket into a melodic, anthemic outfit that netted hit singles like You Held The World In Your Arms and American English, drawing upon Scottish folk and roots music.

Roddy credits their longevity to their live ability.

“One of the best things about Idlewild has always been the live shows,” he says.

“When we started out there was no infrastructure in place for us to record, so we just played live, whereas nowadays you can make a song, record it and put it on Soundcloud straight away.

“So the band has always been about just getting great songs and playing them live. Early on we were chaotic and people didn’t know what was going to happen and then we refined the songs a bit. Now we’ve got elements of all of that, and our fanbase has grown up with us.”

Roddy also has some solo plans. He’ll make the 10 year anniversary of debut solo album My Secret Is My Silence with two shows at Oran Mor on September 9 and 11.

“I wasn’t really going to mark that the anniversary, but the Glasgow show sold out so quickly that we added another, and it ended up expanding into a UK tour,” he says.

“That was surprising, because the record was so low-key, although people still tell me how much they liked it. It was a classic word of mouth album, because very little was done to publicise it, and yet 10 years on people are still wanting to hear it.”

Idlewild, Kelvingrove Bandstand, tomorrow, £30, 7pm. Roddy plays Oran Mor on September 11, £15.50.