A NEW music scheme offers "inspiration and hope" by giving out free gig tickets.

Special gig Soul Food gives music lovers the chance to buy a "suspended ticket" for people who can't afford to buy their own.

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut is hosting the event on Easter Sunday and asks gig goers to buy two tickets - one for themselves and one for a stranger.

Soul Food’s creator, Jill Brown, who is also a singer/songwriter and will headline the event, said: "I have a passion for helping those on the outskirts of society and poverty needn’t be only material.

"We forget that people need inspiration and hope as well as food and shelter.

"I hope that Soul Food will give people a positive experience and memory on which to draw.”

Soul Food works along similar lines to the popular suspended coffee scheme, where customers pay in advance for a coffee for someone who couldn’t afford it.

Chris Beltran, Booking Assistant at DF Concerts and King Tut’s, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Jill to make Soul Food happen at King Tut’s.

"Tut’s has a long history of hosting and supporting charity events and we’re proud to continue that tradition with an event that will greatly benefit three local charities.”

Soul tickets will be distributed to people who receive support from Glasgow City Mission, which works with those who are homeless.

St Rollox Community Outreach Project in the city’s Sighthill area, which helps asylum seekers and refugees, will also see service users receive tickets.

The third charity to benefit is Glasgow Women’s Aid, which runs refuges and support services across the city for women and children affected by domestic abuse.

Jill, a former news presenter turned singer/songwriter, has recently been promoting her first video for her new track, Loaded Gun, which highlights domestic violence.

Musicians Unoma Okudo and Jamie Martin will also be performing at the gig, on Easter Sunday, April 16.

Tickets can be bought for £8 from www.soulfoodglasgow.bigcartel.com