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George Bowie Teams Up With Sir Rod Stewart And Johnny Mac To Raise Fund For Cash For Kids

The 8th Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference Comes To Edinburgh

The conference, organised by the Scottish section of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, takes place from the 9th to the 11th of May at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

With the central theme of ‘Sustaining Future Reality: Delivering Distilling Excellence and Developments’, distillers, research scientists and suppliers to the spirits sector will come together to discuss current challenges, find groundbreaking solutions and learn from and connect with each other at the 8th Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference (WDSC).

Scots icon George Bowie has created a new genre of dance music with his new GBX and Sparkos remix of a massive country anthem – with the help of Sir Rod Stewart and hitmaker John McLaughlin. Rod insisted on duetting with Johnny Mac and the Faithful on their song Me Oh My, which came out as a single late in 2022, as well as appearing on the band’s album.

GBX DJ and producer George has remixed the song as a special official Cash For Kids single, out now with ALL income going direct to the charity – and Geo has christened it Hoedown House.

The inevitable hold ups meant the song was delayed from the original plan of a Christmas release, but with the Cash For Kids Dress Like A Popstar Day TODAY, the remix is now ON SALE and already raising money for the charity.

With a record number of 160 abstracts submitted from 20 countries, this WDSC promises to deliver a fantastic technical programme addressing a range of themes including raw materials, fermentation, distillation, maturation, flavour, analysis, security and authenticity, engineering, sustainability, data modelling, challenging tradition, and the changing world. The programme will deliver a mix of academic research and industry presentations.

The WDSC also provides a great platform for younger scientists to share their research, with 87 posters being presented at the conference. A total of 43 exhibitors will take part in the trade exhibition.