Rustie to play first party since 2015 at Sub Club

Rustie will return to the decks this weekend after a seven year hiatus, and his first party since 2015.

Set to play at the return of Numbers to Glasgow’s Sub Club on December 2, which has been on hold since 2019. Marie Davidson, OK Williams and Spencer are also lined up to perform.

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Rustie – real name Russell Whyte – announced he would no longer be playing gigs due to “addiction and mental health problems” in 2015.

Taking to Twitter at the time he wrote: “Due to addiction & mental health problems, all gigs in the near future are cancelled. Very very sorry & hope to see u all soon.”

He added that he “won’t be posting or responding on social media personally for a while. Any posts will come from management.”

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Prior to this announcement Rustie released three albums, ‘Glass Swords’ in 2011, ‘Green Language’ in 2014 with features from D Double E and Danny Brown, and ‘Evenifudontbelieve’ in 2015.

Also in 2015, Rustie released a track created in his hospital bed titled ‘160 Hospital Riddim’ Tweeting at the time: “They keep giving me free extra livez! So here another free track, made after waking in A&E!”

The announcement includes a snippet from a Rustie track. Check it out below.