DVD Details
Davie is a dreamer from the council schemes, constantly hustling for his next buck, then losing it on the horses. After a football injury, Davie falls for trainee nurse Shona and tries to impress her by running a disco.
Along with friends John and Scot, the trio start promoting bands - culminating in a hugely ambitious Iron Maiden gig at the Caird Hall, Dundee. With ambition so grand they go deep in debt with Fergie, a gangster of legendary violence. Davie needs to use every trick to pull off the biggest scheme of his life.
Schemers, released on DVD 25th January 2021 from Lightbulb Film Distribution, was written and directed by music manager David McLean as a way to share the remarkable stories behind his early years in the music business as a fledgling promoter pulling together a stream of ambitious gigs in 1980s which featured bands like Simple Minds, XTC, Ultravox, The Skids and Iron Maiden.
