Ben Ottewell (Gomez) + support

We're delighted to welcome Hilltop regular Ben Ottewell back for his first Hilltop Live Highlands gig. Some of you may have seen his amazing set at Belladrum's grassroots stage this year, so you know you're in for a treat. Ben is a founding member of Gomez, the British rock act whose debut album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. Gomez never had a designated frontman -- Ottewell, Ian Ball, and Tom Gray all sang, and the band’s albums usually included several vocal performances from each -- but Ottewell took the helm more than his bandmates, making him one of the group's most prominent members. After releasing the band's sixth album in 2009, he began paving the way for a solo career, making his debut with the release of 2011's Shapes & Shadows. His second album, Rattlebag, followed in 2014. In early 2017, Ottewell released the singl…