Calum Bowie: ‘I went from busking out my window to Glastonbury’

Now a recording artist who sells out his own shows across Europe, he said some people still just know him from social media.

“It’s funny when people bump into me in the street and they will sometimes say they love my music,” the singer said.

“Other times they will be with a pal who doesn’t know who I am but then say ‘oh the guy who hangs out of his window’, so it is nice people can associate me with that.”

The window busking has led to song requests from his neighbours and even members of the public throwing money into the flat.

Playing to a quiet Edinburgh street is a far cry from Glastonbury, which Bowie described as a real “pinch me” moment.

He said: “I was just like ‘that just looks funny on paper, Calum Bowie and Glastonbury next to each other’.

“I remember getting told that I was playing it and it just did not really sink in until after, it was pretty mindboggling.

“To go from playing out my window and busking on the street and doing smaller gigs to playing these huge festivals is pretty surreal.”