Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info

New York Times — His band sold more than 100 million records in the 1970s and had a fanatical teenage following, but he left in 1976, citing stress. more info

NME — RIP. Alan Longmuir Alan Longmuir, the bass guitarist in Scottish pop group The Bay City Rollers, has died following a short illness. The 70-year-old died in hospital ‘surrounded by loved ones’, only a fortnight after he was flown home from M... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian critics swim through the hair gel and heartbreak to pick out their favourite boyband songs, spanning Boyz II Men, Bay City Rollers, K-pop group Shinee and moreIt seems like the archetypal boyband Christmas ballad: bells chime, hearts yearn a... more info

Guardian Music — The former Doors publicist and Warhol Factory member who got the Stooges a record deal and managed the Ramones was there during the most epochal moments of rock history. You can blame him for the Bay City Rollers, tooA mixed blessing of social media ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Formed at the end of the 1960s, the Scottish boyband enjoyed huge success at home and abroad with their distinctive tartan outfits and upbeat pop tunes such as Bye Bye Baby and Shang-a-Lang. They had a massive... more info

Stereogum — Joining the ranks of bands from another era who have decided to have a go in the internet age, 1970s boy band Bay City Rollers have announced their reunion. The Scottish five-piece wore matching Tartan outfits, and their success has been translated i... more info

The Independent — It was an event for which the truly dedicated have waited 37 years. The Bay City Rollers, Britain’s biggest music sensation of the 1970s, who induced a generation of children to wear tartan scarves and Doc Marten boots, are back together at last. more info

The Telegraph — Could the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon be the long-lost sixth member of the Bay City Rollers? more info

Topix — Rockers Status Quo almost challenged Scottish pop idols the Bay City Rollers to a punch-up at the height of their name, the frontman of the iconic rockers has admitted almost 40 years later. more info