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The Number Ones: Bay City Rollers’ “Saturday Night”

1686 days ago
StereogumIn 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

Alan Longmuir, a Founder of the Bay City Rollers, Dies at 70

2096 days ago
New York TimesHis 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

Bay City Rollers bassist Alan Longmuir has died, aged 70

2097 days ago
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

From East 17 to Westlife: the greatest boyband tracks ever

2164 days ago
Guardian MusicGuardian 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

Cult heroes: Danny Fields – the 60s and 70s scenester who made punk happen

2879 days ago
Guardian MusicThe 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

'70s glam teen sensations The Bay City Rollers reformed, touring UK...and want to play Madison Square Garden

3004 days ago
Brooklyn Veganby 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

70s Boy Band Bay City Rollers Reunite

3109 days ago
StereogumJoining 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 Bay City Rollers: Biggest boy band of the 1970s are set for an unlikely reunion

3110 days ago
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

Nicola Sturgeon: It's time to say 'Bye Bye, Baby'

3263 days ago
The TelegraphCould the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon be the long-lost sixth member of the Bay City Rollers? more info

Status Quo's Rossi recalls Bay City Rollers bust up

3872 days ago
TopixRockers 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

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