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Fans still roll with Bay City star

4254 days ago

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown says he's grateful fans he had as a teenager in the 1970s haven't abandoned him. more info

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Why money is all you need to meet and greet Cheryl Cole and co

4456 days ago

Guardian Music — Once upon a time you had to be clever to sneak backstage to meet your pop idols. Now you just buy a VIP package"Wanted!! A Cheryl Cole meet-and-greet ticket wanted ASAP!! For either 16th or 17th October at Newcastle concert. Please text me." This pla... more info

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Duran Duran: I've hated them for 30 years but they're the perfect band for the Olympics

4614 days ago

Guardian Music — The veteran New Romantics would not have been the choice of all music-lovers to showcase English culture to the world. But they have a gift for empty spectacle that suits this gigAll through the 80s, I hated Duran Duran, when for some they were the k... more info

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Nice Shirt, Backstreet Boy AJ McLean

4616 days ago

Big Apple Music Scene — Boy bands are back, as you know, but let’s give credit to the original, the trailblazer, the greatest of them all: the Bay City Rollers. Anyway, here is what remains of the Backstreet Boys. They’re hanging out with one of the fetuses from One Di... more info

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Ian Rankin's Edinburgh playlist

4822 days ago

Guardian Music — To accompany our Edinburgh city guide, crime writer Ian Rankin has picked 10 tunes that soundtrack his home town, from the Bay City Rollers to the Proclaimers via the Rezillos and Iggy Pop• As featured in our Edinburgh city guideJosef K – It's Ki... more info

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New video from Arctic Monkeys

4917 days ago

The Music Fix — Cool cover of Bay City Rollers track. Not really. more info

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The Bay City Rollers: Rollermania begins

4944 days ago

Guardian Music — February 1974: Number 18 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicAmerican adolescents had the Osmonds and the Jackson 5 to swoon over in the early 70s, but in Britain the homegrown teen idol cupboard was bare. Then a quintet fro... more info

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BBC4's Top of the Pops revival: hits that could feature

5017 days ago

Guardian Music — Songs in the UK chart in 1976-77 that are likely to be included in BBC4's archive showsTop 40 hits of early April 1976 1 Brotherhood Of Man Save Your Kisses For Me2 Barry White You See The Trouble With Me3 John Miles Music4 Billy Ocean Love Really Hu... more info

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sunday morning updates

5020 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — L'Homme Scalp said... IDIOSYNCRATIC SELECTION BY ‘LES TONTONS SCALPEURS’ aired at CKRL 89,1 FM, Quebec City CANADA (FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE) * Marshall McLuhan - The Medium is the Massage Raymond Scott - IBM The Paperwork Explosion Dim Dim - ... more info