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Nearly 50 years after he last sang them, Nobby Clark, founding member and original frontman of the Bay City Rollers, is to revisit his time with the iconic Edinburgh band that became a global phenomenon in two rare, live performances.
Submitting... Poster from the night Bay City Rollers played in Garstang on November 5, 1971 A week after making their third appearance on Top of the Tops, the Bay City Rollers topped the bill for a show at the Royal Oak Field featuring DJ Izzy Pound and Go Go Girls plus a barbecue, bonfire and fireworks display. Les McKeown had yet to join the line-up, which at the time comprised teenagers Derek Longmuir, Alan Longmuir, Eric Manclark, Neil Henderson, Archie Marr and 20-year-old Nobby Clark. The band stayed at The Hamilton Arms in Cabus, near Garstang, before taking to the stage on a rain lash...
The Leader Newspaper Les McKeown performing at Villamartin Plaza. By Andrew Atkinson Former Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown has been remembered following his passing, aged 65, after appearing on the Costa Blanca south in 2019. “We say Bye Bye Baby one last time from the Villamartin Plaza to our dear friend Leslie Richard McKeown who left us Tuesday evening,” Casey Shaddock who booked McKeown’s Bay City Rollers to perform in Spain told The Leader. “Our sincere thoughts and condolences go out to Peko, the family, and all of the band,” said Shaddock. Shaddock, the...
Troubled life of Bay City Rollers heartthrob Les McKeown, 65, who battled drink and drug addictions and had secret flings with men and women during decades-long marriage to 'incredible' wife The family of Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown have announced that he passed away at his home aged 65 Scottish vocalist who was born in Edinburgh fronted the iconic pop rock band during their 1970s heyday Friends and fans paid tribute to the iconic frontman who helped secure band worldwide success But after leaving the ban McKeown admitted that he was secretly gay and had affairs with at least 12 men H...
Died: April 20, 2021. TAKE a baby-faced teenager from an Edinburgh housing scheme, dress him a tartan bomber jacket and a pair of platform shoes, offer him a clutch of catchy pop songs and what do you have? A cultural phenomenon, a single snake-hipped creature who became a catalyst for change and redefined what it meant to be Scottish. Les McKeown, all smile and hairless chest, didn’t simply lead the Bay City Rollers to international success and 300m record sales, he was responsible for a new Scottish identity. He afforded his homeland a self-belief that until that point had been abse...