Wife all over this like a rash saying she must get tickets. I've told her that, at 52 (today actually), she needs to grow up and stop acting like some sort of adolescent teenager.
What do I do if she finds my tartan Charlton scarf though?
Have they learnt to play now! Were there records not made by session players. Not that they were the exception! Thought they disliked each other, but I guess the money overcame those artistic differences.
They never had any according to the Rollers. It was their manager, Tom Paton, who took all the royalties:
Last night, the tradition of not speaking ill of the dead was trumped by the rock 'n' roll feud. Les McKeown, the former singer with the Bay City Rollers, hit out at Paton, describing him as a "tyrant despot" and "predator".
The controversial manager, who was convicted of sexual offences against teenage boys and fined after police discovered a massive stash of cannabis at his mansion in 2007, was described by McKeown yesterday as "the beast of Kellerstain". In a hard-hitting e-mail to The Scotsman, who had requested a comment about Paton, the singer replied: "The Scottish people can sleep well knowing the beast of Kellerstain is dead.
"The parents and children can feel safer as one more predator is off the streets," he wrote.
"All the thousands (of] people that have been affected by his devastating reign of drugs, terror and abuse can breathe a sigh of relief. He can no longer directly affect our lives. The tyrant despot is dead; long may he remain so."
McKeown stated recently in an interview that Paton had drugged and seduced him, an allegation Paton had denied.
In the nineties you had to make sure you never paid McKeown up front, he would turn up, ask for his dough, and then disappear down the pub never to be seen again. Even his manager used to tell promoters not to pay him until after the gig, or to pay him direct and he would give it to Les afterwards. That said, he was a very good performer onstage.
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Not that I know much about the Rollers of course.
Were there records not made by session players. Not that they were the exception!
Thought they disliked each other, but I guess the money overcame those artistic differences.
Last night, the tradition of not speaking ill of the dead was trumped by the
rock 'n' roll feud. Les McKeown, the former singer with the Bay City
Rollers, hit out at Paton, describing him as a "tyrant despot" and
"predator".
The controversial manager, who was convicted of sexual offences against
teenage boys and fined after police discovered a massive stash of cannabis
at his mansion in 2007, was described by McKeown yesterday as "the beast of
Kellerstain". In a hard-hitting e-mail to The Scotsman, who had requested a
comment about Paton, the singer replied: "The Scottish people can sleep well
knowing the beast of Kellerstain is dead.
"The parents and children can feel safer as one more predator is off the
streets," he wrote.
"All the thousands (of] people that have been affected by his devastating
reign of drugs, terror and abuse can breathe a sigh of relief. He can no
longer directly affect our lives. The tyrant despot is dead; long may he
remain so."
McKeown stated recently in an interview that Paton had drugged and seduced
him, an allegation Paton had denied.