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Russell Leadbetter @LeadbetterHT

Writing about nostalgia and music for @heraldscotland

Joined June 2023
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Tiree Music Festival gets set for a comeback this July after last year's cancellation: heraldscotland.com/news/2409…

Tiree Music Festival to return in 2024 after last year's cancellation

A popular beachfront music festival in the Inner Hebrides that was cancelled last year due to "extreme weather conditions" has announced…

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The Jesus and Mary Chain are to release their first studio album since 2017. It's good to have them back. heraldscotland.com/life_styl…

'They had a f*** you attitude': Jesus and Mary Chain release first album since 2017

BY the time the Jesus and Mary Chain made their first live TV appearance, in early 1985, they were already notorious. Andy Kershaw, introducing them…

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Paul Buchanan the star of the show at Celtic Connections: heraldscotland.com/life_styl…

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The Glasgow record label that is releasing Peter Capaldi's next album: heraldscotland.com/news/2399…

The Glasgow record label that is to release Peter Capaldi's latest album

Peter Capaldi is known for many things. For his role as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, for brilliantly playing the twelfth Doctor Who on TV, for…

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'Clyde was a family from the word go': Radio station celebrates debut of 50 years ago heraldscotland.com/life_styl…
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When Britain shivered through the three-day week: heraldscotland.com/life_styl…
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"Our reputations are at stake" We speak to Jim Kerr ahead of Simple Minds' Glasgow Hydro gig heraldscotland.com/news/2380…
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New exhibition will look at Scotland's role during the Cold War: heraldscotland.com/news/2402…

Scotland's critical Cold War role to be focus of major exhibition

SCOTLAND’S front-line role in the Cold War – and the fears and the protests that it gave rise to – is to be remembered in a major exhibition…

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Lockerbie and the legacy of post-traumatic stress disorder: heraldscotland.com/news/2399…

Lockerbie and the legacy of PTSD, 35 years later: One expert's view

Today's anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster will be a dark and uncomfortable time for many, not least the first responders who witnessed at…

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A student from Syracuse University reflects on the 35th anniversary of the Lockerbie tragedy: heraldscotland.com/news/2400…

Lockerbie: the friendships being created 'out of something devastating'

Apologies for my delay in getting back to you. Below are my answers to your questions. Please let me know if you would like me to elaborate further…

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The 1956 Bill Haley film that drove teenagers wild. heraldscotland.com/life_styl…

The 1956 Bill Haley film that drove 'errant teens' wild in cinemas

IT was a moment when “hysterical youths in long black jackets and drain-pipe trousers” caused a disturbance in, of all places, Clydebank.

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When Scots women were advised to look 'entrancing' at Christmas: heraldscotland.com/life_styl…

When Scots women were told to focus on looking 'entrancing' at Christmas

Seventy years ago - 1953, the year of the Queen's Coronation at Westminster Abbey, a year in which the economy was still recovering from the…

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Unreleased Bob Dylan instrumental to feature on new Waterboys box set, 1985: heraldscotland.com/news/2398…

Mike Scott's Waterboys to release an instrumental written by Bob Dylan

A COVER of an unreleased Bob Dylan instrumental is to be featured by Mike Scott and the Waterboys on a box-set edition of their bestselling third…

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The limited-edition whisky in honour of a 1973 Status Quo hit album: heraldscotland.com/news/2397…

The limited-edition whisky that marks 50th anniversary of Status Quo album

The legendary British rock group Status Quo have teamed up with a Glasgow-based firm to release a new whisky marking the 50th anniversary of their…

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Status Quo announce two gigs at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Bandstand - and one in Elgin. heraldscotland.com/news/2393…

Status Quo to rock Kelvingrove Bandstand next May - twice

ROCK band Status Quo are to return to Glasgow next year - to play two nights at the Kelvingrove Bandstand in the West End.

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Mark Knopfler to auction off dozens of his guitars: heraldscotland.com/news/2393…

Money for something: Mark Knopfler to auction off more than 100 guitars

Mark Knopfler, the Glasgow-born lead singer and guitarist with Dire Straits, is to auction 120 of his guitars and amplifiers, with a quarter of the…

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Greetings. I wrote an origins piece for The Herald on Now And Then, the Beatles' last love letter to the world...and each other. heraldscotland.com/life_styl…

The Beatles Now and Then review: 'a final love letter to the world'

Once upon a long ago, the world went into a kind of paralysis when the Beatles released a new single, such was the trance-like sway they held over…

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Still rocking at 25: a gold star night on our silver anniversary -the Scottish Music Awards @nordoffrobbins @TheBarrowlands @Specsavers What a fantastic musical journey it has been ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ heraldscotland.com/news/2389…

The night Annie Lennox spotted a cyclist at a music awards ceremony

IT was, understandably, a sight that came as a surprise to Annie Lennox.  The Radisson Hotel in Glasgow was crowded that night with the great and…

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Alice Cooper in Glasgow, 1975: "Hi, where's the toilet? I once had a suit like that". heraldscotland.com/life_styl…

The day Alice Cooper flew into Glasgow to promote his new show

IT was the day when the American rock singer Alice Cooper, clad in shorts, trainers, and short-sleeved shirt, flew into Glasgow on a flying…

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The long-overdue return of The Bathers, with a brilliant new album: heraldscotland.com/news/2385…

'Time flies by' - The long-awaited return of one of Scotland's 'lost' cult bands

"TIME seems to fly by", Chris Thomson is saying. "I had quite a comical message, just the other day, from a guy who lives in…

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