The Gig Cartel - Gig guide: Les McKeown's Legendary Bay City Rollers, Sale

Les McKeown's Legendary Bay City Rollers, Sale

(featuring Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers)

Venue: Sale Waterside Arts Centre

Les McKeown & the Bay City Rollers, notched up nine UK top ten hits including two number ones. Their first two albums, "Rollin'" and "Once Upon A Star", stayed on the album charts for a total of 99 weeks from 1974 - 1976. "Bye Bye Baby", the Rollers first number one was the UK's biggest selling single of 1975. Making their American television debut in the fall of 1975 on Howard Cosell's "Saturday Night Live", the Rollers found a following that would resonate with screams through concert halls around the world for the next 3 years. By 1976 they were consistently hitting the US top ten charts with songs such as "Saturday Night", their first US number one, "I Only Wanna Be With You" and "Rock and Roll Love Letter" to name a few.  Concerts were often chaotic and stopped due to mobbing of the band on stage and their trademark Scottish tartan was everywhere - made popular by
the clothes they wore.

After realizing the demand to hear live Bay City Rollers music was still enormous, the band "Les McKeown's Legendary Bay City Rollers" (previously referred to as Les McKeown's 70's Bay City Rollers) was born in the early 90's. The Legendary band has toured the UK, Japan, Germany, Canada and the USA over the last decade.

Still performing to sold out crowds today, audiences are treated to all the old hits - updated and rearranged for the new millennium - yet still retaining the original magic.