Were you in Sheffield with these Bay City Rollers fans watching your heroes in the 70s?
The death of lead singer Les McKeown lately led us to rediscover these great pictures of 1970s stars the Bay City Rollers in Sheffield and their obsessive teenage fans.
By Julia Armstrong
Published 4th Jun 2021, 08:17 BST
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The band’s screaming fans were nicknamed the Tartan Army by newspapers because they copied their Scottish idols’ costumes of half-mast trousers and plenty of tartan checks. Spiky hair and stripy socks completed the look. The Rollers had a string of bubblegum pop hits such as Bye Bye Baby, Shang-a-Lang and Give a Little Love.
Bay City Rollers fans screaming "We love you, Rollers" as they stage a demonstration outside the Sunderland Echo office before going to the Empire Theatre in May 1975, when their heroes were banned from playing the venue Photo: Sunderland Echo
Les McKeown outside Basildon Crown Court in Essex with his wife Keiko, after he was cleared of conspiring to supply cocaine in February 2006 - the darker side of the Rollers' story includes court appearances, addiction battles and deaths of band members Photo: IAN NICHOLSON/PA