City Rollers: Last News

The death of Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown shocked the world after it was announced he died from a suspected heart attack aged 65 leaving behind his devastated wife.

Original Bay City Rollers frontman Nobby Clark has vowed to recover decades’ worth of royalties – claiming it was his voice on the band’s biggest US hit. For almost a decade, Gordon “Nobby” Clark was the voice of the Edinburgh band before being replaced by Les McKeown, who died in 2021.

Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown was on "top form" and "excited" in a final text to the band's tour manager, just days before his sudden passing.

Bay City Roller legend Les McKeown at a party for charity.The incredible moment the two legendary Scots stepped on stage took place at a special event for the Sunday Mail Great Scot awards in October 2015.And the Bay City Rollers, who had just reformed took to the stage in October for the first time in nearly 40 years to help hail the country's unsung heroes at the 25th anniversary awards bash.A longer haired Paolo Nutini, who was also playing a special set on the night, couldn't resist jumping up on stage with the tartan clad legends of Les McKeown, Alan Longmuir and Stuart Woody Wood to sing along with them.At that point in the night the cameras had stopped rolling but Record reporter Bev Lyons managed to capture the golden moment in an

Before One Direction, Take That and Bros came the original boy band.

The Edinburgh based band achieved massive success and were described as ‘the biggest band since The Beatles’Les McKeown, the frontman and singer for the The Bay City Rollers, has passed away at age 65, a statement from his family has confirmed. The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish band that became musical sensations across the UK and the US, selling more than 120 million records.

Les McKeown, who was best known as the lead singer Bay City Rollers, died on Tuesday (April 20) at the age of 65.

Les McKeown, frontman of Scottish pop-rock Bay City Rollers has died at the age of 65.