GLASGOW’S HOGMANAY
GLASGOW'S
TWins peak
like them. ' Catherine Bromley
SINCE THEIR HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, the_\ ‘\e hei‘l‘oi‘med o\ e1‘ Itltltl I1\e e‘ttlle‘e‘l‘h in o\e1'~15 t‘Hllllll‘lLW. inelnding th1‘ee sell-om d;1te\ at the lx’i‘};1l .-\lhe1‘t II‘ttII. 'l‘hL‘}.\e heen eltoxett h_\ \ottte ol' the higgext nets in the \\ot‘ld to \ttppot't them LII tttttiol‘ eoneet‘tx. tIteit' I;tltttttl\ Ittll\ llle'ItltIL‘ It‘ll] .IHIIL‘\. IIIL‘ Spiee (iii‘lx. l’1'inee .\nd1'e\\ ;md Rohei't I)Ittlll ttlltI tht‘ee t'ilm eomhumes l1;1\ e ;1\ked them to do ;1 111;1gio1’ eine111;1tie leatm‘e on their I‘I\L‘ to tame. ,\1‘e \\e tttlking ;1hot1t the 11e\t hig thing'.’ 'l‘he Itlltll‘L‘ \t;11'\ ol the new 111illennittm'.’ .r\1‘e \\ e heek. \\e'1'e tttlking tthont the l;1\t hig thing: ,\l%l§.\ tmd. moi‘e tteetnntel}. the t1‘ihtite
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18 THELIST ’1
HOG MANAY
as Mercury rises
Missed ABBA, Elvis, Robbie Williams and Freddie Mercury the first time round? Never fear. This Hogmanay in Glasgow and Edinburgh they’re out in force. Or someone very
51111-1 /11 Hie/'1‘ l'.l‘\'('\ \xill tell _\on. \Ittllen dotihlex 11x 11 highl} eomineing I51'eddie .\Ie1‘e111‘_\. \Vinnet' ol thix )e‘tti‘K .S'l'l'lf linttl. 1' " \Itlllen um delighted 111 heing ttxked 111' ‘ host the Hogmanu} eeleh1‘;1tion\ ol his home eit_\. 'lt's ht‘illiuntf he \11}\. ';\ lot ol hig Lte‘l\ l1;1\e done it in the pttxt 11nd \\he11 Y the} ettlled 1111 to ;t\I\ me. I \\;1\ like "81111) '.’ I You 1111111 1116"." \ICLIHHIIIIC. 11\L‘I' 11H lIlL‘ I‘i;t\l (‘Utt\l. lidinhtn‘gh'x ('oneei‘t in the (i;11‘den\ \\;11‘m\ up with Lt whole htmk ol trihtite Io\ e l‘i‘om lil \e/ the ('hieuno lil\i\ impersonator A :111dhixh;mdthe Memphis .\I;11‘i;1ehi\ hel'oi‘e the 111111th 1111mhe1‘ one ti‘ihttte htmd. the til‘oi'ementioned l%_it'11‘11.-\g;1111. tttke to the stage to tI;t//IL‘ tl\ \\llIl \UIHL‘IMMI} L‘I\C.\
Left to right:
Gary Mullen as Freddie
Mercury, Bjorn , Again as ABBA ‘ and El Vez, the exican Elvis
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