AS SUMMER festival season gets ready to kick off, here at Times Past HQ, we are looking back to one of the best
On June 3, 1990, pop chart-toppers Wet Wet Wet, local starlet-and-friend-of- Prince Sheena Easton, and top Scottish acts Love and Money, Hue and Cry, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, His Latest Flame, Deacon Blue, Texas and Big Country all took part in the £2.5m event which was shown live on Channel 4. “Sparkle-eyed” Easton, sporting a new hairstyle and fresh from cancelling a recording session in the US to perform in Glasgow, was looking forward to being back on home turf.
“I’m sad to hear that it’s gone but I know we’ll have a lot of fun at the Big Day. It’s great to be back.”