Bay City Rollers

Friday, May 14th

7:00 pm

The Bay City Rollers inspired a generation a female teenagers to change their dress habits. Clad in tartan uniforms, they eventually inspired a genuine outbreak of teenage frenzy reminiscent of Beatlemania. Rollermania spread from the U.K. to the U.S. in early 1976 with the group’s first stateside concerts and the 1975 #1 single, “Saturday Night.” - the group had two other top 10 singles and an additional five that made the U.S. top 60. The group was even more successful in the United Kingdom, with a pair of No. 1 singles and 11 that reached the top 10. "You couldn't understand it the hysteria among the fans" Mitchell said. "It was just total madness, total insanity. You've never seen anything like it. It was literally impossible for us to walk down the street. Thirty-two years later, appearances are dramatically different. "It's a lot more relaxed," Mitchell said. "It's not so frantic. I've got nothing to prove to anybody. We're playing the hits and they like to hear them. Mitchell's Rollers are a six-piece band - two guitars (including Mitchell), a bass, keyboards, drums, a singer "It's very good," said Mitchell, who continues to tour in the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. "There are a lot of fans in their 40s who never got a chance to see the Rollers. So it's all just good fun. "We'll get some of them up on stage at the end to sing 'Saturday Night.' It is nostalgia, but it's fun. We make it fun for the audiences." Don't miss THE BAY CITY ROLLERS featuring IAN MITCHELL in the Platinum Room at SKYE

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