Bay City Rollers: New Victoria Theatre, London
Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 25 September 1976
SOME TIME ago, David Essex remarked that he was fed up with critics reviewing his audiences when they should have been more concerned with the music he was making on stage. The Bay city Rollers find themselves in the same situation, although the music takes a definite backseat to the antics of their fans.
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