Paul Merton went to Portmeirion on his ‘Driving Amazing Trains’ programme and of course had a sit in the George Anthology chair.

9th May 1988: #StatusQuo released 'Who Gets The Love'. It was written by Status Quo producer #PipWilliams and #JohnGoodison who was a member of 70s pop group, #BrotherhoodofMan and also co-wrote the number-one song 'Give a Little Love' for the #BayCityRollers.

Just realised that today I'm celebrating 33 (count 'em) years since I started drinking in The Solid (ironically by not actually being there!). #SolidRockCafeGlasgow #TheSolid #SolidRock #Glasgow #RockPub

"When you get back (home), you'll all be national heroes. Everybody will want to hear about your adventures. (So) be careful how you tell that story, will you? Don't glamorise it. Don't make war sound like an exciting and thrilling game.

#Motorhead #MotorheadDay #IanKilmister #Lemmy #LarryWallis #LucasFox #PhilTaylor #PhilthyAnimal #FastEddie #EddieClarke #BrianRobertson #Robbo #PhilCampbell #Wizzo #MichaelBurston #Wurzel #PeteGill #MikkeyDee

#FifthDayOfMay #BrianMay #FifthOfMay

#StarWarsDay #MayTheFourth #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

3rd May 1988: Queensryche released their third studio album, 'Operation: Mindcrime'. Although only reaching #58 in the UK album charts, it's regularly voted one of the greatest Heavy Metal albums of all time. #Queensryche #GeoffTate #ChrisDeGarmo #MichaelWilton #EddieJackson #ScottRockenfield

On 02/05/1976, #ACDC starts mini-tour of Scotland at #Armadale Youth and Community Centre, playing a series of #RadioClyde Road Shows. The concert was recorded and aired on Radio Clyde six days later. They also played the #OlympiaBallroom in #EastKilbride a couple of days later.

Remembering Jeffrey John Hanneman, a founding member and one of the guitarists in the thrash metal legends, Slayer. (31st January 1964 - 2nd May 2013) #Slayer #JeffHanneman

'When Beltane is come tread softly for, lo, the Prince himself is nigh!' (Miss Hawthorne) 'Doctor Who and the Daemons' by Barry Letts (1974) #DoctorWho #TheDaemons #JonPertwee #KatyManning #RogerDelgado #JohnLevene #DamarisHayman #Beltane #MayDay

#FirstDayOfMay #BrianMay #FirstOfMay

Top of the Pops (29th April 1993). Robert Plant performs 29 Palms.

#ForecastForTheWeekend #StillGame #WinstonIngram #Pished #SaturdayAfternoon

#ForecastForTheWeekend #StillGame #WinstonIngram #Pished #SaturdayNight

On 17/04/1994, I was at #TheCathouse in #Glasgow (then located in Brown Street) watching Skyclad (featuring ex-Sabbat founding member #MartinWalkyier) perform live in support of their 'Prince of the Poverty Line' album. (Ticket from my own collection) #Skyclad #PrinceofthePovertyLine #1994Tour

On Monday 11th April 1994 I was at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow watching Soundgarden live on stage in support of their 'Superunknown' album. Support came from Seattle based band, Tad. (Ticket from my own collection) #Soundgarden #ChrisCornell #KimThayil #BenShepherd #MattCameron

11th April 1988: #IronMaiden released #SeventhSonofaSeventhSon. It was their second album to go into the charts at #1 and produced 3 Top 10 UK singles - 'Can I Play with Madness', The Evil That Men Do' & 'The Clairvoyant'. #BruceDickinson #DaveMurray #AdrianSmith #SteveHarris #NickoMcBrain

On Monday 10th April 1995, I was at The Garage in Glasgow watching Bruce Dickinson perform live in support of his 'Balls to Picasso' album I met Bruce backstage after the show and he kindly signed my ticket for me (Ticket from my own collection) #BruceDickinson #BallstoPicasso #TheGarageGlasgow

On 07/04/1993, I was at the #BarrowlandBallroom in #Glasgow watching #Fish perform live in support of his 'Songs From The Mirror' album. This was my first time seeing Fish live, but certainly not the last! (Ticket from my own collection) #SongsFromTheMirror #1993Tour #Glasgow #Barrowland

First Contact Day is to honour both the warp 1 flight of The Phoenix and first open contact between Humans and Vulcans on 5th April 2063 in Bozeman, Montana. #StarTrek #FirstContact #FirstContactDay #PatrickStewart #JonathanFrakes #BrentSpiner #LeVarBurton #MichaelDorn @startrekshitposti.ng

Do you remember the rather badly designed Doctor Who easter egg that Toblar Suchard released in 1982? You know, that one where the photo of the Doctor inside lined up rather badly with the Dalek extermination on the outside! #DoctorWho #PeterDavison @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social

#ForecastForTheWeekend #StillGame #WinstonIngram #Pished #SaturdayNight

Ten years ago today (4th April 2016), I was at BBC Scotland in Glasgow watching the recording of Hancock's Half Hour - The New Neighbour starring Kevin McNally, Katy Wix, Jon Culshaw, Robin Sebastian and Kevin Eldon. #BBCScotland #TonyHancock #HancocksHalfHour

REGISTER TO VOTE 'If you register to vote, it doesn't say you have to vote, at least you have it. And if somebody comes, if there's somebody around you can believe in, you've got that vote. But if you don't register and it comes and you wanna do something, you've missed it.' #JohnLennon (1972)

1st April 1976: #Rush released '2112'. The band were on the verge of being dropped but Mercury Records to release one more album on the condition that it would contain more commercial material. However, the band decided to ignore this and produced material that they were happy with instead.

On Saturday 1st April 1995, I was at Hall 3 in the SECC, Glasgow watching Gun live on stage in support of their 'Swagger' album. Support came from Glasgow based band, Cobalt Jury. (Ticket from my own collection) #Gun #MarkRankin #GiulianoGizzi #DanteGizzi #MarkKerr

#AprilFoolsDay #1stApril

On Thursday 26th March 2009, I was at The SECC in Glasgow as Metallica perform live on their World Magnetic Tour. Support came from Texan based metal band, The Sword. (Ticket from my own collection) #Metallica #TheSword #SECCGlasgow #WorldMagneticTour @metallica.com

On 26/03/2005, I was watching #JudasPriest on their Retribution Tour at the SECC in Glasgow. They were supported by #Scorpions, who were touring after the release of their 'Unbreakable' album. (Ticket from my own collection) #SECGlasgow #RobHalford #GlennTipton #KKDowning #IanHill #ScottTravis

Today in Doctor Who History - 26th March 2005: The show (starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper) returned to our screens for the first time since the TV movie in 1996 when 'Rose' was broadcast on BBC1. #DoctorWho #ChristopherEccleston #BilliePiper @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social

On Wednesday 22nd March 2017, I was at the #Armadillo in #Glasgow watching #Thunder live on stage in support of their ‘Wonder Days' album. Support came from British rockers, #CatsInSpace (Ticket from my own collection) #Thunder #DannyBowes #LukeMorley #BenMatthews #ChrisChilds #HarryJames

#StPatricksDay #StillGame #ScottishComedy #JackAndVictor #JackJarvis #VictorMcDade

On 15/03/1995, I was at the #BarrowlandBallroom in #Glasgow watching #Megadeth. I was lucky enough to be invited backstage after the show where I met #Megadeth and got my ticket signed. Support came from #CorrosionOfConformity. (Ticket from my own collection)

#FridayFun #TrueStory #Florida #FloridaDeathMetal #Death #MorbidAngel #Deicide #Obituary

Just saying! #Fridaythe13th #FridayFun

On 12/03/1995, I was at #TheCathouse in #BrownStreet, Glasgow watching ex-Iron Maiden front man #PaulDiAnno perform a set of #IronMaiden tracks. He was drinking at the bar before the show and unfortunately he wasn't in a mood for chatting! (Ticket from my own collection)

On Monday 11th March 2024, I was at The Hydro in Glasgow watching the Metal Masters Tour, headlined by Judas Priest with support from Saxon and Uriah Heep. No physical ticket for my collection - it was all that e-ticket pish. #MetalMastersTour #JudasPriest #Saxon #UriahHeep #TheHydro

On 10/03/2025, I was at The O2 Academy in Glasgow to see the final live performance from Fish on his Road to the Isles Tour, marking his retirement from music. His name is Derek and he is no longer a Fish. (Ticket from my own collection) #Fish #RoadToTheIsles #O2AcademyGlasgow #O2Academy #Glasgow

On 10/03/1995, I was at #TheGarage in #Glasgow watching #FaithNoMore live on stage. I was lucky enough to be invited backstage after the show where I met the band and got my ticket signed. Support came from #Shihad, an alt rock band from New Zealand. (Ticket from my own collection)

On Sunday 9th March 2025, I was at The O2 Academy in Glasgow to see the penultimate live performance from Fish on his Road to the Isles Tour, marking his retirement from music. (Ticket from my own collection) #Fish #RoadToTheIsles #O2AcademyGlasgow #O2Academy #Glasgow

On Sunday 8th March 2020, I was at The Barrowlands in Glasgow as San Francisco Bay Area Thrashers Testament, Exodus and Death Angel performed live on the Bay Strikes Back Tour (Ticket from my own collection) #Testament #Exodus #DeathAngel #BayAreaThrashers #SanFrancisco

On Thursday 8th March 2012, I was at the O2 ABC in Glasgow for the Defenders Of The Faith Tour featuring Cannibal Corpse, Triptykon, Enslaved and Job For a Cowboy (Ticket from my own collection) #DefendersOfTheFaithTour #CannibalCorpse #Triptykon #Enslaved #JobForACowboy

On Saturday 8th March 1997, I was at the #SECC in #Glasgow watching #TheMonkees live on stage for their 30th Anniversary. Support came from neo-glam group Nancy Boy, featuring Jason Nesmith and Donovan Leitch Jnr. (Ticket from my own collection) #DavyJones #MichaelNesmith #PeterTork #MickyDolenz

This 😁😁 #WellFiredRoll #Burnt #Scotland

Happy birthday to David Jon Gilmour CBE, who was born in Cambridge on 6th March 1946. He joined Jokers Wild in 1962 before joining Pink Floyd in 1967. After Pink Floyd parted ways with Roger Waters in 1985, Gilmour became the de facto leader of the band. #PinkFloyd #DavidGilmour

On 05/03/1995, I was at #TheGarage in #Glasgow watching #Tyketto and #Tigertailz with support from #ABCD. I was lucky enough to meet Tyketto and Tigertailz backstage after the show and some of them signed the reverse of my ticket. (Ticket from my own collection)

"One and ninepence ha'penny? I should have more than that on a Wednesday. Cigarettes, half a pint of bitter last night; dinner, sweet and a cup of tea today, 1/11d. This cost of living is getting ridiculous. Break into half a crown and there's nothing left!" #TonyHancock #HancocksHalfHour

On Saturday 2nd March 1996, I was at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow watching Deep Purple live on stage. Support came from German progressive rock band, Pan Ram (Ticket from my own collection) #DeepPurple #IanGillan #JonLord #IanPaice #RogerGlover

#SaturdayFun #ThreeDayChallenge