Shang-a-lang : the curse of the Bay City Rollers

In 1973, at the age of 18, Les McKeown became the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers, at that stage a one-hit-wonder pop group on the verge of giving up.

His charismatic personality transformed the Rollers into an international supergroup that reached No. 1 all over the world. McKeown was the catalyst for a worldwide mass hysteria not witnessed since the days of Beatlemania.

By 1975, he was the most adored man on the planet. Four years later he was homeless and penniless after quitting the Rollers. "Shang-A-Lang" reveals the remarkable story of the boy from the backstreets of Edinburgh whose dream came true, and how that dream was shattered.

It tells the truth about the scandalous behaviour of the boy band marketed as squeaky clean and the wrangles that led to Les leaving the band.

A no-holds-barred account of Rollermania and beyond, "Shang-A-Lang" takes a revealing trip through the many ups and downs in the life of one of the music industry's bona fide survivors and provides a candid insight into the less savoury aspects of the business.