The Barrowland Ballroom (also known as Barrowland and The Barras ) is an entertainment venue , dance hall and music venue located in the Calton district in Glasgow , Scotland .
69-690: A prominent feature of the music scene in Glasgow, the venue has appeared in various elements of popular culture, notably tracks by Amy Macdonald and Simple Minds . The original building opened in 1934 in a mercantile area east of Glasgow's city centre, built by Maggie McIver , the "Barras Queen". The area and the ballroom are named after the Glasgow Barrowland market . The building was completely rebuilt after being largely destroyed by fire in 1958, and reopened on 24 December 1960. The Barrowland building includes large street-level halls used for
138-403: A "meltdown" following BBC Radio 2 's rejection of her latest single "Earthquake". Macdonald said that she thought Thom "did not go about it the right way" but claimed that she sympathised with Thom and that "a lot of what she said was probably right". Macdonald is a fan of cars, and has owned a Range Rover Vogue , an Audi R8 , a Nissan GT-R and a Ferrari 458 Speciale amongst others. She
207-788: A Beautiful Light , was released in 2012 and supplied three singles: " Slow It Down ", " Pride " and " 4th of July ". In 2017, Macdonald released her fourth studio album, Under Stars , which entered at number two on the Scottish and UK Album Charts , and spawned three singles, with the lead single " Dream On " achieving chart success in European charts. In 2020, Macdonald released her fifth studio album, The Human Demands , which spawned four singles and one promotional single. The lead single " The Hudson " reached number twelve in her native Scotland, whilst The Human Demands performed favourably in European album markets. She represented Scotland at
276-668: A Beautiful Light was then recorded in Surrey. It was produced by Pete Wilkinson and mixed by Bob Clearmountain , who previously worked on her debut album. On 2 June 2012 she sang her song "Slow It Down" with the finalist of the second season of the Polish version of The X Factor , a girl group the Chance. She co–presented the Real Radio Breakfast show alongside Ewen Cameron in 2012 whilst regular presenter Cat Harvey
345-556: A Beautiful Light were begun before Macdonald's break. "In the End" was written with Macdonald questioning herself whether being a musician was a worthwhile occupation. Macdonald wrote "Human Spirit" inspired by the Chilean miners' rescue . The song "Left That Body Long Ago" described her grandmother's decline into Alzheimer's disease whilst "Across the Nile" is a response to the conflict of
414-474: A Beautiful Light , was released on 11 June 2012. Macdonald began to write Life in a Beautiful Light after having a "lovely year off" following touring in support of A Curious Thing . Macdonald had no time to write songs on her second album as she was touring with This Is the Life . However, Macdonald said she felt that the creation of Life in a Beautiful Light was a more natural process. Two songs from Life in
483-520: A Travis chord book, and started playing on her father's guitar, teaching herself how to play. Soon afterward she began composing her own songs, the first being called "The Wall". She started playing in pubs and coffee houses around Glasgow at the age of 15, including the Brunswick Cellars on Sauchiehall Street . Macdonald sent a demo CD in response to an advertisement placed in the NME by
552-772: A cameo appearance as herself in the episode "Hitched" in the ninth and final series of Still Game , broadcast on 21 March 2019 in Scotland, and 26 July 2019 elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Macdonald started writing songs between 2018 and 2019 and she started the recording of her fifth studio album in February 2020. After an interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in March, she resumed recording in June 2020. She signed
621-475: A contract with Vertigo when she was 18 years old. She has claimed that she feels she was "in the right place at the right time" by answering the advertisement in NME , later claiming that the subsequent success she endured to be "a weird life". Macdonald has been described as "one of the last artists" to gain a recording contract by sending a demo to record companies, with Macdonald claiming it to be "mental", citing
690-471: A corrupt firm of undertakers who are also the subject of Taggart's investigation. In 1987 the character of Michael Jardine ( James MacPherson ) was introduced. Neil Duncan left the series in 1987 and in 1990 a new female sidekick Jackie Reid ( Blythe Duff ) was introduced. McManus died in 1994 during the filming of an episode. Taggart's absence in the broadcast story was explained by his being in meetings with
759-500: A new album in early 2014, 2 years following the release of her previous album, Life in a Beautiful Light . In May 2014, she performed 4 new songs live. She also sang "Leap of Faith" during the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014. In March 2015, Macdonald announced via Twitter she was finishing the songwriting of the album, but had not yet started recording. On 28 October 2015, she announced via Twitter she started
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#1732787825969828-407: A new production company set up by songwriters Pete Wilkinson and Sarah Erasmus. Wilkinson said he was "literally aghast" at her songwriting abilities when first he heard Macdonald play the songs "This Is the Life" and "Mr Rock n Roll". He then spent around eight or nine months recording demos with Macdonald at his home studio with a view to securing a record deal for his new client. In 2007 she signed
897-425: A new record deal for the release of The Human Demands , with Macdonald claiming that signing a new record deal was "actually great" and that it "gave that feeling during the first album". Macdonald had been signed to the same record label since she was 18 years old and released all four of her first studio albums with the record company. On 27 August 2020, she released the album's lead single " The Hudson " and said
966-449: A selection of her favourite songs, explaining what each song meant to her and why she considered it a favourite. Ahead of her European touring schedule through the summer period of 2022, Macdonald released the extended play Don't Tell Me That It's Over on 7 July, which includes three re–recordings of previous singles " Run " (2008), " Don't Tell Me That It's Over " (2010) and " Slow It Down " (2012). Macdonald claimed that she had chosen
1035-501: A song about the ballroom, titled Barrowland Ballroom on her 2007 album This Is The Life . The edifice appears in a number of scenes in The Field of Blood (TV series) , a British crime drama television series. The Barrowland is where young girls are picked up before being murdered in the novel The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney . Simple Minds named a track after the venue on their 2018 studio album, Walk Between Worlds . Track 6 on
1104-472: A suspect part of a youth gang. DI Robbie Ross ( John Michie ) joined the team in 1998. Michie had made an early appearance in Taggart in 1990 when he played a suspect called Robby Meiklejohn in an episode called "Love Knot". When MacPherson left the series in 2002 his character was killed off and replaced with DCI Matt Burke, formerly of Special Branch , played by Alex Norton , who had previously appeared in
1173-409: A tough and experienced detective who had worked his way up through the ranks. His original sidekick was Detective Sergeant Peter Livingstone ( Neil Duncan ). Livingstone represented the new breed of young graduates entering the police force and frequently had a difficult relationship with Taggart as a result. Taggart's boss in the pilot was Superintendent Robert Murray ( Tom Watson ), and his boss after
1242-611: A two-hour special episode in January 2003 episodes were again lengthened starting in October, this time to 90 minutes continuing through the 2008 New Year special "Genesis". After this the show became a series of one-hour stand-alone stories for the first time since 2003. Fans of the show were often frustrated by the erratic scheduling of the show. Although blocks or series of the show were filmed together, they were often not shown together as with other series. Instead, they were fitted into
1311-524: Is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2007, she released her debut studio album, This Is the Life , which produced the singles " Mr. Rock & Roll " and " This Is the Life "; the latter charting at number one in six countries, while reaching the top 10 in another 11 countries. The album reached number one in four European countries – the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland – and sold three million copies worldwide. Moderate success in
1380-426: Is a prominent supporter of Scottish independence , claiming that "I’ve always been very proud of where I come from. Who knows if I’d be the same if I was from a different part of the world? I think it can also be harder for Scottish artists to break through, I don’t think we always have great support. Sometimes you have to battle that little bit harder." The song "Leap of Faith" from her fourth studio album Under Stars
1449-611: Is part of the Barrowland Ballroom and is used both as a bar when larger shows are playing in the main hall and as a venue to host smaller gigs. While it occasionally plays host to smaller or acoustic gigs from more established acts, its usual function is as a venue for small local Glasgow bands. The promoters also host an event showcasing unsigned local acts in the main ballroom every year. Between 1968 and 1969, three young women (Patricia Docker, Jemima MacDonald and Helen Puttock) were found brutally murdered after nights out at
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#17327878259691518-608: Is the longest she has ever taken with an album, she was glad to have taken the time and she feels the album has "the TLC that it deserves". Macdonald released the new album entitled Under Stars on 17 February 2017. A video of an acoustic version of new album track "Down by the Water" was also released. She performed live on BBC Scotland's Hogmanay 2017 show where she debuted her upcoming single " Dream On ". In September 2018, Macdonald announced her first greatest hits album, Woman of
1587-459: The Arab Spring . Three songs from the album were released as singles: " Slow It Down ", " Pride " and " 4th of July ". She told BBC News that Pride was written to describe her feelings about performing Flower of Scotland at Hampden Park prior to Scotland international football matches. Macdonald wrote the last track on the album, In the End , at the end of her previous tour and Life in
1656-577: The Chief Constable throughout. In 1995 the episode "Black Orchid" opened with Taggart's funeral. Despite the death of the title character the series continued. Jardine was promoted to Detective Inspector and DC Stuart Fraser ( Colin McCredie ) was introduced, becoming the long-suffering sidekick to Jardine, former long-suffering sidekick to Taggart. Fraser was later revealed to be gay. McCredie had made an early appearance in Taggart when he played
1725-640: The Free European Song Contest 2021 with her song " Statues ", finishing in 4th place with 77 points. Macdonald has sold over 12 million records worldwide. Amy Elizabeth Macdonald was born on 25 August 1987. She attended Bishopbriggs High School in East Dunbartonshire , Scotland. After being inspired by Travis at the T in the Park festival in 2000, she heard Travis' song " Turn " and wanted to play it herself. She bought
1794-526: The ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries Killer from 6 until 20 September 1983, before a full series was commissioned that ran from 2 July 1985 until 7 November 2010. The series revolved around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police , though various storylines were set in other parts of Greater Glasgow and in other areas of Scotland. The team operated out of
1863-889: The Swiss Hitparade Albums Chart, spending a combined total of ten weeks on the chart, re–appearing in the top 100 at number 94 in April 2019. In Germany, it peaked at number 22, spending four weeks on the German Albums Chart, number 29 in Austria, number 93 on the Ultratop Flanders Chart and 130 on the Ultratop Wallonia Chart in Belgium. Macdonald, a prominent fan of popular Scottish sitcom Still Game , made
1932-690: The American music market followed in 2008. Macdonald's second studio album, A Curious Thing , was released in 2010. Its lead single " Don't Tell Me That It's Over " peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Chart , and reached the Top 10 in several mainland European countries. In 2010, she collaborated with Ray Davies on his album, See My Friends ; she sang with him on a cover of the Kinks ' 60s hit "Dead End Street". Her third studio album, Life in
2001-657: The Barrowland. All three murders were attributed to a man dubbed " Bible John " by police after he was heard referring to the Old Testament to one of his victims. Similarities between the murders led police to believe that they were the work of the same man. The man made contact with all three women at the Barrowland Ballroom, before escorting them home and raping and strangling them within yards of their doorsteps. All three women were menstruating and their handbags were stolen. An investigation failed to find Bible John, and
2070-472: The Colville Building was used as the police station, for example, and John Street, the name given to the police station in the series, is a real location within the campus. The series began with a miniseries pilot, titled "Killer", followed by 109 episodes of Taggart . Early episodes were split into multiple parts and aired over three weeks while later episodes were self-contained. In Australia
2139-547: The Killers , Rammstein . Paul Weller , The Vaccines , and Bruce Springsteen . Her 2008 single " Run " was inspired by The Killers and a gig of theirs that Macdonald had attended in Glasgow. Macdonald revealed in 2008 that she wished to collaborate with The Killers, citing lead singer Brandon Flowers as an "absolute mesmerising performer". Macdonald has expressed concerns and scepticism about Brexit at numerous times. In 2017, she stated: “For me suddenly to be put in
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2208-435: The Life ". Macdonald began working on her second album in 2009. She said "Some of the sounds are just amazing and we've managed to persuade one of my favourite artists to whack some stuff down on them, but you'll have to wait and see." The artist in question was Paul Weller , who contributed electric guitar on the track " Love Love " and piano and bass guitar on the track " This Pretty Face ". Titled A Curious Thing , it
2277-514: The Taggarts, which on occasion became intertwined with the case being investigated. The most memorable of these was the Taggarts' ongoing care of Jean's senile Aunt Hettie (Sheila Donald), whom Jim despises and begrudges staying in his house. This sub-plot ran through 1990–91 until the Hettie character was killed off in the 1991 season finale, "Violent Delights", in which her funeral is carried out by
2346-607: The UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark. This Is the Life reached No. 92 on the US Billboard 200. The single, "This Is the Life" reached No. 25 on the US Billboard Triple-A radio airplay charts. The first single from the album, " Poison Prince ", was only a limited release. The second single, " Mr. Rock and Roll ", became Macdonald's first top 40 song, charting at No. 12 in the United Kingdom. However
2415-702: The World achieved moderate success in continental Europe. It charted at number 46 on the UK Albums Chart, where it spent one week within the UK Top 100. In her native Scotland, it charted at number 19 on the Scottish Albums Charts, remaining in the top 100 of the Scottish Albums Charts into January 2019, spending a total of nine week on the chart. Elsewhere in Europe, it charted at number 19 on
2484-415: The World (The Best of 2007–2018) , which includes all of her successful songs, plus a previously unreleased song, "Woman of the World". The album was released on 23 November 2018. Macdonald also announced a European tour, which she embarked on during March and April 2019. The album includes hits, like " Mr Rock & Roll " and " This Is the Life ", plus two new songs, "Woman of the World" and "Come Home" from
2553-419: The album was named "Barrowland Star" due to their close affinity with the venue. It features in "Fearful Lightning", an episode of the television series Taggart . In April 2021, a mural inspired by Douglas Stuart 's Booker Prize -winning novel Shuggie Bain was unveiled on the wall of the Barrowland Ballroom, featuring a boy dancing in the street, together with a quote from the book: "You'll not remember
2622-610: The city, you were too wee, but there's dancing. All kinds of dancing." The artwork and lettering was created by the Cobolt Collective – comprising Glasgow School of Art 2015 graduates Erin Bradley-Scott, Chelsea Frew and Kat Loudon – and is 20 by 20 metres (66 by 66 ft). 55°51′18.6″N 4°14′12.1″W / 55.855167°N 4.236694°W / 55.855167; -4.236694 Amy Macdonald Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987)
2691-512: The episodes in 2013. Online catch-up of the new series was not available to users of STV Player until the show had been broadcast on ITV and UTV . The format of the show changed over the years. Originally the show ran with three one-hour episodes to each story. This was later changed starting with the last transmitted story in 1998 to a regular pattern of two-hour stand-alone stories and beginning in July 2002 these were shortened to 60 minutes. After
2760-454: The fictional John Street police station. Mark McManus , who played the title character Jim Taggart, died in 1994. However, the series continued under the same name. Taggart is one of the UK's longest-running television dramas. The Scottish BAFTA-winning pilot episode "Killer", directed by Laurence Moody and broadcast in 1983, introduced the character Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart (played by Mark McManus until his death in 1994),
2829-489: The film Patrick . Talking about the album, Macdonald said, "I remember the week of the 30th July 2007 – I released my first ever album This Is The Life , and I wasn’t quite sure how I found myself in that position. My album was number 1 in countries I’d never even been to before [...] 10 years later people were still interested. I just felt that after such an incredible journey it was time to look back and feel proud of everything that has happened." Upon release, Woman of
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2898-413: The fourth series of The X Factor in 2007 following Jackson cancelling a performance with Macdonald after it was reported that Jackson was suffering from tonsillitis. When asked about this, Macdonald did not speak favourably of the situation, and claimed that Jackson was "suffering from lazyitis" and not tonsillitis. In 2015, she was critical of Sandi Thom who had posted a video of herself online having
2967-434: The murders remain unsolved. On the night of the murder of Helen Puttock, Puttock's sister Jeannie Langford was with her and spoke to her sister's suspected killer. Jeannie described Bible John as: "25–35 years old, reddish/fair hair, wore a blue suit and matching trousers with white shirt. Spoke very politely and was very religious". In 2007, following the murder of Angelica Kluk, speculation arose that serial killer Peter Tobin
3036-420: The music industry changes since 2007. Macdonald claims that "what’s funny is even then, everyone found it bizarre that I got a record deal from sending a demo, because this was when people were being discovered on MySpace — Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys; they were all doing it that way". In 2007 Macdonald released her debut album, titled This Is the Life . The album sold three million copies, and reached No. 1 in
3105-523: The position when Brexit happens to need to get visas for every single gig I do – particularly when I do most of my gigs in Europe – might be a little bit mental. Whenever my band play in Switzerland and arrive on the bus, it is a total nightmare” and she might have to leave the United Kingdom because of that and relocate to Germany if Brexit went ahead. In 2008, Macdonald sparked controversy over comments she made regarding Leon Jackson who had just won
3174-413: The recording sessions for the album. Later, she stated on 9 December 2015 via her Instagram account that she had finished the songwriting for the album and that she hoped the album would be finished sometime in 2016. On 9 August 2016, Macdonald announced via Instagram her fourth album was finished and would be released early 2017. Macdonald said although it was two and a half years in the making, which
3243-752: The release of album The Human Demands would be on 30 October 2020. Macdonald also announced a European tour, which she will embark on between April and July 2021. Macdonald discussed the album, and performed an acoustic version of the track "We Could Be So Much More", on BBC Radio 4's Front Row in November 2020. On 15 May 2021, she represented Scotland at the Free European Song Contest 2021 , hosted in Cologne , Germany . Her song " Statues " ultimately finished in fourth place with 77 points. In July 2021, she hosted her own radio show on BBC Radio Scotland entitled Life Tracks with Amy Macdonald where she played
3312-467: The schedule whenever there was a gap, meaning that they were often not shown in consecutive weeks or on one set night of the week. Often months passed between episodes of the same series being shown. This was very much the case in Australia with ABC TV showing episodes featuring the three lead actors in haphazard order with current or recent shows. This made it very difficult to understand the history of
3381-519: The second episode, "Dead Ringer", was Superintendent Jack McVitie ( Iain Anders ). Another important character was Taggart's wife Jean (Harriet Buchan), whose physical disability did not prevent her from pursuing a number of interests in life, while her cynical husband stuck mainly to his job. Throughout the McManus era, there was nearly always a sub-plot in every episode which involved the domestic life of
3450-407: The series aired on ABC1 . In 2011 ABC1 aired episodes on Friday at 8:30pm. ABC1 actually broadcast episodes 101 "IOU", 102 "Local Hero", and 103 "The Rapture" before STV did because of scheduling conflicts. 7TWO airs repeat episodes right back to the first episode. In New Zealand the series aired on Vibe . In Ireland the series aired on RTÉ . In Denmark , the series aired on DR , and it
3519-454: The series playing murder suspect George Bryce in 1986 in the episode "Knife-Edge". The personal relationships of the police officers in this series were shown as nothing to be envious of: Reid described herself, Burke, Ross and Fraser as "three divorcees and a celibate homosexual" in the episode "Penthouse and Pavement". After filming was completed on series 26 in December 2009, Colin McCredie
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#17327878259693588-546: The show used a panoramic shot of Glasgow taken from the summit of the Cathkin Braes to the south of the city. In the early years live infill shots of the city were also taken from this vantage point. In later years a shot of the city centre taken from The Lighthouse on Mitchell Lane was used. In later series the buildings of the University of Strathclyde were extensively used for exterior shots. The entrance level of
3657-541: The show. The DVD rights in the UK for many Taggart episodes the earlier series in particular are held by Clearvision. However, some episodes, in particular those from 2002 onwards, have been released on DVD in the UK by Acorn Media UK . There are also Region 1 and Region 4 releases for North American and Australasian markets. Some of the DVD releases are now quite rare and deleted and there has been no Blu-ray release at present. Actors appearing on Taggart episodes over
3726-538: The third single, " LA ", missed the top 40 at No. 48. The fourth and most successful single, " This Is the Life ", charted at No. 28 in the UK, and was No. 1 in five other European countries ― Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic and the Netherlands. In her native Scotland, it achieved considerable success, peaking at number seventeen. The single was awarded Platinum in Germany and Belgium and Gold in Spain and Switzerland. It
3795-507: The three songs based on fan reaction during live performances, claiming that they are "fan favourites". Macdonald recorded each of the songs for the extended play in a live performance style, based on the way she performs the songs whilst touring. Reviewers have described Amy as softly spoken but with a booming singing voice. Her vocal range is contralto , and blends acoustic and folk with rock and indie influences. Macdonald cites Travis as her biggest influence. Other influences include
3864-535: The venue by filming the video for their 1983 single, " Waterfront ", at Barrowlands. Adjacent to the ballroom itself is the Barrowland Park, where there is a path displaying the names of many artists who have played at the venue. Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers have played sold-out concerts at the venue every St Patrick's Day since 1992, and recorded their Best Served Loud album there in 2016 to celebrate 25 years at Barrowland. The Barrowland 2
3933-400: The weekend markets, with a large weatherproof hall above. The front of the building is decorated with a large animated neon sign . Since 2020, Barrowland Ballroom has been the venue for the annual Scottish Music Awards . From 1983 onwards the ballroom became a concert venue with a capacity of 1,900 standing, known for its acoustics and its sprung dance floor . Simple Minds relaunched
4002-522: The years include: Note: Where multiple episodes are listed here, a different character is portrayed in each episode. Recurring characters are listed in Cast sections above. The show was primarily shot in and around Glasgow and its metropolitan area, but the show occasionally ventured further, for example to Loch Lomond , Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands . The original title card of
4071-551: Was Bible John, due to similarities in modus operandi . Tobin frequented the Barrowland, and moved to Brighton in late 1968 before the last two murders were committed. The Barrowland features heavily in the 2015 movie The Legend of Barney Thomson , directed by Robert Carlyle . It features in part of the opening scene of the 2014 movie God Help the Girl from writer/director Stuart Murdoch (lead singer of indie pop group Belle & Sebastian ) Scottish singer Amy Macdonald has
4140-505: Was a popular show with Danish subtitles. Taggart was first broadcast on DR2 from 2002 to 2006 as six more episodes were then aired. After the digitising of Danish television, Taggart appeared on DR1 from episodes featuring James MacPherson as DCI Jardine. Ever since Taggart has aired from the first miniseries "Killer" until the episode length was cut to 45 minutes. Three-episode stories have aired one after another but have also combined into one long episode. Jim Taggart's homophobia
4209-402: Was also the theme song of True Law ( Prawo Agaty ), a Polish legal drama TV series. The fifth single, " Run ", gave Macdonald her second lowest chart position in the UK at No. 75. However, "Run" charted at No. 36 in Germany. The sixth and final single was the re-release of " Poison Prince "; it charted at No. 148 in the UK, Macdonald's lowest chart position. The album's track "Youth of Today"
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#17327878259694278-419: Was announced that ITV and STV had put their wider commercial differences to one side to make a new series, which Scottish viewers got to see first. The two broadcasters co-commissioned a six-part series of the show; UKTV also invested in return for repeat rights. New episodes of Taggart debuted on STV in autumn 2010 before being broadcast on ITV across the rest of the UK in 2011. The UKTV Channel Alibi showed
4347-704: Was chosen as the first single featured on Bebo /iTunes' "Free Single of the Week" program. She appeared as a musical performing guest on British and foreign shows including The Album Chart Show , Loose Women , Friday Night Project , Taratata (France), and This Morning . She won the best newcomer award at the Silver Clef Awards . She has appeared on several US talk shows such as The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2008), where she performed " Mr. Rock and Roll " and also The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2008) where she performed her hit single, " This Is
4416-491: Was engaged to footballer Richard Foster . They married on 4 June 2018 in Las Vegas . Macdonald is a supporter of Glasgow club Rangers . In 2015, Macdonald had an estimated fortune of £6 million. Television appearances Radio shows Taggart Taggart is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler , who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for
4485-585: Was informed that he and his character would not be returning for filming of the next series. ITV plc , the company that operates the ITV network franchises in England, Wales and southern Scotland, failed to announce whether it planned to show any new episodes of Taggart , prompting STV to suspend production of the programme in September 2009. STV announced in November 2009 that it would produce new episodes of Taggart for broadcast in 2010 regardless of whether ITV plc decided to screen it. In February 2010 it
4554-466: Was on holiday. In 2014, she performed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony . In the television broadcast of the event, Macdonald performs " Rhythm of My Heart " in the middle of George Square with Glaswegians, before panning to Macdonald performing the song live in Celtic Park during the opening ceremony in which she was later joined by Rod Stewart . Macdonald began writing songs for
4623-524: Was released on 10 May 2010 on digital download format. Macdonald also confirmed that she would tour the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe in 2010. The album's third single " This Pretty Face " was released on 19 July 2010 after Macdonald confirmed she would embark on a tour entitled The Love Love Tour . Also that year, she was one of a number of artists who recorded with Ray Davies on his 2010 album See My Friends , in which she sang with him on " Dead End Street ". Macdonald's third album, Life in
4692-509: Was released on 8 March 2010. The album was preceded by the release of the first single from it, " Don't Tell Me That It's Over ", a week earlier on 1 March 2010. The single was released to UK radio on 11 January, and Amy performed it that same day on the Simon Mayo Show on BBC Radio 2 . "Don't Tell Me That It's Over" was also released to radio in countries like UK, Switzerland, Germany and France. The album's second single " Spark "
4761-461: Was written about the 2014 Scottish independence referendum . About the song, Macdonald claimed that "the idea of Scotland being in control of its own affairs is something that I actually never thought I'd see in my lifetime. People fight and die for this right and all we've to do is put a little cross in a box. You know what to do Scotland." She was engaged to footballer Steve Lovell in 2008, but did not marry. She announced in January 2016 that she
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