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FOLK duo Howdenjones take to the stage at Scawby Village Hall for an evening of music and laughter at 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday). Visit www.scawbyvillagehall.co.uk for details.

SCUNTHORPES Baths Hall hosts Paul Carrack, pictured below, The Man With the Golden Voice at 7.30pm on Saturday (October 19). Tickets from 28.50, call 08448542776.

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Listings for Vue, Scunthorpe, from Friday, October 18 to Thursday, October 24 Captain Phillips (12A): Fri 14:00, 17:05, 20:00, 21:30; Sat 14:00, 17:05, 20:00; Sun, Mon, Tues, Thurs: 13:30, 16:35, 19:30; Wed 13:30, 16:45, 20:00. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (U): Fri 13:30, 16:00, 18:30; Sat 10:00, 11:00, 12:30, 13:30, 15:00, 16:00, 18:30; Sun 10:00, 11:00, 12:30, 13:30, 15:00, 16:00, 18:15 Despicable Me 2 (U): 10:45 (except Fri). Escape Plan (15): Fri 14:45, 17:30, 20:15, 22:30; Sat, Sun 17:30, 20:15; Mon, Tues, Thurs 15:00, 17:30, 20:15; Wed 15:00, 17:45, 20:30. Filth (18): Tues: 19:45. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (15): Wed 11:30, 13:45, 16:00, 18:30, 20:45; Thurs 11:30, 13:45, 16:00, 18:15, 20:30. Justin and the Knights of Valour (PG): Fri 12:15; Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs: 10:00, 12:30. NT Live: Hamlet (Encore) (PG): Tues 19:00. Planes (U): 10:30 (except Fri). Planes 3D (U): 10:00 (except Fri). Prisoners (15): 16:00, 19:30. Red 2 (12A): Tues 13:00 Rush (15): Fri 12:45, 20:40; Sat 12:45, 20:45; Sun 12:45, 20:30; Mon: 12:45, 19:40; Wed, Thurs 12:45, 19:45. Sunshine On Leith (PG): Fri, Sat, Wed 13:00, 15:20, 17:40, 20:15; Sun, Mon, Tues, Thurs 13:00, 15:20, 17:40, 20:00. The Fifth Estate (15): Mon, Tues 10:30, 13:30, 16:30. The Smurfs 2 (U): 11:00 (except Fri). Turbo (U): 10:15, 13:00, 15:30, 18:00 (all except Fri); Fri 13:00, 15:30, 18:00. Turbo 3D (U): Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon 12:20, 14:40, 16:50, 19:10; Tues 12:30, 15:00; Wed, Thurs 12:30, 15:00, 17:20. White House Down (12A): 20:15 (except Fri, Sat); Fri, Sat 20:30.

ACOUSTIC blues band Babajack play the Ropery Hall, BartonUpon-Humber, on Friday (October 18). Tickets 10 in advance or 12 on the door, show starts at 8pm. Call 01652 660380.

Les is rolling back into town

N SEPTEMBER 1971 the Bay City Rollers made their UK top 10 chart debut with Keep On Dancing. But the then-lead singer Nobby Clark and his fellow Scotsmen failed to cash in on their initial success and the Rollers were about to be written off as one-hit wonders. The change in fortunes came late in 1973 when Les, then aged 17, took over the front mans role. There followed nine successive top 10 hits including two chart-toppers between 1974 and 1976 and worldwide fame and fortune. Four decades later Les is still basking in that success and playing to packed audiences across the globe with his Bay City Roller Show. His current 41-date UK tour stops off at Scunthorpes Plowright Theatre on Friday, October 25 less than three weeks before his 58th birthday. It will be the second successive year the roller-boss has turned The Plowright into the Shang-A-Lang playhouse. The Bye Bye Baby charttopper makes

CHILDRENS favourite Hairy Maclary is performed at 1.30pm and 3.30pm on Wednesday (October 23) at the Baths Hall, Scunthorpe. Tickets 10, call 0844 8542776. THE 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe hosts a Judge Dredd exhibition until December 7, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-4pm.

EDINBURGH-born musician Les McKeown, who visits Scunthorpe next week, will go down in history as the mastermind of one of the greatest comebacks in the history of British popular music. NICK COLE speaks to the Bay City Rollers frontman about his 40 years in the industry
no bones about the fact he has a soft spot for Scunthorpe and his local Tartan Army supporters. Five years ago he was a rate-payer in the town as a partner in a car auction firm on the Foxhills Industrial Estate but the business has since relocated to London. Looking forward to the return to Scunthorpe, he said: We will be performing a 130-minute show with all the hits thats longer than we did when the Rollers were at the height of their fame. When the musics in your blood you just cant stop. Last year at the Plowright, the fans were really up for it and we are ready for a repeat performance. We can guarantee the fans a fantastic night of fun and nostalgia. It will be a night of music and chat about the old days. Les revealed the band were named after Bay City in Michigan, USA a decision which paid big dividends when the Rollers became household names overnight in the States in 1975. He recalled how his life changed when on November 18, 1973 he was asked to replace Nobby in The Rollers. He said: It was a fantastic time to be growing up, touring the world and playing to audiences of 50,000 or more. In those days we turned the whole world tartan. It was a crazy time. Everywhere we went we were constantly mobbed and mass hysteria followed our every move. The international glamour was to continue until 1978 when the singer quit the band due to musical NOSTALGIA: Les with other members of The Bay City Rollers in their heyday. Main image, how he is today differences and pursued a solo career. That same year he met his future Japanese-born wife Peko. They now live in Hackney, London, with their 29-year-old son Jubei, who is a martial arts instructor and an accomplished musician in his own right. These days Les and his Rollers continue to look at the world through tartan-tinted glasses. He said: After the UK, we are due to give concerts in Russia, Japan, New Zealand and Australia in the new year. Its non-stop. In between the tours, the head roller continues work on the bands long-awaited 12-track new album as yet untitled and to be released in the new year Tickets for The Bay City Rollers Story cost 19.50. Call 0844 8542776 or visit www. scunthorpe theatres.co.uk

JACKSON Live In Concert brings the music of Michael Jackson to the Baths Hall stage in Scunthorpe tonight at 7.30pm. Tickets cost 15. Call 0844 8542776.

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BRIGG Operatic Society performs South Pacific at Vale Academy in Brigg from Tuesday, October 22 to Saturday, October 26. Tickets cost 7, all shows at 7.30pm, and 6 for a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Call 01724 330874. CLASSIC rock spectacular Vampires Rock is at the Baths Hall, Scunthorpe, at 7.30pm on Sunday (October 20). Tickets 22.50, call 0844

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NOW SHOWING: Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips

WORLD of Amber, an exhibition of Baltic amber and jewellery at Waters Edge Visitor Centre, Barton-UponHumber is on this weekend Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20 from 10am to 4pm. Admission is free. RAILWAY enthusiasts can see a classic steam train, the 70013 Oliver Cromwell, call at Barnetby (7.20am), Scunthorpe (7.50am) and Crowle (8.05am) on its journey from Cleethorpes to Chester on Saturday (October 19).

ANIMATION: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2

Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe Friday, October 25

The Bay City Rollers Story