In an alternative universe, one in which Glaswegian art school student Peter Capaldi realised his teenage ambition of becoming a punk rock anti-hero with his David Bowie / Talking Heads-influenced band The Dreamboys in 1977, the world might have tragically deprived of one of the greatest characters ever to grace British television screens, the foul-mouthed, short-tempered and largely terrifying spin doctor Malcolm Tucker who stole every scene written for him in Armando Iannucci's brilliant BBC political satire The Thick Of It. Oh, and the 12th incarnation of time lord Doctor Who would have looked and acted rather differently too.
But Capaldi's hugely successful and much-acclaimed acting career didn't completely erase his musical aspirations, and earlier this year the 67-year-old star released his second album, Sweet Illusions, the follow-up to his 2021 debut record St Christopher.
Last night, July 29, the actor played his first ever solo headline show, and as an unexpected treat for those packed into Glasgow's Stereo club, he threw in a rather decent cover of The Cure's 1992 hit single Friday I'm In Love.
Watch him channel his inner Robert Smith below.
