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Glasgow Live
Glasgow Live
National
David McLean

When rock legends The Who joined Glasgow busker and met fans outside the Savoy Centre in 1979

If there's one thing guaranteed to draw a large crowd in Glasgow city centre, it's the presence of bona fide rock legends - and we don't use that word lightly when we're talking about The Who.

On Friday, June 8, 1979, the My Generation stadium rockers were in town and gearing up to deafen the masses at the city's famous Apollo theatre.

And the band, in spite of having only recently lost seminal drummer Keith Moon, who had tragically passed away the previous September, appeared in buoyant mood as they posed for pictures with fans both young and old on Sauchiehall Street.

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