EIGHTIES STAR JESSE RAE GOES TO NUMBER ONE IN USA WITH LOCH LOMOND

SCOTS eighties music legend and cult star Jesse Rae has gone to number one in America after breathing new life into five hundred year old Scots song Loch Lomond by bringing it out as a dance music version. 

Saint Bothwell’s born Jesse, now 71, who wears Highland battle dress and still carries a giant Claymore with him wherever he goes, is known for previous hits like Inside Out with eighties group Odyssey as well as his own track Over The Sea. 

He was asked to team up on Loch Lomond by Scots EDM dance team Objectz, aka singer songwriter Daryl Demarco, and world renowned multi-platinum hit music producer Simon Britton whose recent single Ignite on Spotify landed in the top ten of the illustrious Music Week official commercial pop chart. 

And Jesse, has just released the track on Deevu records in time for the festive season, says he’s thrilled that Loch Lomond can now reach a younger audience throughout the globe. 

The singer and Objectz have even more to celebrate after the extended mix of the song went to number one in the US industry led Masspool DJ top 50 club charts with the radio mix also going on at number eight. In Australia it has also gone it at number three in the iTunes Charts. 

Jesse,  who has spent the last few years taking his brand of funk music across the globe and restoring the William Wallace statue in Bemersyde, said: “Loch Lomond has an old world romance story of two lovers and two brothers, one destined to hang, the other to be set free attached to it and is so meaningful to every Scot and beyond.” 

“I love the way we have done it to bring it to a new generation. We’re sticking to the traditional -Loch Lomond is a five hundred year old song - but we are giving people what they want, something more upbeat so they can sing and dance along to it and don’t have to drag their feet to another version which is an old folk song.

We want the kids to sing and dance to it and are already getting enquiries from as far afield as Japan. People just want to dance and it’s such an iconic song.”

Objectz Simon Britton added: “Loch Lomond is a song that you normally play at the end of a wedding but the great thing with our remixed dance version featuring Jesse is that you can now play it at the start of the wedding too.” 

Loch Lomond by Objectz featuring Jesse Rae is released by Deevu records and is available via https://bfan.link/loch-lomond-feat-jesse-rae 

BEYONCE AND JAY Z HOLD UP PLANES IN GLASGOW

Beyonce and Jay Z made a sharp exit from their Hampden gig in Glasgow - getting out of the city immediately after their last song.
It meant that I never got to meet up with The Queen Bey this time round although I’ve had the privilege before - we were once locked in Harvey Nicks together before an MTV event. She enjoyed some wheatgrass juice as she perused the then trendy Juicy Couture styles and then popped on a pair of sunglasses before thanking me (I’m still not sure why) for her shopping trip. We posed together for a pic before the paparazzi got her leaving.
Anyway, this time round there was no stopping as  a police convoy of four motorcyclists made sure the power couple could make a fast exit onto the motorway with one motorcyclist out in front.
It made me laugh when she went to the left, to the left of the motorway (get it?)
The couple travelled in two people carriers to the airport where, my insider there told me they entered through the Signature Private Jet compound.
Normally private planes are  stationed there but Beyonce and Jay Z had to park their humongous plane at the other side of the runway because it was too big.
That meant the couple had to be chaperoned across the actual runway while the rest of the planes at the airport were held back to allow them through. You can see the exclusive video of them doing exactly that on our website.