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Homeward sound

It is only a couple of days before he is due to headline Homecoming Live’s Final Fling at Glasgow’s SECC, but I eventually run Ricky Ross to ground in Damascus.

When the Syrian branch of the Deacon Blue fan club asks you to speak at their 20th anniversary dinner, it must be hard to say no.

I jest. That invitation never came, in point of fact, but the scenario is believable just the same.