I've never quite given up my dream of becoming a ballet dancer but, while waiting to be discovered, have busied myself writing for the Scottish Daily Mail, Big Issue Scotland and the Scotsman before joining The Herald and Evening Times in 2009.
MICK HUCKNALL Sings American Soul invites the audience to hang on to both their hats and their ha’pennies.
Once the most unlikeable man in pop, Hucknall has reinvented himself as a solo covers man, the grand-daddy of X Factor-style crooning.
It’s remarkable to think Simply Red split as recently as 2010 and here he is, alone, aged 52, peacocking in slim fit jeans, a purple patterned shirt and snakeskin boots – their Cuban heels pounding rhythmically.
