It may still be the season of goodwill, but that has not prevented feisty Amy Macdonald stoking up some Edinburgh-Glasgow rivalry by accusing fellow Scot and X-Factor winner Leon Jackson of "lazyitis".
Leon, 19, was meant to be playing the Hogmanay Concert in The Gardens show in Edinburgh but backed out at the last minute after suffering tonsillitis.
Immediately after her performance at Glasgow's New Year's Eve bash in George Square in front of 15,000 revellers 20-year-old Macdonald called into question Leon, from Livingston's "staying power", insisting tonsillitis was being used an an excuse to mask some birthday excesses.
Macdonald, from Bishopbriggs, said: "Tonsillitis doesn't harm your vocal chords at all. I have got tonsillitis too and I had to phone NHS 24 so I could get some penicillin today.
"I think Leon has got lazyitis, if I am honest. He hasn't even done anything. If he misses one of his first gigs it doesn't say much for his staying power.
"Just wait until he is really into it and is having to go to different countries and trying to become known in other territories. It is going to get much tougher for him than it is just now."
A spokesman for Leon said the teenager was still in bed ill and unaware of the comments.
He added: "I wasn't aware Amy had become a doctor. Leon was honoured to be asked to do Hogmanay in Edinburgh but doctors advised him not to sing. Seeing as he's a singer that poses a problem."
Macdonald was followed on stage by indie band The View, who headlined the Glasgow Hogmanay, which is now badged as part of the Winterfest' celebrations.
Last year the young Dundee band were propping up the line-up, which was due to be headlined by the Fratellis before being called off after George Square was devas-tated by a storm.
The organisers of the event were yesterday still thankful this year's festivities did not succumb to the elements.
Glasgow's Lord Provost, Bob Winter, last night paid tribute to the organisers and party-goers who ensured the event passed without significant incident.
He said: "Glasgow's Winterfest celebrations have been a tremendous success. Hogmanay saw upwards of 15,000 revellers enjoy what is undoubtedly one of the best parties in Scotland if not the world.
"We intend to build on the great success that is Glasgow's Winterfest and hope that revellers will view it as a global destination."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article