News about Les McKeown

The Bay City Rollers' secrets, which aired on ITV last night, sheds a light on how Tam Paton, the band's manager, would treat the group's youth. The band, left, were completely under Paton's custody, right, who would sleep in a different band member's room each night at the height of their fame.

As he described how he was humiliated at boarding school, Nicky Campbell (left) burstled in tears in his daughter's arms. The Bay City Rollers, 62, was a television show that aired on ITV last night, and examined how members of the 1970s group suffered in the hands of their boss Tam Paton (bottom right). He talked to members of the band and their families, including Peko Keiko and Jubei McKeown, the widow and son of frontman Les McKeown, who died. Peko told Nicky that she believes Les was assaulted by Paton when he was 19 years old. Later, when recalling the tale to his daughter Breagha (top right), Nicky said she 'always feels ashamed' before she lovingly hugged him and screaming in her arms.

After being harassed by the band's manager when he was 19 years old, Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown 'never found peace.' The 70s rocker, who died in 2021 at the age of 65, helped the tartan-clad group gain international recognition for hits including Byee Baby, I Only Wanna Be With You, and Shang-a-Lang. However, the Scottish singer endured a life of heroin use and alcoholism, confessing to drinking "two bottles of whiskey a day." Now, his widow Peko Keiko and his son Jubei have been told a new documentary that the rockstar will cry in his sleep and spiral over the abuse he suffered.