John McLaughlin talks about his pal Rod Stewart’s affection for Glasgow

We went to the Raddison Red to speak to John McLaughlin, longtime friend of Rod Stewart, on his love for the city.

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00:00Rod's someone that has a great affection for this city, both because he's a football fanatic

00:06but this is a man that could be anywhere but chooses to have this relationship with Glasgow.

00:11I wonder what you think Rod Stewart finds in Glasgow that he finds reassuring and brings

00:16him back?

00:17I think it's probably similar to Shane, I think it's the people. I think that Rod comes

00:23here a lot as you know, the music, the people, the football, and he just loves it. I think

00:30it's just people in general, obviously it's well documented he's a huge Celtic fan, but

00:36the Rangers fans give him a wee bit of grief when it's in good patter and good fun, and

00:41I think he likes that, he just likes the banter basically. He can come here and he loves doing

00:49photos with people and he always says if that stops then he's in trouble, but he never

00:54gets harangued by people, people are genuinely happy to see him and he's happy to see them.

00:59So he comes and spends a lot of time here, he loves it, he stays in the Radisson Mead

01:03Hotel, he loves this as well, everybody here's really nice to him. I think where it's less

01:10celebrity driven in Glasgow, you know it's weird, it's like people come, they want to

01:15be a nod, maybe want a photo, but that's it, they're not going to try and hang about

01:20all day or that, so I think he definitely likes that, and he likes the culture, and

01:24he likes the vibe, just a good vibe, and the music, he loves new bands and stuff as well,

01:29so he's always asking about all those kind of things.

01:32Is that him actually playing in the background?

01:34It might be, I'm thinking is that the face he's playing?

01:37That's amazing timing.