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Saying farewell to Runrig

Campbell Cameron with Bruce Guthro at the gig.

Lifelong Runrig fan and Oban FM presenter Campbell Cameron was at the Last Dance in Stirling at the weekend with more than 50,000 others. This is his review:

It’s been 45 years. A working lifetime for the band that the Celtic Rock genre was invented for if not by – and that’s debateable.

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