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Glasvegas Frontman Found Safe In NY
Date: 11 September 2009
By Johnny Mayo
There has been much concern in recent days about the whereabouts and wellbeing of Glasvegas’ frontman James Allan.
It started shortly before the band were due to perform at the Mercury Prize awards earlier this week but had to cancel their rendition of ‘Geraldine’ when James pulled a no-show and didn’t inform anyone, band members or manager, of his whereabouts.
"We did a festival in Italy and came back and the last I've seen of him was at the airport," guitarist Rab Allan told NME.com. "I got told today he's ill. Missing in action? Yeah something like that."
"His mum hasn't heard from him but we have told her not to worry. Everyone is panicking. We don't know if he's going to come to the gigs. We'll have to wait and see. The last we heard of him was after we got off the plane on Friday. I emailed him but he didn't reply. He is probably away with a woman, knowing James. We don't think he's in Glasgow. Our manager is in Glasgow and he hasn't heard from him. We thought he would turn up at the Mercury Prize at the last minute. I miss him. The message is: James please get in touch."
The relieving news was broken yesterday as the bands manager Dean Cunnings revealed that he has received a phone call from James saying that he is well and holed up in New York. James mentioned that he got in touch as soon as he discovered that people were concerned for his safety.
Dean explained "James is not missing, he's in New York. He got in touch with me yesterday at about 1.45pm to tell me he was OK because he knew people were worried, but to be honest I've been just as much in the dark about this as anybody – the last time I saw James was at the gig in Cardiff when they supported U2 a week ago. I don't even know exactly when he went missing."
Arses were tightly clenched waiting on the news that all was well with James, as the band were due to fly out to Boston to start supporting Kings of Leon on their US tour.
James, stay safe.
