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Deacon Blue singers recognised by Open University with honorary degrees

Lorraine McIntosh and Ricky Ross joined hundreds of graduates at the ceremony in Glasgow on Friday

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Deacon Blue review – Scottish hitmakers are more poignant and potent than ever

Still an arena-filling prospect long after their late-80s heyday, the veteran band bring political bite and pop prowess to a crowd-pleasing set

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025

Small Acts of Love review – tragedy and tenderness in Lockerbie eulogy

The people of a small Scottish town offer hope to bereaved families in the aftermath of the 1988 bombing in a moving music-theatre show

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2025

‘I’d been singing the wrong word for 30 years’: Deacon Blue on how they made Dignity

‘It’s become a sort of folk song. It’s played at weddings and funerals. Dundee United play it when we win. I’ve met people who’ve told me, “I was a worker for the council for 20 years” – just like the guy in the song’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2025

Deacon Blue share horror at intimate gift from 'unhinged' female fan

Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh once received a piece of pubic hair from a female fan.

BANG Premier · Mar 21, 2025

Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross reveals wife and bandmate Lorraine McIntosh is his biggest inspiration

Deacon Blue’s Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh got married in 1990, and their relationship has been going strong for 35 years.

BANG Premier · Mar 20, 2025

Deacon Blue call for artists to 'wake up' to potential threat of AI in music

Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh have voiced their concerns about the UK Government's planned changes to AI copyright laws.

BANG Premier · Mar 19, 2025

Play about Lockerbie-US bonds to launch first season at newly restored theatre

The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow is set to reopen in September 2025 after closing for major redevelopment work in 2018.

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024

Literary festival unveils line-up featuring top Scottish talent

LIZ Lochhead, Denise Mina and Ricky Ross will take centre stage at Pitlochry’s Winter Words Festival, it has been revealed.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 10, 2023

Celebrating 35 years of Glasgow band Deacon Blue’s iconic Raintown album

Glasgow band Deacon Blue released their iconic Raintown album 35 years ago, which not only stayed in UK charts for a year and a half - but is still widely regarded today.

Glasgow Live · Dec 2, 2022