21 March 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nDeacon Blue’s Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh were shocked when a fan sent them her public hair.<\/p>\n
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A fan once sent Deacon Blue’s Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh a piece of their pubic hair<\/p>\n
\nThe ‘Real Gone Kid’ hitmakers encountered some “unhinged” people at the height of their fame and while frontman Ricky Ross has “erased” the memory of one disturbing parcel from his mind, his wife and bandmate Lorraine McInotsh, wasn’t so lucky.<\/p>\n
\nLorraine told ContactMusic.com: “Someone sent their pubic hair!”<\/p>\n
\nA stunned Ricky interrupted: “No! I don\u2019t remember that. No!”<\/p>\n
\nHis spouse insisted: “I do. Yeah. Photographs of her with her hamsters, and then a piece of her pubic hair.<\/p>\n
\n“Oh, that was a long time ago.”<\/p>\n
\nRicky quipped: “I must\u2019ve erased that one!” <\/p>\n
\nLorraine doesn’t think artists recieve so much unwanted post these days because of the rise of social media and the interactions it offers between musicians and fans.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: “There are some unhinged people out there.<\/p>\n
\n“Now, they would just go online and say something, but in those days, they would write, and they would send photographs of themselves – and up to all sorts of things!”<\/p>\n
\nDespite one “stalky” incident over the years, the couple – who founded the band alongside James Prime, Dougie Vipond, Ewen Vernal and the late Graeme Kelling – are relieved they have largely only enjoyed “positive” experiences with fans.<\/p>\n
\nRicky said: “It was really mostly positive, to be honest with you. It was mostly positive. <\/p>\n
\n“There were a few – there was this one particular time when someone was kind of getting a little bit too stalky, but we got a pretty easy ride.”<\/p>\n
\nLorraine added: “That was one person out of thousands. And the amazing thing is we’ve made friends with some of these fans who have been coming to our gigs for years, and we see them every tour.”<\/p>\n
\nAnd some fans have even become close friends of the ‘Dignity’ hitmakers.<\/p>\n
\nRicky shared: “One of my best friends I just saw for dinner recently was a guy called Jimmy; I should mention Jimmy Rice he’s a great friend, and he bought tickets for all his pals to come see us supporting Ben E. King in Manchester [in 1987], we were supporting Ben E. King.<\/p>\n
\n“And then he and his friends would start coming to like tiny gigs – there was no one there; it was, maybe, 20 people there at Huddersfield Polytechnic or something like that. <\/p>\n
\n“And he and his pals would come, and they were the ones that all started singing back, like, \u2018Loaded’.<\/p>\n
\n“\u2018Loaded\u2019 was the first – it wasn\u2019t \u2018Dignity\u2019 – it was \u2018Loaded\u2019, and we just became friends. <\/p>\n
\n“We just became really good friends. So, we’re grateful for that, and we’ve got friends across the world as well that we’ve met, which has been lovely.”<\/p>\n
\nDeacon Blue – which now features Gregor Philp and Lewis Gordon alongside Ricky, Lorraine, James and Dougie – are celebrating 40 years of the band in 2025 by releasing their highly anticipated 11th studio album ‘The Great Western Road’, as well as going out on two tours.<\/p>\n
\n‘The Great Western Road’ is out now and available on music streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
\nDeacon Blue 2025 tour dates:<\/p>\n
\nMarch 30 – Edinburgh Usher Hall<\/p>\n
\nMarch 31 – Bradford St George\u2019s Hall<\/p>\n
\nApril 2 – Bristol Beacon Theatre<\/p>\n
\nApril 3 – Cambridge Corn Exchange<\/p>\n
\nApril 4 – London Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire<\/p>\n
\nSeptember 19 – Liverpool M+S Bank Arena<\/p>\n
\nSeptember 20 – Brighton Centre<\/p>\n
\nSeptember 22 – Birmingham Utilita Arena<\/p>\n
\nSeptember 23 – Leeds FirstDirect Arena<\/p>\n
\nSeptember 25 – Bournemouth International Centre<\/p>\n
\nSeptember 26 – Cardiff Utilita Arena<\/p>\n
\nSeptember 28 – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena<\/p>\n
\nSeptember 29 – Sheffield Utilita Arena<\/p>\n
\nOctober 1 – Manchester AO Arena<\/p>\n
\nOctober 3 – London Wembley OVO Arena<\/p>\n
\nOctober 5 – Hull Connexin Live<\/p>\n
\nOctober 6 – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Utilita Arena<\/p>\n
\nOctober 8 – Dublin 3Arena<\/p>\n
\nOctober 10 – Glasgow Hydro<\/p>\n
\nOctober 11 – Glasgow Hydro<\/p>\n
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