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Billy's big bash
Daily Record
|April 28, 2025
Hoolie in the Hydro will pay tribute to Connolly
BILLY Connolly's life is to be celebrated with an all-star concert at Glasgow's OVO Hydro.
The show is being staged with the comedian's backing to mark 60 years since he first performed with folk act The Humblebums.
December's Hoolie in The Hydro: The Big Yin concert will pay tribute to the 82-year old who was forced to retire in 2018 after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
Organiser Gary Innes, 44, said: "When I approached Billy and his family last year about the idea, they were over the moon.
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