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===Second re–union: 2015–2018=== On 22 September 2015, the Bay City Rollers, including McKeown, Wood, and Alan Longmuir, announced they were reforming and would play a show at the Glasgow Barrowlands on 20 December.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/bay-city-rollers-back-scots-6492914|title=Bay City Rollers are back: Watch our video as pop icons announce reunion|first=John|last=Dingwall|date=22 September 2015|website=Dailyrecord.co.uk|access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34323112|title=Bay City Rollers announce reunion|date=22 September 2015|access-date=14 August 2021|website=Bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/bay-city-rollers-are-back-rollermania-kicks-off-as-band-announce-reunion-and-world-tour-for-2016-a2953271.html|title=Bay City Rollers announce reunion and world tour for 2016|first=Emma|last=Powell|date=22 September 2015|website=Standard.co.uk|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> Eric Faulkner was unable to contribute because of health concerns, almost dying in February 2015 after contracting viral encephalitis.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BomADwAAQBAJ&q=faulkner+encephalitis+eric&pg=PT253|title=I Ran With The Gang: My Life In and Out of the Bay City Rollers|last1=Longmuir|first1=Alan|last2=Knight|first2=Martin|date=2018-11-14|publisher=Luath Press Ltd|isbn=9781912387212|language=en}}</ref> The band released one new single, "Boomerang", and discussed plans for a new album. The reunion continued into 2016 before Wood ended the reunited line-up on 9 July 2016 because no shows were being booked for the so-called reunion. After the 2015 Christmas shows Les was booking shows only for himself and his band during 2016 (except T In The Park) which caused the reunion to end.<ref name="billboard.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7431227/bay-city-rollers-stuart-woody-wood-guitarist-announces-departure-from-band-watch-video-of-final/|title=Bay City Rollers Guitarist Announces Departure From Band; Watch Final Performances|website=Billboard.com|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> Plans for a new album and various tours that were hoped to take place in 2017 never materialised.<ref name="billboard.com"/><ref name="dailyrecord.co.uk">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/bay-city-rollers-singer-les-20712204|title=Bay City Roller Les McKeown says he'll never work with Stuart 'Woody' Wood|first=Rick|last=Fulton|date=24 October 2019|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> Prior to the reunion and after the end of the tour, McKeown continued to tour as "Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers".
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