Glasvegas have commented on frontman James Allan's recent sort-of disappearance. As you'll remember, when Allan failed to show up to play the Mercury Music Prize last week, and when it was revealed none of his bandmates knew where he was, there were various bits of speculation as to what might have happened to him. So much so that when he finally turned up OK no one stopped to consider just how rude it was to just not show up when your band has been booked to play an awards show.
Anyway, the band's guitarist and James' cousin Rab Allan has explained that the main problem was the his bandmate hasn't owned a mobile phone for six months, which is why no one could get in touch with him when he went AWOL. Rab: "The only way we could get in touch with him was by email. I knew he was okay, but everyone else seemed a little bit worried. I think the record company pretty worried. He has now, yes. We got him one on his glorious return, so he now has a phone".
I'm not sure if they bought him better manners in a bid to avert future no shows. Though a certain element of mystery does still surround Allan's short disappearance, and his bandmates seem to be as in the dark as the rest of us. Rab explained that when the band regrouped in Boston to support the Kings Of Leon that: "We went and had some food. We asked him if he was okay. We asked him if he wanted to talk about anything. Everything was fine, and we put it behind us and move on".