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Lulu has been around for so long it's impossible to think of the music world without her. But how fitting it is that the pop legend should kick off her farewell UK tour with her final gig in front of a hometown audience.
Glasgow was the 75-year-old's first port of call in a series of dates that will culminate at the London Palladium next week.
Lulu sang her heart out for the last time in Scotland amid reports that, like her old friend Elton John, she will ultimately bring the curtain down on her life on the road with an appearance at Glastonbury this summer.
From Bond to Bowie, hanging out with The Beatles, or breaking into the Top Ten aged just 15 in 1964 with debut single Shout, Lulu's life and times reads like an A-Z of pop culture.
And that's before we talk about her marriage to a Bee Gee, winning Eurovision with Boom Bang-A-Bang, scoring a US No 1 with the title track of hit film To Sir, With Love, or relighting her fire in the 1990s alongside Take That.
Scottish singer, actress, and television personality Lulu playing live at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow
How fitting it is that the pop legend should kick off her farewell UK tour with her final gig in front of a hometown audience
Lulu pictured alongside her sister and and backing singer Edwina
So the opening night of this career-spanning trip down memory lane to celebrate 60 years in showbusiness was always going to be a bit special.
'I've had the most unbelievable life. And this is
