{"id":1486,"date":"2024-06-12T12:09:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2024-06-12T12:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:09:34","slug":"the-pretender-first-bus-announces-new-recruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/the-pretender-first-bus-announces-new-recruit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Pretender\u2019: First Bus announces new recruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story__summary\">\n<p><strong><em>Leading bus provider hires Dave Grohl lookalike to highlight shuttle bus service for fans travelling to Hampden for Foo Fighters gig<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story__body\">\n<p>Glaswegians would have been forgiven for having their heads turned in recent days after spotting one of the world\u2019s most famous rockstars out and about in the city.<\/p>\n<p>However, all is not as it seems. To celebrate the arrival of Foo Fighters later this month, First Bus hired a lookalike to join its ranks and leave travellers stunned in a nod to famous frontman, Dave Grohl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDave\u201d was spotted clocking in at the firm\u2019s Caledonia Depot before taking the wheel of the X31 Hampden Express \u2013 the same service that will offer Foo Fighters\u2019 fans an easy way to get to Hampden on Monday, 17 June.<\/p>\n<p>He also took in the sights of the city along Buchanan Street and round George Square in his new First Bus driver get up.<\/p>\n<p>First Bus will run special \u00a0services frequently from 6pm onwards to collect gig-goers from O\u2019Neill\u2019s bar (40-48 Union Street) and conveniently drop passengers on Cathcart Road behind Hampden\u2019s West Stand. A return service will also be in operation, taking passengers back into the city centre via the same route.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graeme Macfarlan, Commercial Director at First Bus Scotland, said:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cHaving the Foo Fighters in the city is a huge boost and we know people want to get to and from the gig safely and have a good time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not every day you think you see a worldwide superstar driving the X31 but what better way to celebrate than having our very own \u2018Dave\u2019 join the ranks?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstbus.co.uk\/greater-glasgow\/plan-journey\/hampden-express\"><strong>https:\/\/www.firstbus.co.uk\/greater-glasgow\/plan-journey\/hampden-express<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading bus provider hires Dave Grohl lookalike to highlight shuttle bus service for fans travelling to Hampden for Foo Fighters gig Glaswegians would have been forgiven for having their heads turned in recent days after spotting one of the world\u2019s most famous rockstars out and about in the city. However, all is not as it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488,"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions\/1488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumbrae.xthost.co.uk\/busv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}