Glasgow is currently experiencing a bizarre coincidence as the city plays host to both 'Interpols' at the same time.
New York post-punk trio Interpol are in town to celebrate the 20-year, milestone anniversary of their second album, Antics, performing the album live, in its entirety, at the Royal Concert Hall on Monday evening.
Meanwhile, INTERPOL, the international criminal police organisation, is hosting its annual General Assembly at the Scottish Event Campus in the city.
Around 2,475 people are expected to take in the sold-out Interpol concert, while the INTERPOL General Assembly is bringing together more than 1,000 attendees over the three-day event.
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Many who spotted the coincidence took to X to share their bemusement, with one such tweet wracking up over 400,000 views.
It read: "Both Interpol, the organisation, and Interpol the band are going to be in Glasgow tomorrow, and that's scratching a part of my brain that I didn't know needed scratched."
One person responded with: "I spotted the conference check in at the Blythswood last night then saw tickets on sale for the band. Coincidence or conspiracy?!"
Another wrote: "I just know some people are going to go to the wrong one."
A third pointed out that the band and the international criminal police organisation are "one and the same", in reference to the 'spies' lyric that appears in Interpol's song 'Slow Hands', which reached number 36 on the UK Singles Chart back in 2004.
Surprisingly, INTERPOL also chipped in, responding to the tweet by posting: "Let's get the party started".
Let's get the party started. 🫡 @Interpol
— INTERPOL 🚨 #ForASaferWorld (@INTERPOL_HQ) November 4, 2024
For the arrival of INTERPOL, a new tartan was created by one of the world’s leading tartan designers in advance of the arrival of INTERPOL to Scotland's biggest city.
Commissioned by the UK, design was loosely based on the tartan of Scotland’s Black Watch Regiment, formed in 1739 to “Watch upon the braes", meaning “to guard the hills”.
A case of oneupmanship perhaps? That would be 'Evil' if so...
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