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The Hashtag Show

Scott Gibson / Mallorca Lee

Comedy

Frequency: 1 episode/23d. Total Eps: 96

The Hashtag Show is an independent Scottish podcast hosted by comedian Scott Gibson, blending comedy, cultural commentary and honest conversation. Originally co-hosted with Mallorca Lee, the show was rebuilt following Mallorca’s death from cancer in 2024, evolving into a solo format that honours its roots while moving forward. Through guest interviews and solo episodes, it gives audiences authentic, funny and unfiltered discussion with a distinctly Scottish voice. Everyone is welcome, no one is safe.

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337 HEATHER FINNIE | The Voice of Scottish Rave — Ultra-Sonic, QFX & Mallorca Lee

Episode 337

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 • Duration 01:48:48

🚨 HEATHER FINNIE — THE VOICE OF A GENERATION | ULTRA-SONIC, QFX & THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCOTTISH DANCE MUSIC 🚨🏴 SCOTLAND. THE 1990s. THE RAVE REVOLUTION.Some voices are instantly recognisable. Some songs transport you back to a moment in your life.And some artists help define an entire generation.HEATHER FINNIE IS ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS.❤️From the unforgettable vocals of Ultra-Sonic's *Obsession* to her incredible work with QFX, Dimension and beyond, Heather's voice became part of the soundtrack to Scotland's legendary 90s dance music scene.This week on The Hashtag Show, Scott sits down with singer, songwriter and vocal coach Heather Finnie for a wonderfully honest, hilarious and at times emotional conversation about a remarkable career.At just 16 years old, Heather answered an advert looking for a singer. After missing her train, arriving late and being told she was too short, she was given just 30 seconds to prove herself.What happened next would help shape Scottish dance music history.🎧 IN THIS EPISODE:🔥 The incredible audition that started everything🎶 Recording Obsession with Mallorca Lee and Rodger Hughes❤️ The genius of producer Andy Haldane — and how Tom Cruise helped create one of Scotland's biggest rave anthems!🎤 Her journey through Ultra-Sonic, Dimension and QFX📺 Performing on Top of the Pops and meeting Meat Loaf☀️ The legendary 90s Ibiza trips, FUBAR and the madness behind the scenes😂 Getting caught pulling a sickie after appearing in the Daily Record!🎙️ The devastating loss of her singing voice, the surgery that followed and the years spent rebuilding it❤️ Her friendship with Mallorca Lee, the memories they shared and the emotional experience of performing without him🎵 Why the Scottish dance music scene deserves greater recognition for its place in musical historyWe also discuss the sacrifices that come with pursuing a creative career, the pressures of performing, and Heather's work helping the next generation of singers find their voices.From recording in bedrooms to performing in front of thousands, this is a story about extraordinary talent, determination, friendship and a genuine love of music.And through it all, Heather remains that same wee lassie from Lanarkshire who simply wanted to sing.THE VOICE MAY HAVE DEFINED A GENERATION. BUT THE STORY BEHIND IT IS JUST AS REMARKABLE.🎙️ HEATHER FINNIE — THE HASHTAG SHOW▶️ Watch the Council Episode on YouTube🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts🔥 PLUS AN EXTRA 50 MINUTES OF CONVERSATION EXCLUSIVELY FOR HASHTAG HEROES ON PATREON!👉 www.patreon.com/thehashtagshowEveryone's Welcome. No One Is Safe.❤️ Love, Love, Love. Onwards.#TheHashtagShow #HeatherFinnie #UltraSonic #QFX #MallorcaLee #ScottishDanceMusic #Obsession #90sRave #ScottishRaveScene #ScottGibson

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336 Solo Gibbo "Christmas in Fife and Let Them Eat Cake"

Episode 336

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 • Duration 58:36

🎙️ SOLO PODCAST — 1,000 SUBSCRIBERS, TIGERS & ABSOLUTE NONSENSE! 🔥

THE HASHTAG SHOW IS BACK WITH ANOTHER SOLO EPISODE!

No guests. No sensible conversation. Just Scott Gibson, a microphone and absolutely no idea where the conversation is going to end up. 😂

❤️ First up, we're celebrating a massive milestone for the podcast — 1,000 SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE!

Scott takes a moment to thank everyone who's supported the show, reflects on how far the podcast has come since losing his great friend and co-host Mallorca Lee, and shares a brilliant wee story about Mal's habit of leaving inappropriate drawings in his notebooks.

But don't worry. Things go downhill remarkably quickly.

🔥 THIS WEEK'S NONSENSE INCLUDES:

🎉 Celebrating 1,000 YouTube subscribers

❤️ Remembering Mallorca Lee and the journey of The Hashtag Show

🎧 The incredible response to the Denis McBride / Hangar 13 episode

☕ Why do people who hate coffee love Starbucks?

🎄 Christmas decorations in October and the dangers of a Fife Christmas

🥶 Why being cold is infinitely better than being hot

🐅 A man, a tiger and some extremely questionable ideas for the justice system

📖 A campaign to bring back some forgotten vocabulary

🏴 Scotland, AI data centres and the country's apparent nuclear superpower status

🍰 Nigella Lawson, The Great British Bake Off and the mysterious art of eating cake

Plus, a few hints about some very special guests coming to the podcast over the next few weeks.

It's heartfelt, ridiculous, occasionally offensive and completely unfiltered.

335 with Denis McBride

Episode 335

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 • Duration 01:27:43

🚨 DENIS McBRIDE — HANGAR 13 | THE CLUB OF THE FUTURE 🚨

🏴 SCOTLAND. THE 1990s. THE RAVE REVOLUTION.

In the early 90s, Scotland was at the centre of an explosion in electronic music. And in an old pavilion in Ayr, something extraordinary was happening.

It was called HANGAR 13.

A nightclub that became legendary. A place where thousands of young people travelled from across Scotland and beyond, every Saturday night, to experience something they'd never forget.

🎧 Ultra-Sonic. TTF. The Prodigy. Hardfloor. Ramirez. QFX. Joey Beltram. And of course, the legendary DJ Trevor Reilly.

But behind the music, the lasers and the madness was a man with a vision.

This week on The Hashtag Show, Scott sits down with Denis McBride, the man who, alongside Trevor Reilly, created one of the most iconic venues in Scottish dance music history.

From working as a van driver and promoting small club nights in Paisley, to the hugely successful LOVE nights in Glasgow and eventually creating Hangar 13, Denis takes us right back to where it all began.

🔥 The birth of Hangar 13
🎧 Working alongside Trevor Reilly
🏴 Scotland's incredible 90s rave scene
🚨 The legendary Hangar security dogs
🎶 Ultra-Sonic, TTF and the biggest names in dance music
💿 The marketing, music and magic behind the club
❤️ The sacrifices, friendships and community that made it special

We also talk about the incredible Mallorca Lee, why Scottish artists don't always receive the recognition they deserve, and the importance of creating something that people will remember for the rest of their lives.

More than 30 years later, people still talk about those Saturday nights in Ayr.

This is the story of the man who helped make them happen.

334 with Harry Miller (Forty Clothing)

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 01:44:05

👕 HARRY MILLER — FORTY CLOTHING

From a three-year-old boy drawing a monster… to one of Glasgow’s most recognisable independent clothing brands.

This week on The Hashtag Show, Scott sits down with Harry Miller, founder of Forty Clothing, for a proper deep dive into the story behind the brand — and the man behind it.

Harry talks about his early years in Glasgow’s fashion and club culture, his 20 years with Cruise, DJing, discovering his creative identity and the unlikely beginnings of Forty after his son Bryce drew the monster that would eventually become the brand’s iconic logo.

But this isn’t just a success story.

We get into the highs and lows of building something you genuinely love — from pop-ups and basements to Royal Exchange Square, flagship stores and expansion, through to closing the city-centre store, restructuring the business and asking some difficult questions about what comes next.

❤️ Family
👕 Fashion & Glasgow culture
🎧 Rave and club culture
🏴 Community
📈 Building Forty
📉 Success, setbacks & starting again
🧠 Imposter syndrome & self-belief
❤️‍🔥 What happens when your business becomes part of your identity

Harry also opens up about people-pleasing, giving too much of yourself away, protecting your creativity and ultimately realising that sometimes making something smaller can actually bring you closer to why you started it in the first place.

Funny, vulnerable and incredibly open — this is much more than a conversation about clothes.

🎙️ Harry Miller. Forty Clothing. The full story.

▶️ Watch now on YouTube
🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts
🔥 Full uninterrupted episode available for Hashtag Heroes on Patreon

Everyone’s Welcome. No One Is Safe.

333 Solo Gibbo "Sweeney, Baynes & Danny's C Bomb"

Episode 333

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 • Duration 01:14:46

Sydney Sweeney. Bayne’s the Bakers. Danny Dyer. MobLand. Nigella Lawson.

Five subjects that have absolutely no business appearing in the same conversation.

Welcome back to Solo Gibb.

This week Scott locks himself in a dangerously overheated podcast studio and attempts to make sense of another completely normal week on planet Earth.

It doesn't go well.

Sydney Sweeney has caused another internet meltdown — apparently attractive women are dangerous again — which naturally leads to a discussion about advertising, outrage culture and why sometimes you need to accept that something just isn't for you.

Then, somehow, we stumble upon perhaps the greatest advertising campaign never made:

🥐 Tom Hardy. As Bane. Advertising Bayne’s the Bakers.

"I was born in the dark..."

Someone at Bayne’s needs to make the call.

Elsewhere…

🔥 Bayne’s vs Greggs — and why it's not even close
🔥 The increasingly exhausting business of everyone being angry at everything
🔥 Danny Dyer enters the political conversation
🔥 Why politicians might benefit from occasionally speaking like actual human beings
🔥 The cost of simply existing in Britain
🔥 Why streaming services need to STOP releasing one episode a week
🔥 MobLand
🔥 Bake Off returns
🔥 Nigella enters the tent
🔥 And the search begins for a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker to complete the greatest month of podcast guests ever assembled.

It's ranting.

It's rambling.

It's wildly unnecessary.

It's .

332 with Robert McLean (Part 2) - The Untold Story of Ultimate Buzz

Episode 332

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 • Duration 01:38:25

The story of Ultimate Buzz continues — and this time, Robert McLean tells the part he's never really told before.

In Episode 332 of The Hashtag Show, Scott sits down with Rab McLean for Part 2 of their conversation — moving beyond the glory days of Scotland's rave explosion and into the complicated story of what was happening behind the scenes.

Rab talks openly about his relationship with Callum Bright, the transition of Ultimate Buzz from two young guys travelling Scotland as a DJ and MC into one of the biggest names in the scene — and why something he once loved eventually became something he hated.

For the first time in this depth, Rab discusses the creative frustrations within Ultimate Buzz, discovering the business happening around him, money and royalties, the DJ tapes being sold without his knowledge, turning down a six-month trip to Australia and ultimately deciding to walk away from something he'd helped build.

But this isn't a story about settling old scores.

It's about two young men who built something together, became like brothers, made mistakes, fell apart — and never quite got the opportunity to properly put things right.

Rab recalls unexpectedly meeting Callum years later and the conversation that followed: an acknowledgement of what had happened, what had gone wrong and even the possibility of getting back into the studio together.

It would be the last meaningful conversation they ever had.

We also hear how Rab went on to prove himself creatively, releasing two EPs that reached the Top 10 of the Scottish dance charts, the origins of The Deejay Project and why, more than 30 years later, he's still making music with people he considers family.

This is the other side of the Ultimate Buzz story.

The success. The arguments. The mistakes. The friendship. The fallout.

And the question that can never really be answered:

331 with Robert McLean (Part 1)

Episode 331

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 • Duration 01:06:57

“We were part of a movement.”

This week on The Hashtag Show, Scott sits down with Robert McLean — original member of Ultimate Buzz and now founding member of The Deejay Project.

Robert was there when Scotland's rave scene exploded.

Packed clubs. The Barrowlands. All-nighters. Tom Wilson. Steppin' Out. Ultra-Sonic. The Rhythmic State. Carl Cox. Vinyl. Sweat. Smoke. Strobes.

And thousands of young Scots who had absolutely no idea that the weekends they were living would one day become part of Scottish cultural history.

More than 30 years later, Robert looks back at the rise of Ultimate Buzz, the incredible Scottish rave community, being voted Scotland's No.1 DJ, why the DJ was once heard and not seen, and what he makes of today's world of superstar DJs, social media and pre-recorded festival sets.

But this isn't just about looking backwards.

Robert is still creating.

Today he's back in the studio as part of The Deejay Project — because while the clubs, technology and industry may have changed, the love of making music hasn't.

🎙️ ROBERT McLEAN | THE HASHTAG SHOW

Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Everyone's welcome. No one is safe.

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330 "Drug-Sniffing Rottweilers Could Save Glasgow"

Episode 330

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 • Duration 01:10:51

This week’s episode was supposed to be a brilliant three-hour conversation with Zoe and Kev from Lost Soul Tattoo Collective.

It is not.

Because Scott has, once again, discovered that owning thousands of pounds worth of podcast equipment does not automatically make you a sound engineer.

The cameras were pointing at foreheads.

The audio was destroyed.

And an entire interview disappeared into the great Hashtag Show technical graveyard.

So instead… it’s time for a solo episode.

And things get out of hand almost immediately.

🐕 Could drug-sniffing Rottweilers clean up Glasgow?

🍄 The terrifying drug stories we were told growing up

📱 Why social media might be better if nobody could comment, like or DM anyone

📺 Why podcasting was originally invented for people with faces for radio

🍺 Getting older and discovering that a night out now requires a three-day recovery plan

📱 Scott’s increasingly complicated relationship with Apple

🎟️ The explosion of online competition companies — and whether anybody actually wins anything

🎙️ Plus an update on the podcast, upcoming guests and the launch of our ROAD TO 1,000 campaign.

The Hashtag Show is currently closing in on 1,000 YouTube subscribers and we need your help to get there.

If you enjoy the show, please:

▶️ SUBSCRIBE on YouTube
👍 Like the episode
💬 Leave a comment
📤 Share the show with somebody who might enjoy it

And if you want every guest episode in full, uninterrupted and uncensored, become a on Patreon.

329 with David Forbes (Part 2)

Episode 329

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • Duration 01:02:53

David Forbes Part 2 | A State of Trance, Hal Stucker & Scottish Rave Stories

David Forbes is back — and Part Two goes even deeper. 🎧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

After taking things right back to the beginning in Part One, this week we continue the story of one of Scotland’s most respected DJs and producers.

From the nerves of closing A State of Trance to the madness of the Scottish rave scene, Davie opens up about what actually goes into performing at the highest level — preparation, reading a crowd, adapting a set in real time and why, despite decades behind the decks, some gigs can still terrify him.

We get into:

🔥 Closing A State of Trance
🎧 Reading a room and what makes a genuinely great DJ
🎛️ Producing and performing almost entirely his own music
💿 Why Davie spent YEARS not playing his own tracks
👤 The brilliantly bizarre story behind Hal Stucker
🏭 Hanger 13 and the Scottish rave scene
📼 Paul Double Vision and the importance of preserving rave history
📵 The incredible modern club nights recreating the 90s — vinyl, VHS, 35mm film and NO phones
🌍 Life travelling the world as a DJ
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The new generation of Scottish electronic artists
❤️ The gigs, friendships and memories that still mean the most.

And somewhere along the way we accidentally invent Ultra Masonic, the Forbes Rich List, discuss nightclub Rottweilers and pitch several business ideas that should probably never see daylight.

Standard Hashtag Show.

But underneath the madness is a fascinating conversation about craft, longevity and authenticity.

Because after more than three decades in music, Davie Forbes isn't simply living off what he did in the 90s.

He's still writing.

Still learning.

328 with David Forbes

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 • Duration 01:03:38

David Forbes | From Glasgow’s Mayfair to A State of Trance

This week on The Hashtag Show, Scott sits down with one of Scotland’s most respected and enduring DJs and producers — David Forbes. 🎧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

And this time… we actually remembered to record the whole thing.

From walking into Glasgow’s legendary Mayfair Club at just 17 years old with a handful of records, to producing music, travelling the world and eventually closing A State of Trance, this is the story of a man who has spent more than three decades completely obsessed with music.

🔥 The early Glasgow rave scene
🎛️ Learning the craft of DJing and production
💿 The records and producers that changed everything
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s unique 90s dance music sound
🎧 Why Davie almost walked away from the scene
🎹 Developing his own sound as a producer
🤖 AI, technology and the future of making music
🌎 Touring Asia and performing around the world
⚽ Football, Hampden and the other great obsession in Davie’s life
❤️ Plus stories about Mallorca Lee, Mark Sherry and the friendships built through decades in Scottish dance music.

There’s also cheese. Square sausage. Chickens. Eggs.

Obviously.

What makes this conversation special is that behind the incredible career is still the same thing that started it all — a genuine obsession with music.

No masterplan. No chasing fame. No calculated career move.

Just a young guy hearing sounds he’d never heard before and thinking:

I need to be part of this.

More than 30 years later, Davie Forbes is still doing exactly that.

🎙️ The Hashtag Show with Scott Gibson

Everyone’s welcome. No one is safe.

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