Glasgow is currently experiencing an extraordinary coincidence as it welcomes both ‘Interpols’ at the same time.
The New York post-punk trio Interpol is in town to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of their second album, Antics. They are set to perform the entire album at the Royal Concert Hall on Monday evening.
Simultaneously, INTERPOL, the international criminal police organization, is holding its annual General Assembly at the Scottish Event Campus in the city.
The sold-out Interpol concert is expected to draw around 2,475 attendees, while the INTERPOL General Assembly will bring together over 1,000 participants during the three-day event.
Many people who noticed this unusual convergence took to social media to express their surprise. One tweet garnered over 400,000 views, stating, “Both Interpol, the organization, 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.”
Some speculated about the coincidence, with one person mentioning seeing the conference check-in at the Blythswood before noticing tickets on sale for the band. Another individual predicted that some people might end up at the wrong event.
A third person pointed out the connection between the band and the international criminal police organization, referring to the lyric about ‘spies’ in Interpol’s song ‘Slow Hands’, which charted at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart in 2004.
In a surprising turn of events, INTERPOL itself joined the conversation, responding to the tweet with a playful comment: “Let’s get the party started.”
To mark the arrival of INTERPOL, a new tartan was specially created by a renowned tartan designer. This unique design, commissioned by the UK, was inspired by Scotland’s Black Watch Regiment tartan, established in 1739 to “Watch upon the braes,” meaning “to guard the hills.”
Could this be a case of one-upmanship? If so, it would be quite ‘Evil’ indeed.
