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Meet'n'Greet in Glasgow: Slipknot

Ian Gittins, The Guardian, February 2002

IT'S VALENTINE'S SAY afternoon in Glasgow and a strange kind of love is afoot. Outside the city’s Virgin Megastore, a tearful 13-year-old boy is gasping for breath while simultaneously beaming with joy. Stuart McKechnie has just encountered his true love, and he wasn’t disappointed. "I met Corey!" he explains. "He was fantastic! I asked him if he would spit on me – and he did!"

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