NEWS: Glasvegas Recruit New Drummer

Caroline McKay has been replaced as drummer for Glasvegas after recently departing the band.

frontman James Allan told NME that they have taken on Swede Jonna Löfgren as their new drummer. The pressures of band life was the reason for McKay's departure in March 2010.

Allan said "It was probably me saying, 'Hit this drum, hit that drum'. Doing a demo, getting gigs, doing another demo then a record in New York then it's playing at Wembley with U2, Glastonbury… she never asked for any of that."

He added: "Everybody's cool with each other. Caroline could have stayed and taken the money but she left."

Speaking about how Löfgren was recruited, Allan said: "Rab [Allan, guitarist] said, 'I want a drummer, I want a woman, I want her to be Swedish.' Two days later this girl turns up – the label in Sweden knew about her. I went from being embarrassed about Rab to, 'What a fucking genius'."

We can expect the second Glasvegas album to be released in the first half of 2011.