THE crumbling bandstand in Kelvingrove Park has received a £245,000 boost from Historic Scotland to help with repairs.
The much-loved structure is one of a host of buildings to receive £4 million of grants from the heritage body.
The boost comes a week after the Evening Times revealed the bandstand could also be in line for a massive funding boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Under a scheme unveiled last week, cash is to be made available to allow proposals for Kelvingrove Bandstand and Amphitheatre to be developed.
The scheme is a partnership between Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, Glasgow Life, the City Council and the Friends of Kelvingrove Park.
The B-listed bandstand, the only one remaining in the city and one of only three in Scotland, was built in 1924.
It once attracted crowds of up to 7000 and was a popular venue for band concerts in the 1950s and rock gigs in the 1970s and 80s.
Other buildings to share the £4m funding include the Leighton Library in Dunblane, Scotland's earliest surviving purpose-built library, and the Brig o' Doon in Alloway, immortalised by Robert Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "It is vital that we preserve our historic environment, not only for future generations to enjoy, but also to attract visitors."
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