SHOCKED teenagers in a school jazz band were thrown out of a busy Glasgow shopping mall after traders complained their music was too loud.

The pupils were raising money for the city's Yorkhill Children's Hospital but the management at St Enoch Centre later claimed the electric power supply used by the band was needed elswehere.

Furious parents have branded several major retailers of 'Scrooge-like behaviour' after members of the Turnbull High School Jazz Band from Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, were stunned after being silenced.

The row was triggered during their pre-arranged hour-long Christmas concert on Sunday.

One angry father-of-three said: "After just half an hour the pupils were told they would have to stop.

"Centre management staff informed them apologetically that a number of retailers had demanded they stop playing because their music was too loud.

"They were visibly embarrassed and also said that the band was disturbing a grotto nearby even though families queueing to see Santa had donated money."

Another parent said: "This was Scrooge-like behaviour from a number of these stores.

"The store bosses clearly prefer listening to the ringing of cash tills."

The band, made up of more than 20, fourth, fifth and sixth-years has performed at Glasgow's Asda Robroyston store but have also played for jazz lovers in Paris and in Belgium and on stage at Disneyland Paris.

A statement from mall bosses at St Enoch said: "Unfortunately, we were only able to host the band for a short time as the power supply they required for their equipment was available only for a limited period due to other requirements in the centre."

East Dunbartonshire's education chief Gordon Currie said the band's short-lived performance raised £300.

gordon.thomson@ eveningtimes.co.uk