Ali Campbell may have made a name for himself as a successful music artist still selling out venues around the world after four decades, but found this carried no weight at a hotel in Scotland.

The Red Red Wine hit-maker (65), found himself unceremoniously turned away when attempting to check in to a hotel because not everyone in Scotland likes the name Campbell due to an infamous clan dispute that took place centuries before he was even born.

Recalling the exchange, he said: “I think it was Inverness, I tried to book into a hotel, I signed the book and the lady said ‘excuse me, who is this?’ I said ‘That’s me’. She said ‘I’m afraid you can’t stay here, sir.’ I went ‘you’re kidding?’ She said ‘No, Campbells are not allowed here!’

“I had to go somewhere else as they wouldn’t have me. It’s still very much alive the old [clan] hatred.”

He was referring to what some people have claimed to be lingering animosity directed towards people called Campbell following the massacre of Glencoe more than 300 years ago.

In one of the darkest chapters in Scottish history, Clan Campbell-led government forces killed families from the rival MacDonald Clan who had hosted them in the Highlands.