Watch: Piper plays on roof of V&A museum in Dundee for St Andrew's Day

The V&A Museum under construction in Dundee (DC Thomson)

THE new V&A Dundee has marked St Andrew’s Day by inviting the Scottish Parliament’s official piper to play on its roof.

Stuart McMillan MSP played I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers from the vantage point overlooking the River Tay.

He wore the Scottish Parliamentary tartan and flew the Scottish Parliamentary pipe banner from his bagpipes for the occasion on Thursday.

Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the £80 million V&A Museum of Design, Dundee is on schedule to open to the public in the second half of 2018.

Mr McMillan said: “V&A Dundee is very unique, I think it is going to become an iconic Scottish building. When I first saw the museum I thought it would be an ideal location to have a piper on the roof to play a couple of tunes. Thankfully, I’m not scared of heights.

?I would walk 500 miles…?

To celebrate #StAndrewsDay, Stuart McMillan MSP – official piper to the Scottish Parliament – joined us for a tune on our roof! @ScotParl @StuMcMillanSNP pic.twitter.com/k5Dg03Ljyh

— V&A Dundee (@VADundee) November 30, 2017

“I have a link with Dundee as I studied at Abertay University. I am very fond of the city and I’m delighted to see the regeneration work that is taking place. Every time I am back I see something else that has changed.

“Piping on the roof of V&A Dundee was a wonderful way to mark St Andrew’s Day and make people aware of what is being created in the city.”

Mr McMillan has piped at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the opening of the Queensferry Crossing, the launch of the Glen Sannox ferry at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow, international football tournaments and cup finals.

In the summer of this year he piped at all 42 senior Scottish football clubs over the course of five days to raise money for the Andy Adams Fund, Clyde Cash for Kids and Clydeside Action on Asbestos.

The new museum will host major exhibitions and aims to celebrate design heritage, inspire and promote contemporary talent, and encourage future design innovation.