Whats coming up in Glasgow in 2023

January

THE 1975
19-Jan-23 OVO Hydro

The 1975 have established themselves as one of the defining bands of their generation with their distinctive aesthetic, ardent fanbase and unique sonic approach. The band were named NMEs Band of the Decade in 2020 after being crowned Best Group at the BRIT Awards in both 2017 & 2019, and have recently reached their fifth consecutive No. 1 album with their latest release Being Funny In A Foreign Language. In support of this album, the band will be taking their brand new At Their Very Best tour across the UK in January 2023.

ANCHOR LANE
28-Jan-23 Garage G2

Glasgow rock band Anchor Lane have announced a massive new UK headline tour for February 2023 in support of their forthcoming album release Call This A Reality?. Their debut album Casino garnered rave reviews across the board and went straight into the Official UK Rock Albums Chart at Number 9, scoring the band their first Top 10. With their new sophomore album being described as ROCK with an underlying groove, you can expect a live show of high energy and fun.

February

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
1-Feb-23 OVO Hydro

Florence + the Machine are back with rescheduled shows for the remaining Dance Fever tour dates. Dance Fever, released in May, was met with 4 & 5 star reviews across the board and entered the UK Album Charts at #1. Dance Fever is an album that sees Florence at the peak of her powers, coming into a fully realised self-knowledge, poking sly fun at her own self-created persona, playing with ideas of identity, masculine and feminine, redemptive, celebratory, stepping fully into her place in the iconic pantheon.

HUNDRED REASONS
24-Feb-23 Barrowland

Hundred Reasons are back with their first album together in 15 years, alongside an exciting UK headline tour. The path to the first Hundred Reasons album in a decade and a half may well have taken many detours for the Aldershot quartet as lives, roles and responsibilities diverged but ultimately their route back to one another came as something of a natural process. The albums lead single and title track Glorious Sunset, is the perfect distillation of their renewed artistic impulse and has sprung great anticipation for the February release of their new album released via SO Recordings.

LOYLE CARNER
27-Feb-23 O2 Academy

With Mercury and Brits nominations, NME Awards and appearances in global brand campaigns (Nike, YSL, Timberland), Loyle Carner has undoubtedly had a meteoric rise to the top. His second album Not Waving, But Drowning charted at number 3 in the UK albums chart in 2019 and his October album release hugo is already holding massive success while detailing his most cathartic and ambitious record yet.

March

SELF ESTEEM
6-Mar-23 Barrowland Ballroom

Blending big melodies and hefty, vibrant percussion, Self Esteem delivers pop with an alternative edge. Her latest album Prioritise Pleasure is a record that reminds us all of the importance of being our unapologetic selves, putting your insecurities out there in the hope that it can be the first step towards healing them. Self Esteem has quickly come to be a critically acclaimed star, including a nomination for the Best New Artist award at the 2021 BRIT Awards, and is about to enter her biggest ever run of headline live dates with the I Tour This All The Time tour, due to take place across February and March 2023.

THE BACKSEAT LOVERS
10-Mar-23 QMU

Following two previous sell-out runs of tour dates in the UK and throughout Europe, the DIY-indie US superstars The Backseat Lovers are back with a new tour in support of their latest album Waiting To Spill. Their rapid rise to success has rolled to include 370 million total worldwide streams, including the Top 20 Alternative hit Kilby Girl which spent five weeks on the U.S. Spotify top songs chart, and a heavily streamed cult-classic debut album.

BEARTOOTH
14-Mar-23 Barrowland Ballroom

Steadily, without pretension, this fearlessly determined and boundlessly creative Midwest powerhouse perfects a sound sought by a generation of bands. When Rolling Stone introduced BEARTOOTH as one of 10 New Artists You Need To Know, the sound was rightly described as "like a nervous breakdown, usually with enough optimism to push through." With their new single Riptide delivering a new positive and optimistic sound for the band hints at an exciting future of their music to come.


W.A.S.P.
21-Mar-23 O2 Academy

This year marks the 40th Anniversary of one of the most infamous, notorious, controversial Heavy Metal Bands in the World... W.A.S.P., and to mark the occasion, the band is embarking on a world tour. Their unique brand of visual, social and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold out shows across the globe for 4 decades. This anniversary tour will take the band and the fans back to where it all started, complete with the stage show extravaganza that many fans never saw live.

& later in the year...

Mimi Webb / 4-Apr-23 / O2 Academy
Stone / 14-Apr-23 / SWG3 Warehouse
Midge Ure / 18-May-23 / Barrowland Ballroom

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