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James with Doves
8 April 2026, OVO Hydro The previous night spent in The Glad Cafe watching wor_kspace and National Park with maybe 100 or so others. And now we head to Finnieston to see two of the best bands to come out of the Greater Manchester area. Over the past few years, I’ve been lucky enough to…
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Stereophonics with Finn Forster
The OVO Hydro, 10 December For a few years either side of the millennium, Stereophonics were establishing themselves as a band who produced anthemic songs for their growing fanbase to share at festivals at home and abroad. A quarter of a century on, the band dug deep into their recorded work, providing the music, and…
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My Bloody Valentine
OVO Hydro, 27 November My Bloody Valentine and the OVO Hydro, with a capacity of over 14,000 on a good day, seem like odd companions for one of the most anticipated gigs of the year. One of the pioneers, if not the defining forerunners of the Shoegaze movement, their meagre back catalogue of recorded work,…
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Pulp
OVO Hydro, 7 June A game of two halves with music from the present, taken from the album More released 24 hours before the gig, blending seamlessly with music from the past to a packed audience that had already taken the new songs to their heart. There was an old fashion Variety Show feel to…
