And that's it for The Warning. Next up, Twin Atlantic!

I've played ice hockey there, and I felt dwarved by it! Can you imagine a 3 hour Muse set? They could play the whole of WotP and still have almost 2 1/2 left for everything else (how about a longer album next time guys - the last 2 albums have totalled just 80 minutes).😒

When asked on Instagram about the shorter set, Dom had this to say on Instagram (though someone replied that the promoters said the opposite🤔😞 There certainly seemed time to fit in more songs considering things appeared set up with plenty time before the guys came on. I can't see what the organisers had to gain from cutting things short by 30 minutes (except for half an hour's less pay for staff etc 🙄) . It can't be a curfew limitation as it was already extended 15 minutes from previous gigs at Bellahouston and there was seemingly plenty of set-up time. As much as I enjoyed myself, I feel short-changed for the price I paid compared to what other venues have been getting.

More photographs added to the above thread this evening.

Thank you.🙂 And here are a few more...

Photo thread now underway here Enjoy and feel free to contribute.

I've had over 700 images and several videos to get through and begin editing, so this thread will take a while to complete.😉 I'll drip-feed a few at a time so people have a chance to comment should they wish to. Feel free to add any of your own shots.🙂 Whilst my Panasonic hybrid camera has face detection, it's nowhere near as fast and accurate as my Canon R6 so a lot of the faces are less sharp than I'd have liked, but hey, you do what you can with what you've got! Had to remove the protective filter when the rain and humidity combined to cause condensation, and the microphones ended up waterlogged - a problem with them being on top of the camera.🙄 So the sound suffered as the night went on. So, with no more ado, let's start with The Warning:

Thanks. Keeping my fingers crossed... Back in my earliest gig days, nobody used to bother checking for cameras but it's not worth the risk for me if I'm at an out-of-town gig as I don't drive so wouldn't have a car to store it in if it was discovered. As a youngster, before I had a press pass to photograph ice hockey, I did sneak a camera and telephoto lens into the national finals weekend by wearing shellsuit pants and taping my camera body to one leg and the lens to the other! Unfortunately, when my so-called friends found out about my technique, they wrapped me in rolls of hockey leg tape (which is pretty much impossible to snap when wrapped tightly) and I spent part of the trip north from London in the back seat of the coach, immobilized!🙄 Well done spotting yourselves. I don't think you captured me. I'd probably be in the left third of that shot but I don't see my black baseball cap or anyone who was standing near me (though to be fair, I was one of the taller people in my immediate vicinity for much of the gig - for once!)

@troubleonline Looks like I was about 5 metres further back, almost behind the cameraman in the black WotP hoodie to the right of your shot. Screengrab from one of my videos: I'll need to test my camera now it's had a day to recover, because the microphones (being situated on the top) became waterlogged and unfortunately affected the sound quality as time went on.😟 I even had to remove the UV filter I use to protect the lens as condensation formed due to the humidity. If only I could have sneaked my pro-spec gear in. As it was, 3 members of security looked at my camera before I convinced them it was a simple non-interchangeable lens unit. The fact it has an optical zoom equivalent of a 20-1200 on a 35mm camera just doesn't compute with people with limited photographic knowledge. Just as a camera with interchangeable lenses isn't automatically 'professional', a camera with a built-in lens isn't necessarily a 'toy' one.😄 Granted, my Canon R6 has massively better resolution and noise control for a far less 'grainy' image, but I'd have to crop the image to get as 'close' to the action. Swings and roundabouts...

@troubleonline Yeah, I was dreading having to leave early (did that a few years ago at the Springsteen gig at Hampden only to discover afterwards there were extra busses running!). Made it from the end of the set (without edging out beforehand) to Dumbreck station in 6 minutes flat - most people probably took 10 minutes just to get to the path through the park from where I started.😁 ) The platform was already rammed and I only spotted 2 staff members - so much for the queuing control - and the train was just pulling in as I made it down the ramp to the platform. Had to stand onboard but as it was only for one stop, who cares? At least getting the first post-gig train meant I could take a more gentle stroll up to Queen St instead of rushing, though I was still sweating. Hoped to have a freshen up and put my new (and dry) t-shirt on but the toilets were closed.😒 So yeah, I was sitting on the train home at 23:45. I thought both Twin Atlantic and The Warning were good choices. The latter are very mature performers for their ages but then they've been playing since they were barely into single figures age-wise. In fact, the only slight niggle was their version of Enter Sandman sounded a bit tame compared to the original, though I probably would have said it was very good if I had never heard Metallica's version. We must have been reasonably close as I was on the same side, maybe about 18-20 metres from the front of the stage (as opposed to the barrier) and a good distance from the runway to get a view without the jostling. The guys in the circle were a real nuisance at times. Moshing is fine, pogoing is fine, but endangering others by ramming into everyone around you (despite the warnings) is not on. Plus, it made filming even more of a challenge as I was sometimes holding my camera one-handed whilst trying to protect myself and the more vulnerable girls around me from being overwhelmed. Interesting point on the promoters. Not sure why they'd want a shorter set but you never know. It was certainly frustrating that the stage seemed to be all ready to go and we had to wait what appeared 20 minutes longer than necessary for Muse to appear. At times like these I feel like the price you pay for a gig should be related to the time the main act performs for with a 90 minute set costing less that a 2 hr one on the same tour.🤔🙂 By the way, my new avatar is a preview of the photographs to come. One of my favourite shots of the night when Matt made that crazy stare! Just for fun, a shot of Matt looking like the microphone has just assaulted him:

Incidentally, I am going through the 700 images and a few videos I shot, so I will start posting them in the Other Muse Topics forum in due course and add a link here. But give me a chance, there's a lot of editing to do!📸📹🖥️

it certainly seems unfair that most gigs on the tour are getting 2 hours and 25 songs whilst Glasgow and a couple of others only got 90 minutes and 20 songs. Plymouth, May 25th Glasgow, June 23rd Incidentally, I thought that Chris and Dom both looked pretty drained during the gig, not that I thought it affected their performances. 40 gigs into a 50 gig tour probably has that affect though.😴 Also, it's fair to say that was the first time I'd seen them live since the Drones gig in Glasgow, so we've all aged 7 years.🫣 Whilst waiting for the train back home at Central, I chatted to 3 guys who were dressed to the nines (evening wear, velvet tux, highland dress) and joked they were overdressed for a Muse gig. To my surprise, one of them told me he thought they were great. Not sure if he was 100% serious, but I was fairly convinced and it was nice to hear.👍

Ran half the way back to Dumbreck and onto first train after gig. Sweating buckets but 25 min early for last train from QS to Edinburgh 😓😃 Hope everyone had a great time in the rain!