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November was a huge month for gigs in Glasgow. George Michael, Pink and the Scissor Sisters all played to sell-out crowds.

The Scissor Sisters at the Barrowland was the show that most appealed to me. A number one selling artist at an intimate venue and it was for charity – the Glasgow Simon Community. This had the prospects of being a good night.

However, I was disappointed. I thought the sound was terrible and the vocals were lost in the music. The lyrics were muffled and unclear. The show was good but not brilliant and the songs were put together in a bizarre order. Building the crowd up through a number of catchy tunes to kill the mood instantly with a slow, badly-performed track.

There was no mention of the charity or why Scissor Sisters had chosen to perform for that one. Strange, really, considering there was more politically based chit-chat the evening before at the scheduled SECC event.

Some revellers agreed with me about the disappointment, ‘I think they were carried by the musicians. I couldn’t always hear what they were singing,’ said one. In contrast, others  thought it was ‘awesome.’ Said one guy, ‘I saw them last night at the SECC and that was great but tonight was fantastic.’

Maybe the problem is a limited catalogue, two albums with a handful of singles? Maybe I just didn’t know the album tracks enough. Maybe I was expecting a better show and maybe I was expecting too much!