OVO Hydro
Concert arena wrapped in translucent cushions that glow at night, seating over twelve thousand.
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This guide to the OVO Hydro in Glasgow goes back to its opening night in September twenty thirteen, when Rod Stewart stepped onto the stage of an arena no crowd had ever filled. It follows a ritual he carried from show to show for years, and what it cost him. Best heard outside, facing the building's glowing skin of translucent cushions.
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