It's easy to sneer at the massed ranks of enthused new members that flocked to Glasgow's SECC for the conference as zealots and zoomers and - lo! - some folk did.
To coincide with the Hydro's arrival, the SECC across the way opened a bar-kitchen restaurant called Clyde Built in its foyer, which isn't a bad option for a pre-gig sit-down meal (advance booking essential).
The James/Echo & the Bunnymen Gathering Sound tour begins at Glasgow SECC on 13 April.
Speaking to a packed hall in Glasgow's SECC, one of the only venues in Scotland big enough to contain the expanded SNP membership since the 2014 referendum, Sturgeon said: "Taxing the lowest paid doesn't tackle austerity; it simply passes the burden of Tory austerity to the shoulders of those who can least afford it and that is not fair".
Jack And The Beanstalk, SECC, Glasgow, to 6 Jan Ex-Burp man 1 Binoculars To check that I've legally parked from the office window.
SECC, Glasgow, Sat; O2 Apollo, Manchester, Sun & Mon; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, Tue; Brixton Academy, SW9, Thu & Fri JR Very much the Mary Celeste of 90s indie rock, My Bloody Valentine never broke up, or even went – as the current euphemism has it – on indefinite hiatus; the ship was simply and inexplicably abandoned.
Nicola Adams guaranteed a Commonwealth medal to add to her collection after easing into the flyweight boxing semi-finals at the SECC in Glasgow.
See Emma Kennedy cook live with 2012 MasterChef champ Shelina Permalloo at the BBC Good Food Show Scotland at Glasgow's SECC on 20 October.
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Sat; Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Mon; Waterfront, Belfast, Tue; SECC, Glasgow, Thu; AECC, Aberdeen, Fri JR Compassionate or otherwise, this quartet jointly led by guitarist Jez Franks and saxophonist Tori Freestone exhibit few dictatorial tendencies in the leisurely ease with which they unwind long-spun melody lines.
