LIVE REVIEW: PIERCE THE VEIL @ GLASGOW OVO HYDRO 26.09.2025
On Friday, September 26 th , Pierce The Veil returned to Glasgow in what is their biggest Scottish show to date at the OVO Hydro. Backed by an epic cohort of supports, the Californian band were joined by English rock band Crawlers, Michigan based emo band Hot Mulligan, and English singer-songwriter Cavetown.
The ‘I Can’t Hear You’ tour celebrates the lead single, ‘Pass The Nirvana’, from the bands most recent album ‘The Jaws of Life,’ and spans worldwide. Following the success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, Pierce The Veil’s main aim (which they achieved) for thetour was to celebrate their eighteen-year career as a band.Crawlers were the first act of the night, an incredibly talented band from Warrington,England. Their song ‘Come Over (Again)’ blew up and set the band alight for stardom, devoted fans leaned against the barrier awaiting them to take the stage.
Their set was impressive, energetic, and had the growing crowd eagerly anticipating the night ahead. In between sets, the venue was filled with pop punk hits and songs the whole crowd knew, singing along, an excited buzz amongst the audience filled the venue with a positive, happy atmosphere.
As Hot Mulligan took to the stage, movement grew amongst the crowd as the post-emo band played their hits. The collision of the four differing fanbases made for an exciting night of people welcoming new, fresh music, with some attendees solely being there for one of the openers. Hot Mulligan blew the crowd away, and as someone who had been waiting to see them for a while, it was beyond worth it.
Cavetown was the penultimate act of the night, with even an appearance from Pierce The Veil’s frontman Vic Fuentes, joining Cavetown on stage for the new single a kind thing to do,’ which Fuentes features on. Amongst hits, fan favourites and new, unreleased songs, Cavetown played an impressive forty-five-minute set to the building full of doting Pierce The Veil fans.
The last time Pierce The Veil played Glasgow was February 2024, in Barrowland Ballroom. The immense difference in venue size is heart-warming for the band, and everything they had dreamed of. Throughout the set, Fuentes kept stating that they had been waiting a “long time” for a “show like this in Glasgow,” expressing gratitude for the crowd and fans of the band. The emotion, energy and love radiated from stage to crowd and the night itself was one of the most emotional concerts I’d experienced. The depth of what this band means to people became so clear, and stretches so far.
They played songs from each of their six albums, with highlights including ‘Floral and Fading,’ ‘I’d Rather Die Than Be Famous,’ ‘Disasterology’ and ‘Hold On Til May,’ as a longing, devoted crowd screaming back every word, barely a dry eye in the venue by the end of the night. Pierce The Veil’s return to Glasgow was a lovingly awaited night and showed the importance of the band and relevancy of this genre. The emotion in the venue said enough to display the love and devotion the bands fanbase hold toward the band, and for this reason, it probably will not be long before Pierce The Veil come back to Glasgow again.
