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Glasgow Times
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Lana Del Rey has heartfelt message for Glasgow fans
The American pop icon performed to a packed crowd at the Southside stadium on June 26, delivering a night filled with unforgettable hits. Fans were treated to stirring performances of favourites including Henry, Come On, and a cover of Tammy Wynette's classic Stand By Your Man, as the singer lit up the venue with her signature enchanting vocals. READ MORE: I saw Lana Del Rey at Glasgow's Hampden Park - my verdict Following the show, the Summertime Sadness hitmaker took to Instagram to express love for the "phenomenal" Glasgow audience. Sharing a series of images featuring her fans at the concert, she captioned the post: 'Glasgow, you were absolutely phenomenal. You had us smiling the whole time through. Miss ya. Mean it.' READ MORE: 'Absolute chaos': Residents fume as roads clogged after Lana Del Rey concert The post quickly garnered thousands of likes, with the comments section overflowing with admiration from fans who were at by the performance. One fan wrote: 'Attending your concert made me feel happy to be alive 🤍 Your music is simply magic. Thank you, Lana.' Another commented: 'I will miss this forever.' A third added: 'I miss you already, my love. You were amazing!' READ MORE: Lana Del Rey fans camp out for 27 hours at Hampden 'to be close to her aura' Many fans queued for over 24 hours to secure a prime spot at the gig. Concertgoers travelled from across the country and beyond to attend the 40-year-old's performance. Some had also attended her Cardiff show on Monday, 23 June, where the tour officially began, and were following her from city to city.
Scotsman
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Lana Del Rey, Glasgow review: 'an unlikely pop superstar'
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Lana Del Rey, Hampden Park, Glasgow ★★★★ In a deliberate diva move, Lana Del Rey arrived onstage 45 minutes after her published stage time - almost as late as her long promised forthcoming country-flavoured tenth album. In the meantime there was a soundtrack of old school country classics to enjoy and a Little House on the Prairie stage set to absorb, soon to be populated by the band in the paddock, string section in the woodshed and backing singers on the swing, the scale and theatricality somehow resolving the conundrum of how to make Del Rey's intoxicating front porch/fireside sound into a stadium show. Lana Del Rey performing at Hampden Park, Glasgow, 26 June 2025 | Roberto Ricciuti There was also Del Rey's diffidence as a performer to contend with. She milked her entrance with shadowplay behind the shutters but her fragile, feathery voice sounded lovely if hesitant on new songs Stars Fell Over Alabama and Henry, Come On. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad She is in a country-loving city - one in which she lived for a time – so her timid, tasteful rendition of karaoke standard Stand By Your Man was well received. She warmed up with the floaty Chemtrails Over the Country Club before the band got stuck in to Ultraviolence, the heftiest song in the set. By this point, there were pole dancers in the yard and a ballerina on the roof. Lana Del Rey performs at Hampden Park, Glasgow, 26 June 2025 | Roberto Ricciuti Del Rey took to the garden rope swing for the spine-tingling Video Games, the song that started the cult. She remains an unlikely pop superstar – what other artist at her level would use Bernard Hermann's Vertigo score or Allen Ginsberg's Howl at key points in a stadium show, or chose to end her concert with an unreleased song followed by a mass wispy singalong to John Denver's miraculously revived cheesy classic Take Me Home, Country Roads?
The Herald Scotland
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Lana Del Rey at Hampden, Glasgow review: does it work?
When her stadium tour was announced Del Rey said she'd be releasing a new album to coincide with the dates, but like the singer herself tonight that 10th studio album is fashionably late. The word is it'll see her make a foray into country music and that's certainly reflected in the staging, band members dressed like Conway Twitty standing in front of a prairie house from which the star attraction emerges to deafening screams. Read More: After opener 'Stars Fell on Alabama', a cut from that upcoming album, Del Rey waves demurely to the crowd and says, "you are so special, Glasgow, I had my year here, I love it here." Sure, sure, they all say that, but in this case the singer isn't just handing out platitudes. Her erstwhile producer and ex-beau Barrie-James O'Neill is a Glaswegian and there was a time when there was a decent chance of catching a glimpse of the pop superstar in Òran Mór or Shawlands Co-op. Second song 'Henry, Come On' was only released in April but is clearly already a fan favourite, with gasps of breath and clutching of arms greeting its opening chords. That, really, is the key to making this whole thing work. Del Rey's breathy vocals and her band's tasteful plucking could easily get lost in this vast concrete bowl but they're bolstered by a crowd singing every word back at them with starry-eyed adoration. A cover of Tammy Wynette's 'Stand By Your Man' is something of an odd choice, The Blues Brothers having taken it to country parody status at least three decades ago, and there's a good chunk of the audience which clearly doesn't know the song but they're all back on board for 'Chemtrails Over the Country Club' and an anthemic 'Ultraviolence', the latter of which sees the stadium lit up red and white. Lana Del Rey performs at Hampden Park in Glasgow (Image: Roberto Ricciuti) It has, somehow, been 14 years since Del Rey announced herself to the world with 'Video Games' but the song sounds as fresh as ever and when the crowd are invited to take over vocals it's deafening. There follows a brief interlude where the singer disappears from view and appears as a projection on the windows of her prairie house, and later there's a - quite frankly too long - break where a hologram version of Lana recites an Allen Ginsberg poem and the aforementioned abode symbolically burns. You briefly begin to wonder, again, if this can actually work on such a massive level but then she returns with 'Young and Beautiful', 'Summertime Sadness' and 'Born to Die' and of course it does - 50,000 adoring fans can't be wrong. It's testament to Del Rey that she can hold such an audience in the palm of her hand as she finishes with an unreleased song and a cover of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'. This one everyone does know, and hands are in the air throughout as the singer descends from the stage to hug, kiss and take selfies with those in the front row. There's nothing intimate about Hampden but she makes it feel that way, the band dutifully playing on for what must have been 15 minutes of glad-handing. One could argue that time might have been better spent doing another couple of songs, it's a short set at a time when Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are doing three hours plus, but no-one seems to be complaining. As a closer it's the show in microcosm. Del Rey is actually on stage for 14 songs, two of which are covers and three of which are unreleased. Her biggest songs are baroque ballads or minimalist Americana. On paper none of this should work in a stadium setting. But it does, it really does.
Glasgow Times
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
I saw Lana Del Rey at Glasgow's Hampden Park
US superstar Lana Del Rey told her Scottish fans they were special as she played to a packed crowd at Hampden Park tonight. The singer opened the door to her home, quite literally with a house on stage, to thousands of adoring fans at Scotland's national stadium. And while this spot normally houses the tartan army, it was Lana's own army of fans that was ready and willing to take direction from the star. (Image: Roberto Ricciuti) Armed with their Lana merchandise, they screamed in unison as the beauty smiled from ear to ear to say, 'You are so special. You are so special, Glasgow.' Diving into Henry, Come On, those delicate vocals echoed around the arena, and she sounded simply enchanting. A cover of Tammy Wynette's classic Stand By Your Man quickly followed, allowing her to put her own stamp on the country classic. While the Rick-Rubin produced Ride - taken from the 2012 album Paradise - delighted fans who rhymed off the lyrics with ease, before Video Games sent the crowd into a frenzy. Her vocals even took the spotlight when she did a section of the song a cappella, she sounded phenomenal. READ NEXT: I saw singer Diana Ross perform live in Glasgow's Hydro - my verdict READ NEXT: I saw Rumours of Fleetwood Mac live at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall - my verdict (Image: Roberto Ricciuti) A show like this is about the fans. Those who live and breathe her lyrics and music. Many travelled from all over, queued for hours so that they could secure the perfect spot to embrace that Lana magic. And it's easy to see why, the 40-year-old New Yorker draws you in from the moment she steps on stage, she oozes charisma. Young and Beautiful - which featured in the 2013 Baz Luhrmann movie The Great Gatsby - was a moment to remember before she amped up the atmosphere further with Summertime Sadness and Born to Die. This trio of tracks took the show to its pinnacle before she introduced new song 57.5 - a reference to her millions of monthly listeners on Spotify - which caused a bit of a stir during its debut earlier this year when she confessed she kissed country star Morgan Wallen in the lyrics. (Image: Roberto Ricciuti) READ NEXT: 23 amazing fan photos from outside Hampden Park ahead of Lana Del Rey gig READ NEXT: Lana Del Rey fans camp out for 27 hours at Hampden 'to be close to her aura' (Image: Roberto Ricciuti) Finishing off with her cover of John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads, it almost felt a little rushed that the show was coming to an end so soon. But Lana spread her magic to those who matter the most as she stepped off the stage to pose for selfies and sign autographs for her dedicated fans at the front.
Scottish Sun
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Emotional Lana Del Rey breaks down in tears before snogging husband as she opens debut stadium tour
LANA DEL REY brought plenty of drama to the stage as she kicked off her debut stadium tour – breaking down in tears and snogging her husband. And that was all during the first song, so there was plenty to get fans talking. 3 Lana Del Rey kicks off the first night of her debut stadium tour 3 Lana performing on the opening night at Cardiff's Principality Stadium 3 Lana's gig acted like a singalong in the garden of her Louisiana home Credit: Joe Okpako When she announced her debut stadium tour last summer, there were questions over whether she'd be able to bring the necessary theatrics to a room with tens of thousands of people in it. She proved her doubters wrong at the opening night at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, even if her performance of Stars Fell On Alabama did come with unexpected waterworks and a kiss with her other half Jeremy Dufrene, who she married in September. Composing herself, Lana said: 'It's good, it's just a long way to come.' She added: 'Oh my goodness. They're good tears. READ MORE ON LANA DEL REY SUMMERTIME SADNESS Lana Del Rey fans furious as UK tour goes on sale with sky-high prices 'It's just actually funny to think about it in front of so many people. 'Thank you so much. I love you Cardiff.' It's a huge feat for a star to headline stadiums without an all-singing, all-dancing pop show, or a massive band to rock out with. Lana decided to transform the room into her backyard, draped with twinkly fairylights, with the gig acting like a singalong in the garden of her Louisiana home. On stage, there was a house surrounded by plants and even a pond, from which she, a band and a fleet of singers and dancers performed. While Lana had a healthy back catalogue to pick from, she opted to play a cover of Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man as she settled in. 'The ending was a complete mess' Reading Festival fans slam Lana Del Rey as set is cut short after she's late to the stage She explained: 'This is the first big show I've done while I've been married. 'I really love singing this song.' But the real crowd-pleasers were the lush tracks from her early career, with a dramatic string instrumental for Ride, which is impossibly moving, and her breakout hit Video Games performed from a swing. Lana's power is her irresistible mystique and she kept that up for the entire set. She will continue her stadium tour this week in Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin and London. After turning 40 last Saturday, it's something of a celebration for her. This set may well leave fans crying out for more, but Lana proved she will be around for many, many years to come.
