Glasgow Bandstand Announced
Peter Hook has announced a new headline show at Glasgow’s famous Kelvingrove Bandstand, June 10, 2026, prompting renewed attention on a live run that has already proven how powerfully his catalogue continues to translate on stage.
With the UK leg of the Get Ready tour now complete, his Edinburgh Corn Exchange performance stands out as a compelling reminder of why anticipation around Hook’s next move remains high.
A Catalogue That Still Demands Attention
At the Corn Exchange, Peter Hook & The Light delivered a set that refused to frame the past as something safely preserved. The performance felt urgent and physical. Music that still asks something of its audience rather than offering easy nostalgia.
Hook’s bass dominated the room in the best possible way: high, melodic, and relentless. The Corn Exchange proved an ideal space for that sound, allowing the low end to press against the crowd while the sharper edges of the arrangements cut cleanly through.
From the opening moments, the set moved with momentum rather than reverence.
More Than a Greatest Hits Set
One of the band’s defining strengths remains their commitment to full-album performances. Rather than leaning on familiarity, the set unfolded with intention, giving space to songs that are often overshadowed in live contexts. Tracks gained new emotional weight in the room, while the better-known moments arrived with a sense of release rather than inevitability.
Hook’s vocal deliver. Rough, exposed, and unapologetic, it added to the sense that this music is still being lived in, not merely revisited. There was a quiet intensity to his presence, an understanding of the history behind the songs without any attempt to soften it.
Reflection and What Comes Next
Hook has described Get Ready as a turning-point record. A moment where naivety gave way to maturity, and where creative partnerships were both strengthened and strained. That emotional complexity lingered over the Edinburgh performance, even when the focus lay elsewhere in the catalogue.
There was a sense of unresolved feeling in the room: joy, loss, pride, and defiance coexisting in the same songs.
By the final stretch of the set, the audience response had shifted from attentive admiration to something more communal and cathartic. This was music reconnecting with people on a visceral level, reminding them why it mattered in the first place.
With the Glasgow Bandstand show now confirmed, the Corn Exchange gig feels, in retrospect, like a bridge rather than a conclusion.
If this performance proved anything, it is that Peter Hook’s relationship with this material remains emotionally charged and creatively alive, leaving genuine excitement about what he chooses to bring forward next.
Tickets for the upcoming Glasgow show will be available to purchase from December 17 at 10am.
Feature Image credit: Courteney Pearson
