The OVO Hydro (previously known as "SSE Hydro") has been the busiest entertainment venue in Glasgow and Scotland since its opening in 2013. Many local, regional and international artists have performed at the venue, spanning a wide range of musical genres. A list of notable concerts are given in the table below, with other non-concert entertainment events also included. All events are arranged in a chronological order.[1]
| Date | Artists | Events | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ||||
| 30 September | Rod Stewart | Live the Life Tour[2] | ||
| 2 October | ||||
| 4 October | ||||
| 5 October | ||||
| 6 October | Bruno Mars | Moonshine Jungle Tour[3] | ||
| 22 October | Jessie J | Alive Tour[4] [5] [6] | ||
| 2 November | Chase & Status | Brand New Machine Tour | ||
| 11 November | Depeche Mode | Delta Machine Tour[7] | ||
| 15 November | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City tour[8] | ||
| 16 November | Queens of the Stone Age | ...Like Clockwork tour[9] | ||
| 21 November | Arctic Monkeys | AM Tour[10] | ||
| 26 November | Nickelback | Here and Now Tour[11] | ||
| 27 November | Simple Minds | |||
| 2014 | ||||
| 14 January | Maroon 5 | Overexposed Tour[12] | ||
| 20 February | Beyoncé | Mrs. Carter Show World Tour[13] | ||
| 21 February | ||||
| 4 April | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience World Tour[14] | ||
| 5 April | ||||
| 12 May | Miley Cyrus | Bangerz Tour[15] | ||
| 17 May | Katy Perry | Prismatic World Tour[16] | ||
| 18 May | ||||
| 20 May | Nine Inch Nails | Twenty Thirteen Tour | ||
| 22 May | Prince | Hit and Run Tour | ||
| 31 May | Eagles | History of the Eagles – Live in Concert[17] | ||
| 2 June | ||||
| 17 June | Dolly Parton | Blue Smoke World Tour[18] | ||
| 18 June | ||||
| 26 June | ||||
| 27 June | ||||
| 19 September | Ford Kiernan Greg Hemphill | Still Game Live | ||
| 20 September | ||||
| 21 September | ||||
| 22 September | ||||
| 23 September | ||||
| 24 September | ||||
| 25 September | ||||
| 26 September | ||||
| 27 September | ||||
| 28 September | ||||
| 29 September | ||||
| 30 September | ||||
| 1 October | ||||
| 2 October | ||||
| 3 October | ||||
| 4 October | ||||
| 5 October | ||||
| 6 October | ||||
| 7 October | ||||
| 8 October | ||||
| 9 October | ||||
| 19 October | Lady Gaga | [19] | ||
| 30 October | Ed Sheeran | x Tour[20] | ||
| 9 November | 21st Annual MTV Europe Music Awards[21] | |||
| 14 November | Kylie Minogue | Kiss Me Once Tour[22] | ||
| 16 November | Lady Gaga | [23] | ||
| 2015 | ||||
| 14 January | Queen + Adam Lambert | Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015[24] | ||
| 18 January | Slipknot | Prepare for Hell Tour | ||
| 19 February | The Script | No Sound Without Silence Tour[25] | ||
| 20 February | ||||
| 6 March | Lionel Richie | All the Hits, All Night Long[26] | ||
| 7 March | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Chasing Yesterday Tour[27] | ||
| 20 March | Paloma Faith | A Perfect Contradiction Tour | ||
| 31 March | Brendan O'Carroll and Mrs Brown's Boys | How Now Mrs Brown Cow Tour | ||
| 1 April | ||||
| 2 April | ||||
| 3 April | ||||
| 4 April | ||||
| 12 April | Nicki Minaj | The Pinkprint Tour | ||
| 27 April | Take That | 2015 Live Tour[28] | ||
| 28 April | ||||
| 30 April | ||||
| 1 May | ||||
| 2 May | ||||
| 20 May | S Club 7 | Bring It All Back 2015 Tour | ||
| 1 June | 5 Seconds of Summer | Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour[29] | ||
| 8 June | Ariana Grande | The Honeymoon Tour[30] | ||
| 16 June | Fleetwood Mac | On with the Show Tour[31] | ||
| 17 June | ||||
| 19 June | Elton John | All the Hits Tour[32] | ||
| 23 June | Taylor Swift | The 1989 World Tour[33] | ||
| 8 July | Fleetwood Mac | On with the Show Tour | ||
| 15 July | Bette Midler | Divine Intervention Tour | ||
| 14 September | Florence and the Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Tour[34] | ||
| 25 September | Kevin Bridges | A Whole Different Story Tour | ||
| 26 September | ||||
| 2 October | ||||
| 3 October | ||||
| 6 November | U2 | Innocence + Experience Tour[35] | ||
| 7 November | ||||
| 15 November | Imagine Dragons | Smoke + Mirrors Tour[36] [37] | ||
| 20 December | Madonna | Rebel Heart Tour.[38] | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| 5 February | Mel Giedroyc Len Goodman Craig Revel Horwood Bruno Toniolli | Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour 2016 | ||
| 6 February | ||||
| 7 February | ||||
| 15 March | Mariah Carey | Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour[39] | ||
| 18 March | Ellie Goulding | Delirium World Tour[40] | ||
| 19 March | Little Mix | Get Weird Tour[41] | ||
| 25 March | Adele | Adele Live 2016[42] | ||
| 26 March | ||||
| 28 March | A-HA | Cast in Steel tour[43] | ||
| 5 April | Little Mix | Get Weird Tour | ||
| 17 April | Muse | Drones World Tour[44] | ||
| 18 April | ||||
| 19 April | 5 Seconds of Summer | Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour[45] [46] | ||
| 20 April | ||||
| 3 May | The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks) | DCX MMXVI World Tour[47] | ||
| 24 September | Andrea Bocelli | Cinema World Tour[48] | ||
| 6 October | Fifth Harmony | 7/27 Tour[49] | ||
| 14 October | Jean Michel Jarre | Electronica World Tour | ||
| 20 October | Greg McHugh | Gary Tank Commander: Mission Quite Possible Live | ||
| 21 October | ||||
| 22 October | ||||
| 24 October | Nickelback | No Fixed Address Tour | ||
| 27 October | Justin Bieber | Purpose World Tour[50] | ||
| 29 October | ||||
| 30 October | ||||
| 9 November | Bring Me the Horizon | UK Arena Tour | ||
| 19 November | Courteeners | UK Tour[51] | ||
| 21 November | Jess Glynne | Take Me Home Tour[52] | ||
| 24 November | Disney on Ice | |||
| 25 November | ||||
| 26 November | ||||
| 27 November | ||||
| 29 November | Biffy Clyro | UK Arena Tour 2016[53] | ||
| 8 December | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway World Tour[54] | ||
| 10 December | Moseley Shoals 20th anniversary tour. Also released for Record Store Day 2017 as a limited edition double vinyl and re-released December 2017. | |||
| 11 December | Bay City Rollers | UK Tour[55] | ||
| 13 December | Rod Stewart | Hits 2016[56] [57] | ||
| 16 December | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| 24 January | Black Sabbath | The End Tour[58] | ||
| 27 January | Anita Rani Len Goodman Craig Revel Horwood Karen Hardy | Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour 2017 | ||
| 28 January | ||||
| 29 January | ||||
| 4 February | Ford Kiernan Greg Hemphill | Still Game Live 2: Bon Voyage | ||
| 5 February | ||||
| 6 February | ||||
| 7 February | ||||
| 8 February | ||||
| 9 February | ||||
| 10 February | ||||
| 11 February | ||||
| 12 February | ||||
| 13 February | ||||
| 14 February | ||||
| 15 February | ||||
| 16 February | ||||
| 27 February | Kings of Leon | Walls Tour 2017 | ||
| 3 March | Olly Murs | UK Arena Tour 2017[59] | ||
| 10 March | The Weeknd | [60] | ||
| 29 March | Brendan O'Carroll and Mrs Brown's Boys | Good Mourning Mrs Brown Tour | ||
| 30 March | ||||
| 31 March | ||||
| 1 April | ||||
| 2 April | ||||
| 3 April | Craig David | Following My Intuition Tour | ||
| 7 April | The Who | Back to the Who Tour 51! | ||
| 12 April | Bruno Mars[61] | 24K Magic World Tour | ||
| 13 April | ||||
| 27 April | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate World Tour[62] [63] | ||
| 11 May | Take That | Wonderland Live 2017 | ||
| 12 May | ||||
| 13 May | ||||
| 16 May | Iron Maiden | The Book of Souls World Tour[64] [65] | ||
| 20 May | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Live in Concert with Full Live Orchestra[66] | |||
| 11 July | Blink-182 | California Tour[67] | ||
| 5 August | Céline Dion | Céline Dion Live 2017 | ||
| 23 August | Lana Del Rey | Lust for Life promo tour | ||
| 8 September | John Legend | Darkness and Light Tour | ||
| 7 October | Lady Antebellum | You Look Good World Tour | ||
| 26 October | Metallica | WorldWired Tour | ||
| 16 November | Steps | |||
| 20 November | The Killers | |||
| 27 November | James Arthur | |||
| 29 November | Humanz Tour | |||
| 5 December | As You Were Tour | |||
| 7 December | Steps | Party on the Dancefloor Tour | ||
| 16 December | Band's biggest ever homecoming show, supported by Ride and Sacred Paws. Introduced on stage by a comedian dressed as Santa Claus. | |||
| 2018 | ||||
| 20 January | Paramore | After Laughter Tour Three | ||
| 11 February | Kendrick Lamar | The Damn Tour | ||
| 6 March | Paloma Faith | The Architect Tour | ||
| 23 March | Sam Smith | The Thrill of It All Tour | ||
| 24 March | ||||
| 12 April | Dua Lipa | The Self-Titled Tour | ||
| 14 April | Harry Styles | |||
| 24 April | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | UK & Ireland Tour 2018 | ||
| 3 May | Feed The Machine Tour | |||
| 13 June | Demi Lovato | Tell Me You Love Me World Tour | ||
| 24 June | Katy Perry | |||
| 7 July | Justin Timberlake | The Man of the Woods Tour | ||
| 22 August | Britney Spears | Piece of Me Tour | ||
| 19 September | Shania Twain | Shania Now Tour | ||
| 21 September | ||||
| 30 September | Kylie Minogue | Golden Tour | ||
| 5 October | Kevin Bridges | The Brand New Tour | ||
| 6 October | ||||
| 7 October | ||||
| 10 October | ||||
| 11 October | ||||
| 12 October | ||||
| 13 October | ||||
| 14 October | ||||
| 17 October | ||||
| 18 October | ||||
| 19 October | ||||
| 20 October | ||||
| 21 October | ||||
| 24 October | ||||
| 25 October | ||||
| 26 October | ||||
| 27 October | ||||
| 28 October | ||||
| 23 October | Enrique Iglesias | All The Hits Live | ||
| 12 November | Slayer | Final World Tour | ||
| 15 November | Jess Glynne | Always In Between Tour | ||
| 17 November | Florence and the Machine | High as Hope Tour | ||
| 23 November | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: 20th Anniversary Tour[68] | ||
| 28 November | Years & Years | Palo Santo Tour | ||
| 13 December | Nile Rodgers & Chic | It's About Time Tour | ||
| 2019 | ||||
| 12 January | The 1975 | Music For Cars Tour | ||
| 26 January | Boyzone | Thank You & Goodnight Tour | ||
| 17 March | Nicki Minaj | The Nicki Wrld Tour | ||
| 4 March | Twenty One Pilots | The Bandito Tour | ||
| 24 March | Panic! at the Disco | Pray for the Wicked Tour | ||
| 6 April | Shawn Mendes | [69] | ||
| 18 April | Take That | Greatest Hits Live | ||
| 19 April | ||||
| 20 April | ||||
| 3 May | Olly Murs | You Know, I Know Tour | ||
| 4 May | ||||
| 23 May | Michael Bublé | An Evening with Michael Bublé | ||
| 24 May | ||||
| 28 May | Westlife | The Twenty Tour | ||
| 29 May | Rita Ora | Phoenix World Tour | ||
| 3 June | Westlife | The Twenty Tour | ||
| 4 June | ||||
| 5 June | ||||
| 14 June | Backstreet Boys | DNA World Tour | ||
| 2 July | Carrie Underwood | The Cry Pretty Tour | ||
| 17 September | Ariana Grande | Sweetener World Tour | ||
| 20 September | Khalid | Free Spirit World Tour | ||
| 27 September | Ford Kiernan Greg Hemphill | Still Game Live: The Final Farewell | ||
| 28 September | ||||
| 29 September | ||||
| 30 September | ||||
| 1 October | ||||
| 2 October | ||||
| 3 October | ||||
| 4 October | ||||
| 5 October | ||||
| 6 October | ||||
| 7 October | ||||
| 8 October | ||||
| 9 October | ||||
| 10 October | ||||
| 11 October | ||||
| 12 October | ||||
| 16 October | Boyzone | Thank You & Goodnight Tour | ||
| 17 October | Little Mix | LM5 The Tour | ||
| 18 October | ||||
| 19 October | ||||
| 28 October | Cher | Here We Go Again Tour | ||
| 7 November | Christina Aguilera | The X Tour | ||
| 8 November | Catfish and the Bottlemen | The Balance Tour | ||
| 15 November | Liam Gallagher | Why Me? Why Not. Tour | ||
| 25 November | Björk | Cornucopia | ||
| 26 November | Rod Stewart | Red Blood Roses Tour | ||
| 28 November | ||||
| 30 November | ||||
| 2020 | ||||
| 18 January | Slipknot | We Are Not Your Kind World Tour | ||
| 5 February | Jonas Brothers | Happiness Begins Tour[70] | ||
| 1 March | The 1975 | Music For Cars Tour | ||
| 5 March | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Tour | ||
| 7 March | Halsey | Manic World Tour | ||
| 2021 | ||||
| 20 October | JLS | Beat Again Tour 2021 | ||
| 21 October | ||||
| 22 November | Steps | What the Future Holds Tour | ||
| 23 November | ||||
| 1 December | Gary Barlow | Music Played By Humans Tour | ||
| 5 December | Tom Jones | Surrounded By Time Tour | ||
| 2022 | ||||
| 14 April | 5 Seconds Of Summer | Take My Hand World Tour | ||
| 24 April | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia Tour | ||
| 25 April | Kaiser Chiefs The Fratellis Newton Faulkner | |||
| 27 April | Little Mix | The Confetti Tour | ||
| 28 April | ||||
| 8 May | For Those That Wish To Exist UK Tour | |||
| 6 May | Anne-Marie | Therapy Tour | ||
| 30 May | My Chemical Romance | My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour[71] | ||
| 14 June | Billie Eilish | |||
| 17 June | Diana Ross | UK Thank You Tour | ||
| 19 June | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill 25th Anniversary Tour | ||
| 24, 25 & 27 October | XXV Tour | |||
| 6 November | Biffy Clyro | UK & Ireland Tour 2022 | ||
| 11 November | Kaiser Chiefs | All Together tour with The Sherlocks And The Fratellis | ||
| 19 November | Westlife | The Wild Dreams Tour | ||
| 20 November | ||||
| 19 December | Blue | Heart & Soul: 20th Anniversary Tour | ||
| 2023 | ||||
| 19 January | The 1975 | At Their Very Best | ||
| 3 March | Panic! At the Disco | Viva Las Vengeance Tour | ||
| 8 March | Lizzo | The Special Tour | ||
| 17 April | Paramore | This Is Why Tour | ||
| 21 April | Olly Murs | Marry Me Tour | ||
| 17 June | Elton John | Farewell Yellow Brick Road | ||
| 18 June | ||||
| 14 September | Shania Twain | Queen of Me Tour | ||
| 22 September | ||||
| 23 September | ||||
| 3 October | 5 Seconds Of Summer | The 5 Seconds Of Summer Show | ||
| 28 October | Fall Out Boy | So Much for (Tour) Dust | ||
| 9 November | 50 Cent | The Final Lap Tour | ||
| 12 November | Louis Tomlinson | Faith In The Future Tour | ||
| 15 November | Melanie Martinez | Portals Tour | ||
| 20 December | Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds | Council Skies UK & EU Tour | ||
| 2024 | ||||
| 14 January | Bring Me the Horizon | NX_GN World Tour | ||
| 28 February | Niall Horan | |||
| 12 March | Jason Derulo | Nu King World Tour | ||
| 3 April | Slash | The 2024 Rock On Tour | ||
| 23 April | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Seasons European Tour | ||
| 7 May | Olivia Rodrigo | Guts World Tour | ||
| 8 May | ||||
| 9 May | Tenacious D | The Spicy Meatball Tour | ||
| 29 May | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday 2 World Tour | ||
| 8 June | Girls Aloud | The Girls Aloud Show | ||
| 9 June | ||||
| 10 June | ||||
| 11 June | Doja Cat | The Scarlet Tour | ||
| 15 June | WWE | |||
| 13 September | Jonas Brothers | Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour | ||
| 23 September | Melanie Martinez | The Trilogy Tour | ||
| 12 October | Becky Hill | The 2024 Tour | ||
| 13 October | Janet Jackson | Together Again Tour | ||
| 20 October | Greta Van Fleet | Starcatcher World Tour | ||
| 2 December | Charli XCX | BRAT WORLD TOUR | ||
| 2025 | ||||
| 8 February | Cyndi Lauper | Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour | ||
| March 11 | Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet Tour | ||
| March 12 | Gracie Abrams | The Secret of Us Tour | ||
| July 7 | Billie Eilish | |||
| July 8 | ||||
Apart from entertainment events, the arena has also been a recording location for the musical competition The X Factor and hosted the MOBO Awards in 2013.[72] The BBC sports personality of the year was held at the venue in 2014 to coincide with Glasgow hosting the commonwealth games.
In 2018, the Hydro became host of the Scotland leg of the festival. The event, one of Europe's most popular country music festivals, takes place simultaneously in Glasgow, London and Dublin and features a host of successful American artists, many of whom are giving rare UK performances. In 2016 and 2017, the festival was hosted by the Clyde Auditorium. Little Big Town, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill and Kacey Musgraves headlined the event in 2018, while the 2019 edition will be headlined by Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum, who previously played the Hydro as part of their You Look Good World Tour in 2017.