Haim at the OVO Hydro

Glasgow, Scotland. Friday 31-December-2025.

We cannot remember how we were introduced to Haim but their third album, Women in Music Pt. III, has been a regular on our play list. They are three sisters who play melodic tunes and sing in harmony. My favourite track on that album is “Don’t Wanna”, closely followed by “I Know Alone”.

We bought these tickets way back in April as soon as we learnt about their tour. Glasgow was the obvious venue which is easy to get to for us and which happens to be the last night of their UK tour.

I’ve got so used to going to smaller more intimate venues that it was a bit of a shock to be re-introduced to a cavernous stadium.  The standing arena area is massive and was only partially filled when we arrived but soon was packed to capacity.

The support act was Nell Mescal who we had never heard of but must be an established artist as she is on her third EP and has a dozen singles to her name already. As we have found with previous support acts they are incredibly grateful to have been selected, in this case at very short notice, and the mutual admiration and support is heartwarming to see.

Haim then took to the stage preceded by a ticker tape of “I Quit…” messages; “I Quit” is their latest album which this tour is promoting. We had listened to “I Quit” in preparation for the concert but live it came across as much more rock. The bass was ramped up to 11; it set my rib cage rattling.

The three girls Alana (guitar, percussion), Danielle (lead guitar) and Este (bass guitar) - actually all play multiple instruments and took it in turns to take the spotlight. They are all supported in the background by a drummer and a keyboard / sax player. 

They played mostly songs from the new album plus a couple from Women in Music Pt. III. Full set list at setlist.fm. It was a much livelier and more rock-n-roll set than the more mellow studio album sound.

Being unsure of the best way to get home from the venue we snuck out before the encore and thus were able to snag a taxi before the mass exodus without queueing and were whisked back to our apartment.