Alanis Morissette 2026, Summer Sessions, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Tuesday 30th June, 2026

We arrived just after 5 pm and still managed to snag a brilliant parking space on Corkerhill Road. By the time we'd walked to Bellahouston Park and gone through security, the first band, Lucia & the Best Boys, was already on stage. We listened as we wandered along past the food vendors in search of dinner. My sweet and sour chicken with noodles was vile, the watery sauce more akin to a soup.

Lucia and the Best Boys were down four members, playing acoustic as a duo, having been offered the opportunity to join the bill less than twenty-four hours earlier. Their songs sounded okay. No setlist listed on Setlist.fm.

Skunk Anansie were my main draw to this gig. The Gold Circle wasn't packed, so I had plenty of room to watch them. Skin is a force of nature, a creature of venom and honey. Her speaking voice can be shrill, but when she sings, the music penetrates my psyche and lifts my soul. I could listen to her all day. Today, she's dressed for summer in an outfit akin to that of a radical, old-school teacher, wearing a multi-layered black cape, cycling shorts and knee-length fluorescent pink socks. She's come to teach love and rage, and we are all her pupils. 

Excuse the verbiage. The music was good. The music was loud. I was in my element: heavy rock. 

Skunk Anansie Setlist:

Charlie Big Potato

Because of You

An Artist Is an Artist

God Loves Only You

Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)

Weak

Twisted (Everyday Hurts)

Lost and Found

I Can Dream

Tear the Place Up

Weak

I Can Dream

Wet Leg are a band I'd never seen live before. I like their offbeat music, with its striking riffs and stylised vocals. Singer Rhian Teadsale is one sexy frontwoman. Today, she's wearing glasses, shorts, a sheer top and a sweet smile. I have to remind myself there are other members in this band. It's difficult to take your eyes off her as she prowls the stage. The only thing more powerful than her is the drumkit's bass drum, which thumps the beat into my chest and vibrates my arm hairs. The band love their smoke machine, so the view is hazy but magnificent when the stage lights blast in full. The performance gets a thumbs up from me.

Wet Leg Setlist:

catch these fists

Oh No

Wet Dream

liquidize

jennifer's body

pond song

Being in Love

Ur Mum

davina mccall

pillow talk

Too Late Now

Angelica

Chaise Longue

CPR

mangetout

catch these fists

Angelica

Alanis Morissette is an unusual performer. Blessed with a strong voice, iconic songs, and a timeless look, she often races back and forth across the stage, rarely looking at or engaging with the audience. At times, my camera struggles to keep up with her because she was moving so fast. It's as if she's afraid to interact with us in case it disrupts the flow of the concert. This leaves the show slick, well-performed and beautifully sung, looking great on the screens, but, to me, it feels like she can't wait to wave goodbye and run offstage.

This lack of engagement leads some in the crowd to believe that it's chatty time - the "We'll get back to you when you sing something we recognise" mentality. And, boy, did they need to chat loudly to be heard over the band. I was in Scowlsville. 

(That said, reviewing my photos, Alanis did sing many of the songs centre stage, anchored to a mic stand, so I'm not sure why my lasting impression is of her racing from side to side - maybe it was because she didn't talk to us very much, except to introduce her band at the designated times)

My phone died before the end of the concert, probably due to poor reception. Surprisingly, the rain stayed away, despite heavy, grey clouds overhead. 

Overall, I enjoyed the gig. Alanis's hits are still bangers. Maybe next time, I'd enjoy it more if she sang all the songs towards the crowd, not the wings, and talked to us a bit more.  

Alanis Morissette Setlist:

Hand in My Pocket

Right Through You

Reasons I Drink

A Man (segue)

Hands Clean

Can't Not (segue)

Lens

Sorry to Myself (segue)

Head Over Feet

Everything (segue)

You Learn

Would Not Come (segue)

Smiling

Rest

Mary Jane

Perfect

Ironic

Are You Still Mad (segue)

All I Really Want

Sympathetic Character (segue)

You Oughta Know

Encore:

Uninvited

Thank U

Hand in My Pocket

Ticket Price (presale): Gold Circle £95.00 x2 + Fees £28.92 + Handling Fee £3.25
Total £222.17 from Ticketmaster

 

Early set for SA, so not a packed crowd

Billy Sloan on photography duty

Alanis Morissette, World Tour 2022, Celebrating 25 Years of Jagged Little Pill. OVO Hydro, Glasgow. Sunday 19th June, 2022

Alanis constantly races across the stage as if determined to get her daily steps up and although she's not as slim as she once was, her voice is still pure and controlled and has a fantastic range.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Beth Orton and her band, in support, gave a performance that sounded like it needed a proper soundcheck. Her voice was fine but the band sound was muddy and indistinct. I didn't doze but my eyes felt heavy for most of her time on stage. She has a voice reminiscent of Alanis's but I feel her intimate songs would have worked better in a smaller venue.

Later, when Alanis burst onto the stage with long, blonde hair, I was a bit surprised and wondered if this was an impersonator playing a prank on us. Alanis, as I remembered, had dark hair and was pencil-thin and didn't rush all over the stage as if attempting to avoid a sniper. Seeing the microphone held away from the mouth, even when Alanis's vocals are soaring further compounded this thought. After some time it became evident this was not the case and that this was Alanis as she is now. She had to hold the mike away from her mouth sometimes because she was singing so loudly.  

Her voice was the best part of the night. Everything else was a letdown. 

This was a bare-bones production with minimal staging, average lighting and no cameras to show those on the upper levels what was going on. The three large screens at the back of the stage only showed video clips and images, nothing of the live performance. I ended up using the zoom function on my phone camera to watch the show. She practically sold out the OVO so she did deserve to be there but she put on a show that would have worked better in the Armadillo where the audience wasn't so far away. It felt like a show planned by the candidates on The Apprentice where they'd cut out anything non-essential that would risk their profit.   

The one time the images on the screens made an impact on me was when she showed footage of Taylor Hawkins, her former drummer, whom she introduced to Dave Grohl. It was touching to be reminded of him as a young man at the start of his career. The song Ironic carried a screen dedication to him at the end.

The fans were in fine voice during many of the songs, their chorus filling the auditorium, particularly during the more well-known numbers. Many also exited for the bars/toilets during the less popular album tracks, small streams of people flowing in and out regularly.

As usual, I can't go to a concert without experiencing some audience gripes. The female diagonally in front of me kept elbowing my knee whenever she put her arm around her partner (which she did a lot). And whenever the round girl beside me stood up to dance, I experienced flashbacks to the boulder scene from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. She was a big fan, knew all the lyrics and clapped like a seal between songs. Deep down, I knew I wasn't in any danger but there was always the fear she might trip. I was most surprised when she left with her pal during one of the more famous tunes and was away for ages. They returned later with armfuls of alcohol but then had to exit again later for a toilet break. I don't understand this behaviour. You've paid a lot of money to be at a show by an artist you love. So be there. Experience it. 

And then gripe about it afterwards like me. 

Ticket Price: £65 plus £10 in fees each. Total £75 each.

Setlist 

(The show opens with a video retrospective) 

All I Really Want

Hand in My Pocket

Right Through You

You Learn

Hands Clean (Segue 1)

Forgiven

Everything (Segue 2)

Mary Jane

Diagnosis (Segue 3)

Reasons I Drink

Head Over Feet

So Unsexy (Segue 4)

Ablaze

Nemesis (Segue 4½)

Perfect

Losing the Plot (Segue 5)

Wake Up

Not the Doctor

Ironic ((In memory of Tyler Hawkins))

Sympathetic Character (Segue 6)

Smiling

I Remain (Segue 7)

You Oughta Know

 

Encore:

Your House

Uninvited

Thank U