Glasgow Lana Del Rey fans camp out for 27 hours at Hampden

Glasgow Times

2 days ago

The Summertime Sadness singer will take to the stage at around 8.30pm tonight, June 26.
Hundreds of fans who are hoping to get up close to the 40-year-old singer from New York have spent over 24 hours outside the stadium already.
By the time doors open at 5pm, they'll have spent around 27 hours outside the stadium.
We headed out to speak to them while they queued to find out why they do it and what it's like to camp out to meet their hero.
(L-R) Isabell, Alfie, Callie, Alan, Paris, Jemima, Thierry, and Liam were all first in the queue (Image: Newsquest)
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This group from across the UK were first in line, and most of them had been there since 2pm yesterday, June 25.
Some of them had been at her show in Cardiff on Monday, June 23, where she kicked off the tour and were following her around every show.
They organised a number system to ensure the queue was kept fair after Cardiff was "stressful" due to the "queue being a mess."
At 1pm today, the list was nearing 300 people for their door alone, and the group at the front explained why they put in the effort to camp out.
They said: "We just want a good view! But I think as well just being close to like her aura, her presence.
"She is so comforting, she's just always so warm, just her looking at you and smiling like sending kisses."
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The sadness of a Glasgow summertime had hit the fans as the rain poured on them yesterday, and they were given space in a marquee by security staff to take shelter last night.
But the weather hasn't dampened their spirits as cheers and songs erupted throughout the lines of fans.
Callie, 18, from Glasgow added: "The community spirit keeps you going."
Cameron Bell, 18, from Kilmarnock, has been queuing since 7am this morning (Image: Newsquest)
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Cameron Bell, 18, from Kilmarnock, was number 81 in the queue, having joined it at 7am this morning.
He said: "It's my first ever time seeing Lana, I've never camped out before.
"I've seen other artists before, and I've not really camped out for them. This is my first-ever concert that I've camped out for.
"Her music means a lot to me. I've been listening to her since I was nine, since 2016."
Peter Gomm, 54, from London has seen Lana in 26 countries (Image: Newsquest)
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Peter Gomm from London was also at Lana's Cardiff show and has seen her perform in 26 different countries.
The Hampden gig will be his 92nd time seeing the popstar since first seeing her in 2010, and he joined the queue at 4:30am this morning.
Peter, 54, said: "I've been all over the world to see her, it's a vocation.
"I got here this morning and was straight into the marquee with the rest of the fans, it was really good.
"I've got a couple of favourite shows, one in The Hollywood Bowl and one in Nashville as well."
"Addressing the rumours of camping out"
(L-R) Jemima Bell, 18, Paris Smith, 22, and Alan Murray, 23 (Image: Newsquest)
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Fans Jemima Bell, 18, from Liverpool, Paris Smith, 22, from Birmingham, and Alan Murray, 23, from London spoke to us about "addressing the rumours" about camping out.
They said: "We're fed up of hearing: 'Do they not shower? Do they not wash?'
"I've just run from the Airbnb, jumped out of the shower, thrown my makeup on, and run. We do shower.
"So, we do shower. We do wash. We take it in turns. We brush our teeth."
"We go to the toilet, we do eat."
"We've heard rumours about us wearing nappies. There are no nappies going on. Please. No.
"No one smells bad at all in the concert as well. Like people saying I bet every stinks of barrier.
"No, they don't. We do know how to wash."