WATER ROW AT CAPALDI GIG OVER VIRUS FEARS
Fans left unable to wash hands at SSE Hydro
CONCERT-GOERS at Thursday night’s Lewis Capaldi gig in Glasgow have slammed Hydro bosses over a lack of running water.
Around 14,000 Capaldi fans packed into the Clydeside venue on Thursday night as the 23-yearold performed on what he called “one of the best days of his life”.
But a water-pressure issue meant some fans in the venue were left unable to wash their hands or flush the toilet.
It comes as the Scottish Government is urging the public to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus with regular handwashing.
Louise Bennie wrote on Twitter: “Not a great idea to have a sold out gig, during a world wide virus outbreak in a venue with no running water and no flushing toilets!
“Health, safety and experience of gig-goers obviously not a priority #poor”.
Lynne McCrae added: “No water in the building, toilets overflowing, no water to wash hands #bringoncoronavirus”.
Rowena Johnstone wrote: “No running water??? Really!
“14000 people and no flushing toilets or able to wash your hands???
“Not acceptable at any time but especially now!”
The Scottish and UK Government have both issued advice on how to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus.
Part of their advice includes maintaining good hand hygiene by washing them with soap and water or alcohol hand sanitizer after coughing or sneezing, after going to the toilet, and before eating and drinking.
Other advice includes avoiding direct hand contact with your eyes, nose and mouth.
And the public are advised to cover their nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing with disposable tissues and binning them after use. Another fan outraged by the lack of running water, Elise Kelly joked: “The Government: Handwashing is vital in avoiding the coronavirus.
“The SSE Hydro: Yes we are aware of the fact that there was no running water tonight and are working to resolve the issue.”
And Holly Fraser added: “The middle of this coronavirus fiasco and the Hydro have NO WATER in the bathroom raps – luckily lots of gals were being v kind and sharing hand sanitiser”.
At the time, the Hydro replied on social media saying the issue was brought to their attention and staff were “looking into it”.
And a spokeswoman for the venue has since told the Glasgow Times: “We had a short period of loss of water pressure on one level of the arena last night.
“We immediately diverted additional water from another area to resolve the situation and we provided hand sanitiser units to the area whilst we fixed the problem.”