I'll never go to this venue again. Saw (or rather didn't see) Simply Red there 20th June.

I had gotten front row tickets next to stage, but had recently damaged my achillies tendon so shouldn't be walking/standing and certainly not up and dancing.

At the SECC in Glasgow, or indeed any other decent venue they appreciate that people on the front row invariably paid through the nose, so they keep the gap between these seats and the stage clear. Not so at the CIA where they happily let 2-3 deep stand in front of the front row.

Worst still I had my bad foot trodden on 3 times as portly people, obviously the worse for drink, tried to squeeze through and lost their balance.

There was no merchandise (but the promotors fault and not the venue as there is no excuse to run out of programmes at the start of a tour!)

Avoid!