The Emo Festival Comes To Glasgow!

A festival devoted to emo music, held at O2 Academy Glasgow. The genre grew out of American hardcore punk and has a varied history of its own.

Emo developed in the mid-1980s from the hardcore punk scene in Washington DC, where bands such as Rites of Spring, whose self-titled debut album appeared in 1985, combined the intensity of hardcore with more personal, emotionally direct lyrics. The style later spread across the United States and branched into melodic, confessional rock in the 1990s and 2000s, so the term now covers a broad range of sounds.

The festival takes its name from that tradition and brings the genre to Glasgow for this visit. It is aimed at listeners who follow emo and its related scenes, and it is staged at O2 Academy Glasgow, a city venue that hosts concerts and shows.