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Kirsty McKenzie

Harry Styles' fans describe 'shambles' trying to enter Ibrox ahead of Glasgow gig

Music fans have slammed the 'shambolic' queues at Ibrox stadium after waiting three hours to enter the Harry Styles' concert.

The chart-topping star, who last performed in Glasgow at the OVO Hydro in 2018, has finally returned for a UK stadium tour, which kicks off in the city tonight.

Though concert-goers were clamouring to get tickets for the singer's sold out show on the opening night, many have described the "hell" that ensued while trying to enter the stadium, with one fan blasting it as "the worst organised event" she'd ever seen.

Fan Lucy Brown wrote on Twitter: "Absolute shambles @ibrox for harry styles- stewards outside the station have no idea, police are arguing with the stewards, i’ve never seen queues like this in my life."

Lucy, who queued for over an hour, spoke of the chaos to Glasgow Live, saying: ""When we got off the subway we were told by stewards to stand on the road, we then got moved by the police and had to queue down the side streets.

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"We’ve asked 5 stewards where to go to our gate for entry and they didn’t know anything about them. Finally told a police officer who told us we were actually in the wrong queue.

"Once the police came the organisation definitely improved but the first 30 mins was hell."

Meanwhile, worried mum Annmarie Cairney reached out to Glasgow Live with concern for her daughter who has been queueing for almost two hours to access her seat inside the stadium.

Music fans have spoken of the confusion and chaos as they approached the stadium (@lucyy_brown)

Annmarie told Glasgow Live: "It's a shambles at Ibrox for Harry Styles. My daughter been in the queue for hour and a half and nowhere near getting in.

"She’s 20, so she’s fine, but it’s been nearly two hours now and word is that there is no room in standing area for them all to get in."

Another concert-goer tweeted: "These queues at Ibrox for #harry is insane!! 40 mins to find the end of the queue and not moving very fast!! wtf is going on?!?!"

Harry Styles will be back performing in Glasgow for the first time since 2018 (Photo by Jo Hale/Redferns/Getty)

A second wrote: "#ibrox what is happening it’s ridiculous stood in queues for hours and haven’t a clue when we will get in !!!!!"

One Harry Styles fan slammed the gig as "the worst organised event" she'd ever seen after battling a swarm of people for nearly three hours to get in to the stadium."

Alex Welsh tweeted: "Harry styles at the ibrox is the worst organised event I’ve ever seen in my life. Almost 3 hours after doors and the queues are still 3 streets away."

Glasgow Subway had previously issued travel advice to people who will be going to see Harry Styles perform at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday night.

The former One Direction star will be performing in front of thousands of fans in support of his new album Harry's House.

With a capacity of of 50,000, there will be a lot of people heading to and from the stadium, prompting Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to issue a statement.

Posting on the GLASubwayTravel Twitter account, it wrote: "Heading to see @Harry_Styles play Ibrox Stadium tomorrow? The system will be busier than usual so be sure to plan ahead!"

t also revealed when the last trains would be operating on Saturday, and so those relying on the subway to get home will need to ensure they are at the station in time.

GLASubwayTravel continued: "The last train on the Inner Circle to the city centre leaves Ibrox at 23:16. & last train on the Outer to the west end is at 23:10 to get you home safe."

Styles was previously spotted arriving in Glasgow on Thursday afternoon ahead of the giant concert.

Will you be heading to Ibrox this Saturday to see Harry Styles perform? How are you planning on getting home? Let us know in the comments.

Responding to the tweet, one Harry Styles fan wrote: "I don’t understand why the subway doesn’t run later on days with large events like this."

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