{"id":431681,"date":"2025-09-17T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/431681\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:30:21","slug":"opening-night-of-here-now-musical-in-glasgow-cancelled-minutes-before-show-due-to-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/431681\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening night of Here &#038; Now musical in Glasgow cancelled minutes before show due to start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The opening night of a popular musical in Glasgow was cancelled minutes before it was to start due to \u201ctechnical difficulties\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here &amp; Now, a musical based on the songs of the pop group Steps, was due to have its first performance at the King\u2019s Theatre on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The show, which is set to run for a further four nights at the theatre, was expected to start at 7.30pm, but customers were left waiting outside until show time.<\/p>\n<p>Disappointed ticket-holders were then told by staff that the show was cancelled due to \u201ctechnical difficulties\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102273716dcf6f266aa178833983f089-1758105576.jpeg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   alt=\"Steps musical Here and Now was cancelled at the Kings at the last minute.\"\/>SuppliedSteps musical Here and Now was cancelled at the Kings at the last minute. Supplied<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ab49a6004a1b3dd478f08e2ecc4d13e5-1758105671.jpeg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   alt=\"\"\/>Supplied<\/p>\n<p>The official account for the show said customers would be contacted from their point of purchase about the next steps.<\/p>\n<p>However, some are reporting they have yet to receive any information.<\/p>\n<p>The official account for the musical said on X: \u201cWe apologise for the cancellation of the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was due to technical difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll ticket holders should have received direct communication from their point of purchase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have not received that email please do let us know. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the King\u2019s Theatre said: \u201cDue to technical issues, the performance of Here &amp; Now: The Steps Musical on Tuesday, September 16 at 7:30pm was unable to go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll affected customers have been contacted and all remaining performances are scheduled to go ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758059248_2_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The opening night of a popular musical in Glasgow was cancelled minutes before it was to start due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-431681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115220829060299774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}