The last time I saw Glenn Hughes was at Shepherd’s Bush Empire a few years back when he co-headlined with Fish. Though I had no idea what proportion of the audience had primarily come to see who, Fish blew Hughes off stage.

Fish subsequently complained on his blog about Hughes insisting on topping the bill even for the Scottish gigs when it was supposed to be a co-headline tour.

My local venue is Leamington Assembly and because it’s on my doorstep I take the odd punt on acts which might not otherwise tempt me.

When this gig was first announced the local publicity read as if Glenn Hughes was being supported by Living Color. The venue has form for not properly advertising co-headline gigs. However the tour was going to the Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton the next night and they also described it a Hughes gig. The first time I actually saw the term co-headline was in the press release.

I chatted with some gig going friends and a couple were interested entirely on the strength of Living Color, even if it was only a support slot. As it was we didn’t get tickets because it clashed with Delain in Birmingham, who we really wanted to see.

Immediately after LC pulled out another act was announced as support and soon after that a number of people messaged the Assembly facebook page asking about refunds.

I doubt that promoters were ‘forced’ to cancel because LC pulled. I think the tour probably sold very few tickets and that a large proportion of those were to people who were only interested in LC. A few years ago Hughes played the Assembly to a crowd of between 30 & 50. The one person I know who went recognised none of the set apart from the encore ‘Burn’.

Glen Hughes is on the cover of the current issue of Power Play and has an article in Classic Rock. But he has a patchy solo career and it feels like he is nowhere near as popular as his specialist press reputation or as he thinks he is.

This statement shifts the blame entirely on to LC’s manager. While they have acted badly they aren’t to blame for how few people wanted to see Hughes alone.