Beyond Rangers matchdays
Ibrox concerts & events
Rock bands, celebrated singers and Commonwealth rugby: Ibrox has hosted much more than club football. These are some of its documented occasions.
Ibrox during Commonwealth Games rugby sevens · 27 July 2014 · puffin11k (Flickr account: nigelhomer) · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cover cropped; rugby sevens venue view, not a concert photograph.
A stage with another story
The names below belong to performances at the stadium itself. Edmiston House has its own programme next to the ground; an event there is not automatically an Ibrox Stadium concert. This is a selection of documented events, not a complete archive or a list of upcoming shows.
Rangers Armed Forces Day at Ibrox: the February 2026 occasion
6–7 June 1986
Concert
Simple Minds: a Glasgow homecoming
Simple Minds brought the Once Upon a Time tour to Ibrox for two nights. For a band formed in Glasgow, these were home-city stadium shows during a period when their audience had grown far beyond Scotland.
Surviving tour records list The Waterboys, Hipsway and In Tua Nua among the supporting acts. The bills differed between nights: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions are listed on 6 June and The Cult on 7 June. These are archive listings, rather than a claim that every act played both nights.
Event photographs
No suitable reuse-permitted photograph of this Ibrox event could be verified in the sources checked. Photographs taken at other venues and press images without confirmed reuse rights are not substituted. This does not mean photographs of the event do not exist.
10 July 1990
Concert
Frank Sinatra, with Carol Kidd
Frank Sinatra’s Ibrox appearance brought a very different sound to the stadium: a singer and orchestra rather than a rock band. Scottish jazz singer Carol Kidd supported him, giving the occasion a local connection alongside its international headliner.
The concert is remembered not just for Sinatra’s performance but for difficulties over ticketing and the size of the audience. Retrospective accounts describe the evening in detail; those recollections should not be confused with a current concert programme.
Event photographs
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10 June 1995
Concert
Rod Stewart takes the stage
Rod Stewart performed at Ibrox in June 1995. The Herald’s review, published two days later, records a 25-song show and places it firmly at Rangers’ ground.
The review also notes Ian McLagan joining Stewart for “Stay With Me”, a link back to their time in the Faces. It is a documented guest appearance, rather than a name inferred from a tour poster.
Event photographs
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11 July 1996
Concert
Bon Jovi at Ibrox
Bon Jovi played Ibrox in July 1996, adding another major stadium-rock concert to its story. A contemporary Herald review confirms the venue and describes the performance.
Among the details recorded in that review is a 21-piece pipe band. It is a distinctly Scottish addition to the account of an American band’s visit, without needing to embellish the occasion with an unverified guest list.
Event photographs
No suitable reuse-permitted photograph of this Ibrox event could be verified in the sources checked. Photographs taken at other venues and press images without confirmed reuse rights are not substituted. This does not mean photographs of the event do not exist.
2 June 1998
Concert
Elton John & Billy Joel: Face to Face
Elton John and Billy Joel brought their Face to Face tour to Ibrox in June 1998. Two celebrated singer-pianists shared the evening, with joint performances as well as separate sets.
The Glasgow Times’ retrospective describes the paired opening and closing portions of the show. This was an Ibrox concert, not an appearance at Hampden or one of Glasgow’s indoor venues.
Event photographs
No suitable reuse-permitted photograph of this Ibrox event could be verified in the sources checked. Photographs taken at other venues and press images without confirmed reuse rights are not substituted. This does not mean photographs of the event do not exist.
26–27 July 2014
Sport
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens
For Glasgow 2014, Ibrox became the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens venue. The two-day programme brought a different sport and an international Games audience to a ground normally associated with club football.
The organisers’ announcement described 45 matches across the weekend. Team Scotland’s pre-event report confirms both the Ibrox venue and the dates. The stadium’s role was in rugby sevens, not the Games opening ceremony.
Event photographs
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The 27 July 2014 panorama documents Ibrox during Commonwealth rugby sevens and is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Its caption links to the Commons record, original Flickr upload and reuse licence. The other stadium views show the setting only. No suitable reuse-permitted photographs of the five concerts could be verified in the Commons, Flickr and original visitor-site sources checked; each concert is labelled accordingly. Photo permissions and sources checked 3 November 2026.
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