A music fan is warning others to be vigilant after around 30 phones were stolen during a Hydro concert in Glasgow.

Adrian Baker, from Airdrie, claims he was pickpocketed during the first song of Canadian band Sum 41's gig at the city venue last Sunday. 

The 27-year-old later learned he was one of dozens of victims that night, with the perpetrator ripping off phone cases to make them less identifiable and making off from the venue in a car. 

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He wants to warn other fans to be on alert when they attend the venue, and for staff to be more aware of it.

Adrian also claims that staff were not willing to allow him to use a phone to inform his wife of what had happened so she could block his card and bank accounts.

He told the Daily Record: “My pockets on the trousers I was wearing are really deep so I knew it hadn’t fallen out, but the security were like, ‘you’ve dropped it’.

“I told them that it had definitely been stolen and asked if I could use a phone, but they said they didn’t have one that could make external calls.

"Then I asked to use one of their mobiles but they said company policy was not to let their personal phones be used by the public. They were just really unhelpful.

“Someone else came up to the desk minutes later and said their phone had been stolen, the band were only two songs into their set at that point.

“Eventually a steward, who’d left the building on a break let me use their phone.

"When I got home I started looking on social media and noticed a girl whose son or partner had their phone stolen.

"They said they’d been looking on the floor for it and found about 30 phone cases that had been ripped off to stop people being able to identify them. Then a guy said someone stole his phone, but he had a tracker on it."

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It is claimed that the man then caught up with the thief who then made off in a car, but not before he had relinquished a bag containing “about 30 phones” which was handed over to the police as well as the registration number of the car.

Inspector Iain Sibbald of Police Scotland said: “We can confirm that police received several reports of thefts which took place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, on the evening of Sunday, October 27, 2024.

“It has been established that a suspect left the scene in a vehicle, after discarding a bag containing numerous mobile phones.

"The vehicle was later traced and recovered, and the phones are in the process of being returned to their respective owners. Enquiries remain ongoing."

A spokesperson for the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) said: “The SEC has a robust security operation in place for all events which includes a large number of stewards on the ground, event control room with enhanced CCTV and an intelligence-led approach, working closely with Police Scotland, to assess any suspected criminality.

"The venue also forms part of the National Arenas Association (NAA) group which enables us to share information on behaviours, activities and risks as concerts tour the UK, allowing us to implement measures at specific events.

“We did receive a number of reports of missing phones at the Sum 41 event and Police Scotland is aware of a small number of reports made regarding phones being lost or stolen.”