A KISS can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation mark,metaphorically speaking. But on December 31, the Glasgow Kiss willspell the beginning of this year's Hogmanay celebrations in GeorgeSquare.
The bells will toll for 20,000 in the square, with 30,000 reelingin the year in the High Street, as Glasgow takes on the role of theUK City of Architecture and Design.
It will be an all-ticket affair for the first time, but peopleunlucky enough to miss out can join in the revelries which will betelevised around the world, on the Internet and broadcast live onRadio One."It will be festive, funky and fresh - well it is Glasgow afterall," one of the organisers said.Tickets will be available from a phoneline next week, and at abooth in the square from the first week of December.Councillor Liz Cameron of Glasgow City Council's arts and culturecommittee said that ticketing had been introduced for safetyreasons.The council has almost tripled its input to Glasgow's Hogmanaywith a grant of #205,000 to organisers, city-based UZ.With commercial sponsorship, the producers have increased thebudget to more than #500,000. As well as family entertainment andceilidh music in George Square, there will be an outdoor dance clubwith Radio One DJ Dave Pearce in the city's High Street car park.qA pagan fireball swinging ritual which forms the Hogmanaycelebrations at Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, has been listed the13thmost popular way of welcoming in the New Year among 30 world-widealternative suggestions in this month's For Him Magazine.
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