Those in show business have said that if a Glasgow audience likes you, they'll let you live.
This couldn't have been more true at the Empire Theatre, which reopened in 1931.
The Sauchiehall Street venue was known as the comics graveyard, where acts who flopped were quickly condemned by the crowds.
Even Dame Shirley Bassey had a hard time when she made her first appearance there in 1959 - asking the audience to 'give her a chance'.
Her persistence paid off, and she closed the curtain to an electrified round of applause.
English comedian Des O'Connor was so badly received at the theatre that he faked fainting, and was dragged off stage.
Comedian Janey Godley has commented on the harsh Glasgow crowds.
She told the Daily Record in 2012: “I have seen comedians struggle because they let the audience smell the fear.
"If they get a sniff of that, they will attack like a bunch of straggly, one-legged dogs from Easterhouse.
"Glasgow audiences are unforgiving but, if you hit them on the funny bone, they will go with you down 100 routes of madness.
“They have to trust you first to make them laugh."
The Empire Theatre was where many artists bombed, though many have said that the city does recognise talent when it arrives.
The much loved double act Morecambe and Wise performed in a string of appearances in 1954, which were met with tumbleweed.
Reportedly after a few failed acts, they began to win over the crowds.
A stage assistant who stood in the wings told them; “They’re beginning to like you.”
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Liz O’Neil, who was an usherette at Empire in the 50s, remembered the vicious nature of the crowd.
She recalled a topless act that went wrong: “"They had to close the theatre midway through the show, when the audience started throwing ice cream on to the stage and the main dancer nearly slipped on it.
“Bobby, the maestro in the orchestra pit, was hit on the head with a coin thrown from the audience."
If an act was too slow to gain the respect of the audience, or simply didn’t get their attention, there was no question about their feelings.
Among those to have suffered at the Empire Theatre include Bob Monkhouse, Tommy Cooper and Bernie Winters.
The theatre was typically the second stop after pubs closed at the weekends, and after a hard week of manual labour many locals enjoyed a few too many drinks before visiting Empire - meaning they weren’t shy.
Though many have tried and failed to win over audiences at the Empire Theatre, crowds elsewhere in Glasgow have gained a reputation for their cold reception.
Sheena Easton, Morning Train singer, arrived at the Big Day Festival on Glasgow Green in 1990 expecting an exhilarated audience.
Before long, she was booed by the masses and pelted with bottles - some containing urine.
She vowed never to perform in Glasgow again.
As for the Empire Theatre, the final curtain came down on March 31, 1963.
With performances from the Red Army Choir, Iain Cuthbertson, Rikki Fulton and Andy Stewart - Glasgow said goodbye to an iconic building that may haunt some performers to this day.
