Franz Ferdinand @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 10 Nov

If nothing else, Medicine Cabinet are certainly ready for stages the size of the Hydro, even if the theatrics sometimes feel a bit forced to the detriment of the music. But when they settle in and focus on the tunes, it's clear this is a band with a bright future. Los Bitchos, on the other hand, have songs for days and the ability to shred and groove simultaneously. But they're a band at their best up close and personal, and the space between the band and the relatively sparse crowd proves difficult to surmount.

To some extent, this is also an issue for Franz Ferdinand. The perennially underrated group have an obviously devoted following in Glasgow, but it's clear from the amount of cordoned-off seats and the space in the standing area that the Hydro may be a bridge too far at this point in their career. However, that's not to say this isn't an incredibly tight operation with a back catalogue of bona fide hits.

The Dark of the Matinée is a brilliant opener as the band's strobing shadow puppets are revealed with a dramatic curtain drop, while Walk Away and Do You Want To follow soon after to the delight of the pogo-ing audience. Alex Kapranos is a more excitable Bryan Ferry in his sparkly suit, constantly playing up to the crowd, climbing his personalised amp and generally showing that there's a showman behind those cerebral lyrics. Beyond the chant-a-longs, astute lyricism is mostly lost in the suddenly cavernous Hydro, especially on lesser known newer ones like Always Ascending or Curious.

This is a tour to support a recent greatest hits release, but it feels like this is the mode that FF are now doomed to: a legacy act before their time. And it isn't that the newer material is bad – it just can't compete with the likes of Take Me Out or Michael, which are now anthems for ageing hipsters. Outsiders closes the main set in a wild percussion breakdown that includes both support bands and Paul Thomson – founding FF member who left the band less than a year ago.

Kapranos does an award-winning stage dive from the end of his catwalk during closer This Fire, managing to floor a couple of people who are then pulled on stage – happy but a little dazed it seems. Like the show as a whole, it's not quite perfect, but you can't fault the commitment on display.