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The Killers Revealed As Third Headliner For TRNSMT Festival 2018
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 07 December 2017
The Killers will be supported by Franz Ferdinand and Chvrches on July 8th 2018 at Glasgow Green, alongside fellow headliners Liam Gallagher and Stereophonics.
The Killers have been revealed as the third and final headliner for next year’s TRNSMT festival in Glasgow.
The American rock act, returning after a five-year absence with a new album earlier in 2017, will close out Scotland’s largest musical festival on Sunday July 8th, 2018.
TRNSMT’s organisers DF Concerts also confirmed that Scottish art-rock heroes Franz Ferdinand and alt-pop act Chvrches have been added to the bill for the Sunday night. The other headliners for the three-day event are former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and rock veterans Stereophonics.
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As the rain fell, the mud increased and the wellies came out. Atmosphere at T In The Park Festival 2016 on the second day. Strathallan Castle, Scotland - Saturday 9th July 2016
Police Investigating Two Deaths At T In The Park Festival
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 08 July 2016
Police Scotland are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman at the Perthshire festival, with the incidents being treated separately.
Police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman on the first day of the annual T In The Park festival in Perthshire, Scotland.
The deceased are believed to be teenagers but over the age of 18, and the deaths are being separately and as unexplained, according to a statement released by Police Scotland on Friday afternoon (July 8th).
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The Stone Roses Announce Three Shows For Summer 2016
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 02 November 2015
The Mancunian group revealed the gigs after a day of social media speculation.
The Stone Roses have ended a day of rampant speculation on social media by announcing that they’ll be playing three huge gigs in the summer of 2016, including a headline spot at the T In The Park festival.
The legendary Manchester four-piece, who reunited for a massive world tour in 2012 following their initial disintegration in the mid ‘90s, have revealed that they’ll be playing two special concerts at the Etihad Stadium in the city on June 17th and 18th next year, followed by a headline set on the Friday night of T In The Park at Strathallan Castle in Scotland on July 8th.
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T In The Park Festival-Goer Sparks Police Search With Prank Tweet
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 14 July 2015
A police search was triggered following a prank tweet from a man pretending he was trapped inside a tent bag.
A music fan attending Scotland’s T In The Park festival over the weekend temporarily sent Twitter into a frenzy after posting that he was trapped in a tent bag and couldn’t get out, with his phone rapidly running out of battery. Which turned out to be a prank, following a police search.
On Monday morning (July 13th), just as the annual three-day music festival was winding down, a man with the Twitter handle @ScottJohnston8 appeared to send an urgent SOS message. “Hi im somewhere in green 7 someone has packed me into a tent bag for a joke and I can’t get out I don’t have much battery left,” he wrote.
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Archaeological Discovery Will Not Prevent 'T In The Park' Go-Ahead
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 03 June 2015
Contractors uncovered an ancient roundhouse, believed to be several thousand years old, on Friday (May 29th) while preparing the site for the festival.
The recent archaeological discovery at the new site of the T In The Park festival will not prevent the weekend-long event from going ahead, experts have confirmed.
Contractors preparing the site near Strathallan Castle came across what archaeological experts believe to be a 3,000 year old roundhouse, and works were immediately put on hold while the structure was examined.
The festival’s organisers, DF Concerts, had feared that the discovery would force them to delay or perhaps cancel this year’s festival, due to be held in July. Archaeological discoveries frequently hold back construction projects all over the world.
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T In The Park 2015 Given The Green Light
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 13 May 2015
Endangered birds and local opposition had threatened to derail the move to the new site at Strathallan Castle, but the local council gave the organisers the nod on Tuesday.
Following an uncertain few weeks, T In The Park has been given the go-ahead for its new site at Strathallan Castle.
The BBC reported that a 90 minute meeting of the Perth and Kinross Council on Tuesday resulted in unanimous support for the application submitted by DF Concerts, which lasts for three years and is subject to a handful of conditions.
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Jay Z - Jay-Z Sunday 11th July 2010 at T In The Park Balado, Scotland
Paolo Nutini - Saturday 10th July 2010 at T In The Park Balado, Scotland
Seasick Steve and T In The Park Sunday 12th July 2009 T in the Park 2009 - Day 3 Kinross, Scotland
Katy Perry and T In The Park Saturday 11th July 2009 T in the Park 2009 - Day 2 Kinross, Scotland