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Location Information:
T in
the Park is a major music festival
that has been held annually in
Scotland since 1994. It is named
after its main sponsor, the brewing
company Tennents. It was originally
held at Strathclyde Park, but since
1997 has been held at a disused
airfield in Balado, in Perth and
Kinross, Scotland. T in the Park was
originally a two-day festival but
since 2007 has taken place over
three days, and introduced in 2008
was the chance to upgrade a weekend
camping ticket to allow camping
access on the Thursday - the day
before any musicians performed. The
festival is promoted by Big Day Out.
It takes place on the same weekend
as Oxegen in Ireland and shares a
very similar line-up each year.
As
well as the main seven stages of
music, there are large camping areas
to cater for the majority of
festival-goers who stay for the
duration of the event. There are
also various concession stalls and
shops provided, as well as other
attractions, such as a large
funfair, complete with Big Wheel.
The 2010 festival is to be headlined
by Muse, Eminem and Kasabian.
Acts
appearing in the opening year
included Primal Scream, Oasis, Crash
Test Dummies, Blur, The Manic Street
Preachers, Rage Against the Machine
and Cypress Hill. The following year
the festival featured Kylie Minogue,
The Prodigy, Alanis Morissette,
Black Grape and Supergrass playing
in blazing sunshine and high
temperatures. In 1996, Radiohead,
Beck, Pulp, The Foo Fighters,
Teenage Fanclub (who played the
Beatles 'Rain' just as it cleared),
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The
Delgados and No Doubt played, and in
1997 the event moved to its present
site of Balado, Kinross-shire, when
local developers wanted to use
Strathclyde Park for other purposes.
Since
moving, the festival has expanded in
size with a mix of bands such as The
Killers, Travis, Texas, Green Day,
Foo Fighters, Garbage, Moby, Iggy
Pop, Stereophonics, R.E.M., The
Proclaimers, The Darkness, Idlewild,
Muse, Razorlight, Maxïmo Park, The
Polyphonic Spree, The Specials, and
The Chemical Brothers.
In recent years, the festival has
shared much of its lineup with
Oxegen, a festival that takes place
on the same weekend in County
Kildare, Ireland. Acts usually play
T in the Park one day and Oxegen the
next, or vice versa.
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