This weekend sees T In The Park kick off a weekend of Scottish-based high jinx and abandon. The bill is as ever, quite a corker and with added treats on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Futures Stage. Let’s have a look at the line-up ahead of the event itself...
MUSE
Having headlined Glastonbury with a bit of an extra added edge (or The Edge, to be precise) Matt Bellamy and his chums head to Balado Park to lay down some of their sci-fi prog-pop rock stylings and possibly communicate with any passing UFOs. One of the best live bands in the UK, their headline set should be unmissable.
EMINEM
Fresh from something of a comeback situation, Marshall Mathers returned to the top of the charts a few weeks ago with his return to form Recovery album. Always good value as a live turn, and now he’s calmed down a bit (well, there’s still no sign of a folk album but you understand what we mean), this first show in an age on UK soil should be a good’un.
It’s been a long and strange trip to the top for the Leicester foursome (pictured). Once dubbed ‘Primark Scream’, they’ve grown to become one of the biggest UK bands in recent years and now they're doing such things as being ambassadors for the England World Cup strip (yeah, that helped) and duetting with Alicia Keys.
RED BULL BEDROOM JAM FUTURES STAGE
What an array of marvellousness there is in store: KELE, fresh from absconding from Bloc Party to head down the gym and the rave-up; top folkstrel LAURA MARLING; The Strokes’ JULIAN CASABLANCAS; the mighty ASH; fey indie herberts THE DRUMS and the exquisitely dressed styling of HURTS are among the turns performing, but we’ll be a-swaying in large coats to the deeply legendary ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN. Here’s why:
PRODIGY
Having returned with the colossal Invaders Must Die album, after being a bit under-par in recent years, this will be an opportunity to see exactly why the Braintree threesome are as on top of the game as ever. Shave your hair punkily and make with the panda-eye make-up...
GOLDFRAPP
Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory returned back from a folky wilderness this year with the splendid Head First album. They’ve not done much in the way of live shows so far, but will be touring properly in the autumn. Look out for horse tails, lasers, lycra and, um, vampires.
MADNESS
They’ve been going over 30 years, were the biggest singles act in the eighties and still pack out every venue they play. The nutty boys are a real treat live and will leave you exhausted with hit after hit. They still make great albums such as last year's The Liberty Of Norton Felgate, but it’s the likes of this that will leave middle-aged fans close to heart failure after vigorous knees-upping: -
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