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T in the Park is a major Scottish Music Festival , held annually since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the Scottish brewer Tennents , and the fact it was originally held at Strathclyde Park (between Hamilton and Motherwell ). Acts for that opening year included Primal Scream , Oasis , Blur and The Manic Street Preachers . The following year it sold out with Kylie Minogue who performed with Nick Cave , Alanis Morissette , Black Grape and Supergrass playing in red hot temperatures. In 1996 Radiohead , Pulp and No Doubt played. In 1997 it moved to its present site of Balado , Kinross when local developers wanted to use Strathclyde Park for other purposes. Since moving it has expanded in size with a mix of bands such as Travis , Texas , Garbage , Moby , Iggy Pop , Stereophonics , REM , The Proclaimers , The Darkness , Muse , The Polyphonic Spree , and The Chemical Brothers . In recent years, the festival has shared much of its lineup with Oxegen , which is on the same weekend, but in County Kildare , Ireland . 2002 FESTIVAL The 2002 festival saw a return to Balado for Oasis , who headlined the Saturday night. The Sunday saw US punk giants Green Day take the stage followed by Dave Grohl 's Foo Fighters . The night was closed by a performance by The Chemical Brothers . Also playing that weekend were Primal Scream , Less Than Jake and Hoobastank 2004 FESTIVAL The 2004 edition attracted approximately 60,000 people on both the Saturday and Sunday. The two biggest stages being the Main Stage and the NME Stage, along with four tents which included the Slam Tent and the King Tuts Tent. British acts performing at 2004 included Muse , Franz Ferdinand , Chemical Brothers and The Libertines , along with such international acts as The Strokes , Kings Of Leon , Scissor Sisters and The Pixies . 2005 FESTIVAL Tickets for the 2005 event sold out in record time just 4 days after going sale, 5 months in advance of the festival. This edition of T in The Park saw around 69,000 people a day watching more than 170 bands over 10 stages. Some of the bands performing included Green Day , Travis , The Killers , Keane , The Prodigy , New Order and Audioslave . 2006 FESTIVAL T in the Park was the first UK festival to sell some limited amount of tickets for the following year when that year's festival had finished. The organisers are now considering expanding the festival's capacity so it can seriously challenge Glastonbury Festival . Acts confirmed for this year include The Who , who are down to headline on Sunday 9 July , and the Red Hot Chili Peppers , who will headline on the Saturday evening. Other confirmed acts include Kaiser Chiefs , The Ordinary Boys , Sigur Ros , Slam , Felix Da Housecat , Placebo , Arctic Monkeys , Franz Ferdinand , The Strokes and Primal Scream . Tickets for T in the Park sold out this year in a record 40 minutes, compared to four days in 2005. The unprecedented speed of these sales has been largely attributed to ticket Tout s increasing use of internet auction sites such as Ebay . Other acts include: Maximo Park , Manu Chao , El Presidente , Paul Weller , Goldfrapp , Pharrel Williams , The Kooks , The Feeling , The Cribs , Wolfmother , The Go! Team , Richard Ashcroft , Editors , Feeder , Dirty Pretty Things and The Proclaimers . TRIVIA • 17,000 people attended the first festival, with just 2000 choosing to camp • Each year 10 stages feature over 170 artists • T in the Park also provides the Balado crowd with a fun fair and global food village • T in the Park is the only UK festival to have a stage dedicated to supporting homegrown talent, now known as the T Break Stage • T in the Park has seen many impromptu performances and collaborations over the years, including the late great Joe Strummer’s campsite busking in 1996 (a feat repeated by Badly Drawn Boy in 2002), Noel Gallagher joining Paul Weller on stage in 2001 to duet on some Jam classics, whilst in 2005 Brandon Flowers of The Killers joined his heroes New Order when he dueted on the track Crystal • T in the Park featured the first ever UK festival appearances from The Strokes and The Polyphonic Spree • Travis played at the first ever T in the Park under their then-name of Glass Onion, on what was then the Caledonia Stage (now the T Break Stage). • The Dance Tent was introduced in 1995 and became the Slam Tent in 1997 • The festival’s main arena now measures over 57 acres with an additional 80 acres making up the campsite areas • Almost 3 million pints of Tennent’s Lager have been drunk at T in the Park since 1994 • 34 Multi-Dispense Units across the site pour 816 pints of Tennent’s Lager every minute • T in the Park sported the country’s longest urinal back in 2004, which stretched the length of two football pitches • Some 990 portaloos are situated elsewhere across the site • Each year some 4000 people work behind the scenes to bring T in the Park together, some working year round SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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