T Break

T Break 2012 line-up announced

Beerjacket, Randolph's Leap and Capitals among the unsigned acts to appear at T in the Park

11 May 2012

The full line-up for T in the Park's unsigned talent stage has been announced. The T Break stage will host Scottish up-and-coming acts over Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 July at T in the Park. The tent has earned a reputation for highlighting the next big…

Submissions now being accepted for T Break 2012

T in the Park's unsigned bands stage looking for new applicants

5 Mar 2012

Demos are now being accepted for T in the Park's T Break stage for 2012. The stage is one of the most valuable opportunities on the Scottish music scene for unsigned bands to be heard by a large audience. Acts to grace the stage in recent years include…

T in the Park: T Break 2011 act profiles

The up-and-comers earning slots on this year’s T Break stage

28 Jun 2011

We profile the up-and-comers who have gained one of the fiercely contested slots on this year’s T Break stage Lady North Mathy electro for fans of Errors’ complex disco beats, or Battles’ stuttering drums. Despite the misleading name, Lady North has…

T in the Park 2010: T Break Stage's Ones to Watch

24 Jun 2010

Want to know who’s worth keeping an eye on at this year’s T Break stage? DJ Hobbes, DJ at Trouble and promoter of Limbo at the Voodoo Rooms, the live music night once described as ‘the barometer of pop in Scotland’, picks his five acts to watch

Make Sparks and Three Blind Wolves among highlights of T in the Park’s T Break stage 2010

19 May 2010

The acts for this year’s T Break stage have been announced, and there’s quite a few names to get excited about. Glasgow guitar-pop purveyors Make Sparks have been garnering a lot of attention recently, not least from the authority on such subjects, the…

Exposure: Dead Boy Robotics

9 Jul 2009

Edinburgh based duo Dead Boy Robotics used to be, by their own admission, pretty terrible. They haven’t even released an EP yet, but have been selected to play the T Break Stage at T In The Park. Multi instrumentalist Gregor McMillian explains how the…

T Break

11 Jun 2009

After listening to almost 1400 entries, T Break’s judging panel have selected 16 of the finest unsigned Scottish acts to join the bill for Balado this July. Among those confirmed include artists previously seen in The List like Punch and the Apostles…

Exposure - Little Eskimos

10 Jun 2009

Borne of the imagination found in some amateur CD-Rs made for the fun of it, Little Eskimos have crawled out their igloos to timidly take steps in the burgeoning world of the Scottish rock scene. Playing on the T Break stage at T in the Park this year…

Musicians' guide: Live music nights

27 Nov 2008

The Mill Launched at the end of the summer, this platform for emerging new talent hosts gigs at The Caves, Edinburgh, and Oran Mor, Glasgow. For more info, visit www.themill-live.com Born To Be Wide A night set up to make connections between…

T Break 2008 line up announced

5 Jun 2008

16 new and unsigned bands will be performing at the T in the Park music festival at Balado on the 11th, 12th and 13th July. The bands, selected from 48 acts playing in the qualifying heat gigs held in Edinburgh and Glasgow earlier this year, now…

Bands for T Break 2008 announced

22 Apr 2008

The judging panel of T Break 2008, which launched at the end of February, have made their decision on the 48 acts who will compete in the competition's 2008 heats. The prize on offer to the winning acts will be an opportunity to perform on the T Break…

T Break offers new bands chance to play T in the Park

28 Feb 2008

The request for entries for this year’s T Break competition has been made from the organisers of T in the Park. The opportunity to play at T must sit at the top of many young band’s wish list and T Break gives them the chance. If they make it through…