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Submissions now being accepted for T Break 2012

5 Mar 2012

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

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…

Snow Patrol, Kasabian and Nicki Minaj join The Stone Roses on T in the Park line-up 2012

23 Feb 2012

Noel Gallagher and Florence and the Machine also on bill

It was announced this morning that Kasabian and Snow Patrol would be the other main headliners at this year’s T in the Park (Fri 6 – Sun 8 Jul). Festival director and DF Concerts main man Geoff Ellis was excited to welcome the Brit bands to the T…

Snow Patrol and Kasabian to headline T in the Park 2012

23 Feb 2012

Music Gossip

Snow Patrol and Kasabian will headline this year's T in the Park festival. The pair will join reformed band The Stone Roses to head the bill at the annual music event at the Balado Airfield in Kinross, Scotland, on the weekend of July 6-8…

Florence & The Machine and Noel Gallagher to play T in the Park 2012

21 Feb 2012

The Vaccines, The Maccabees and The Horrors also on bill

DF Concerts and Tennent’s Lager today unveiled that Florence and the Machine and Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds will be two of the big acts playing at Balado this summer. Flame-haired and big-lunged star Florence had her second full-length record…

Best of 2011: Clubs

19 Dec 2011

The best sets and gigs, including Plastikman, Ivan Smagghe and Bloody Beetroots

Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe. Karnival’s fifth birthday featured vinyl vs computer hardware in a delicious back-to-back set that meshed in all the right places for a dynamic and unpredictable set that kept both DJs and clubbers guessing. Karnival…

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Stone Roses headline T in the Park 2012 - but is it a good idea?

15 Nov 2011

Malcolm Jack ponders the significance of the Roses at T in the Park 2012

I am not in favour of The Resurrection, I’ll be honest about that. Like all bands of yesteryear that matter to me – and The Stone Roses were a staple of my teens – I believe they should be remembered as they were in their prime. I was too young to…

You Instead

19 Aug 20113 stars

Poor dialogue lets down an otherwise whimsical love story

(15) 80min This breathless mismatched love story, filmed entirely over two days at T in the Park 2010, is the first of two new Scottish films from David Mackenzie (Young Adam, Hallam Foe), the second being next month’s Glasgow-set sci-fi Perfect…

T in the Park - Balado, Kinross, Fri 8–Sun 10 July 2011

21 Jul 20114 stars

Beyonce, Pulp, Lady North and Tom Jones among highlights

A city-sized piss-up spread across seven stages, T in the Park has grown to almost incomprehensible proportions. With the territory comes an obligation to please everybody some of the time, something which inevitably has a habit of leaving fans of…

Review - T in the Park, Balado, Sunday 10 July

20 Jul 20113 stars

Glorious Pulp, heavy rain and hard electronic madness

I was duly punished for arriving late to T in the Park this year by a brief, but torrential shower, hitting at about 3pm on the Sunday. A quick meteorological experiment to measure the level of rain in my wellies revealed that it had just ‘pissed down’.

T in the Park 2011 - Running order

7 Jul 2011

Running order for T in the Park 2011

Scotland's biggest music festival takes place from Fri 8-Sun 10 July 2011. Here's the running order across all stages for each of the 3 days of the festival. This will be updated with new information as we receive it.

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Metronomy - Joe Mount interview

28 Jun 2011

Metronomy hit paydirt in 2011 with a perfect summer album

As if to prove a point about Metronomy’s newfound popularity, the first time The List tries to ring front man Joe Mount for a chat he’s engaged. ‘Sorry, did you just try and get through a second ago?’ he apologises, when the phone connects. ‘The…

Weezer interview - UK music festival dates for US alt-rock band

28 Jun 2011

US pop hook machine tour setlist includes best of first two albums

In the roster of songs custom-made for belting out in the midst of a giddy summer festival haze, Weezer have surely snatched a few of the top spots in their two decades as a band. Escapist grooves like ‘Island in the Sun’ and ‘Holiday’ complement…

T in the Park: Citylink bus timetables, car share and parking information

28 Jun 2011

Transport information for those travelling to the festival

Bus Citylink provide services to T from pretty much every corner of Scotland. From Glasgow and Edinburgh buses leave every 30 minutes and take you straight to the campsite for £26 return from Glasgow Buchanan bus station or £22 from Edinburgh St Andrew…

T in the Park: More comfortable accomodation options

28 Jun 2011

The Residence offers a chance to do T in the Park with style

Book yourself into The Residence for a very special camping experience – one that does away with the camping in fact. If you’re prepared to splash the cash, you can choose to stay in a yurt, tipi, bunkpad or even a flat-pack hotel room. A yurt to sleep…

T in the Park - True of False?

28 Jun 2011

Festival regulars share their favourite Balado memories. And two lies

Laurie Corlett-Donald - Discopolis At T in the Park 2008 I lost my best friend during The Prodigy. I spent the rest of the night trying to find him with no success. I eventually staggered back to the campsite at an unearthly hour in the morning and…

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Beyoncé - A profile of the colossus of popular culture

28 Jun 2011

There's great acts at 2011's music festivals, but there’s only one icon

When The List first set eyes on Beyoncé in the flesh, it is fair to say that there were fireworks. You might well call them pyrotechnics – this was the Brit Awards, 2001, and she was onstage with Destiny’s Child – but as flames engulfed the rostrum and…

T in the Park: T Break 2011 act profiles

28 Jun 2011

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

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…

Song wishlist for T in the Park 2011

31 May 2011

Request a specific track from your favourite T in the Park band

Will you be a mardy bum if Arctic Monkeys don't play 'Mardy Bum'? We're creating a wishlist of songs that we want to hear bands play at T in the Park, and we're inviting readers to contribute. If you're desperate to hear your favourite track played by…

Timeline - Summer music festivals 2011 from Scotland and beyond

27 May 2011

A chronological list of the best festivals in Scotland and beyond

A chronological list of the most significant festivals happening in Scotland this summer, along with the biggest and best from the rest of the UK and beyond.

Interview - Friendly Fires ready for summer festivals circuit

27 May 2011

UK act take Balearic bliss of second album Pala on the road

From the sound of their second album Pala, you could easily imagine life in Friendly Fires being a constant summertime carnival. Washes of Balearic blissfulness mingle with Mardi Gras percussion, Ibiza beats and euphoric choruses. The most rapturous…

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Exposure: Wolf Gang

27 May 2011

Max McElligott prepares for debut release Suego Faults and UK tour

Multi-instrumentalist Max McElligott, otherwise known as Wolf Gang, spent a good chunk of his childhood living in Scotland. If you've not heard of him yet, his single 'Dancing With The Devil' is probably a good intro: an infectious electro-indie pop…

Sounds of the Summer 2011 Spotify Playlist

25 May 2011

The best summer listening, as chosen by List music critics

The List: Sounds of the Summer Playlist 2011 You've bought your sausages, you've scrubbed your charred old BBQ back to shiny, chrome perfection, and you've invited your most lithe and beautiful friends around to your back garden. Everything's in…

Beyoncé added to T in the Park 2011 line-up

5 May 2011

The global pop star joins an already impressive bill at Scottish festival

Pop sensation Beyoncé has been added to the T in the Park bill, which is taking place at Balado from 8–10 July. She will join a host of acts such as Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and many more. Beyoncé is now one of the best-selling artists…

Eight Scottish acts set for T in the Park 2011

4 May 2011

Big Country, Jon Fratelli, Twin Atlantic and Emma’s Imagination added to bill

Scottish music festival T in the Park has added Big Country, Jon Fratelli, Roddy Woomble, Twin Atlantic, Emma’s Imagination, The Phantom Band, Found and Jack Townes to the 2011 bill. Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble will be performing solo, coinciding…

Leftfield, 2ManyDJs, Swedish House Mafia and Calvin Harris join T in the Park 2011

16 Mar 2011

More dance acts added to 2011’s already impressive festival line-up

Leftfield have been announced as headliners in the Slam tent at this year’s T in the Park, while the dance line-up gets even stronger across the weekend as Swedish House Mafia, Calvin Harris, 2ManyDJs, Felix da Housecat, Benga & Youngman and Silicone…