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T in the Park

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4 / 5

A great experience

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Posted 18/08/2009

by Cheryl010

Location: Leeds

I thoroughly enjoyed T in the Park09 - the best thing of course being the fantastic line up. Highlights had to be the obvious Blur, Killers & KOL but i have some new faves in the Noisettes, the Gaslight Anthem & surprise surprise Lady Gaga!

I felt very safe and secure at T in the Park compared to other festivals i've been to, there were plenty of staff and security around to help.

I absolutely loved the Healthy T area, it made such a change to have some top notch grub but i suppose they have to do something as you can't take your own cooking equipment into the campsite which was the main thing i was dissappointed about. We ended up spending just as much money on food as we did on drink. I was annoyed and confused at the fact there was food for sale that needed to be heated in the campsite shop - how in the world would you heat it up!?!?!?

All in all a fantastic weekend though - would go again.

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Review 2 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Everything was unforgettable

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Favourite moment: Too many but ... Florence + Pendulum + Beardy Man + Seasick Steve @

Posted 07/08/2009

by abfabstell

Location: Thurso, Caithness

The place .. the bands ... the campsite .. the toilets ... the entertainment ... but mostly ... THE PEOPLE were all unforgettable.
Words fail me, you have to go to understand.
Three generations of my family went, I'm 56 + my other half, my 4 daughters 37, 27, 19 & 13 + my grandson 13 also, It's a safe & very happy place,.

FANTASTIC XXX

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Review 3 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Taking up Residence

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Favourite moment: Keane on Sunday night, fireworks then pizza, white hot chocolate and brownie back at the residence ;oD @

Posted 07/08/2009

by residential

Location: Scotland

The residence was amazing! Is the only way to do T! Camping with a all night bistro, cappucino and cake at1 o'clock in the morning, hot showers and straighteners to wake up to? Don't settle for anything less!

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Review 4 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Killers, James, Snow Petrol & Airborne Toxic Event

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Favourite moment: Killers performance, every songs a classic! Air Borne Toxic Event, first time seen them live would love to see them again! @

Posted 05/08/2009

by Evae

Location: Edinburgh

Killers, James, Snow Petrol & Airborn Toxic Event, line up was amazing both days, fantastic time. Weather great, atmosphere amazing, bands fab! Can't wait till next year!

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Favourite moment: Killers performance, every songs a classic! Air Borne Toxic Event, first time seen them live would love to see them again! @

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Review 5 for T in the Park

5 / 5

The Killers & Jason Mraz were great

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Posted 04/08/2009

by Marianne18

Location: Glasgow

The Killers and Jason Mraz were great and really enjoyed the show. I would recommend these both artists to anyone. I hope that you bring Jason Mraz back again so that more people can join his music.

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Review 6 for T in the Park

5 / 5

The Scots know how to rock it!!!

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Posted 03/08/2009

by CharlotteO84

Location: Manchester

This was my first time at T in the Park and unfortunately it will be my last... :-( I say this with tears in my eyes as it was the best festival that I have been to. I have done a fair few of them in my time but this was definitely the best. Due to line up more than anything else... Kings of Leon, Killers, Blur - naming only the headline acts. Good to see the return of Starsailor who rocked it on the NME stage. My man of the moment, Jack Penate kicked up a storm.

The camping sito was a little disappointing. There is some bizarre one way in - one way out system which means after dragging everything from your cars and back again to go home, you literally have to walk the entire circumference of the park to get back into the music venue. This was disappointing - especially having been 'lied to' by many of the security guys in yellow vests. Advice - Do not listen to them!!! If you want help or info, there are lots of people who work for the event who know what they are talking about. Not too sure about the carrying the ticket and the wristband thing - a long cue of people who had lost their tickets after the first night were not able to get back in. Doesn't seem fair when they had already exchanged their ticket for a wristband. Ticket scanning - less organised, more chaos.

Must stay, excellent weekend. Comes highly recommended from me! Sun was shining and the beer tasted good! :-)
xx

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Review 7 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Fun :)

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Posted 03/08/2009

by Debbles

Location: York

My first time at T in the Park and I really enjoyed it! The bands were amazing and the event was well organised. The only thing that really disappointed me was the amount of rubbish people left, the campsite was a real mess by the Saturday... and a dump by the Monday! I'd recommend taking ear plugs with you if you want to get any sleep too! That said, I would still go again, because it was really fun!

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Review 8 for T in the Park

5 / 5

TinthePark 2009

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Favourite moment: Pet Shop Boys in the King Tut's tent - feelgood set of the weekend and something completely different! @

Posted 02/08/2009

by Craigi99

Location: Glasgow

Friday

It was with mood of trepidation that I began the annual pilgrimage to Balado as I reflected on a slightly patchy looking line-up – disappointingly similar to 2007 - and a weather forecast for 2 days of rain. TinthePark has been my favourite w/e of the year for about the past 5 years, so by the law of averages it’s gonna have to be rubbish sometime. Was 2009 to be the year?

The sun shone, there was minimal queuing to get in (fair play to the organisers), everyone had arrived and I even managed to purchase an airbed for Mark and Neil after messing up the booking. All that was left was a bit of craic and a few drinks in the Friday afternoon sun before the action started. So far so good.

Maybe a bit too good actually as I missed the start of The Maccabees set in King Tut’s and their brilliant new single, Can You Give It. Not to worry though – what was left was decent and sounded a good bit better than their recorded material which I find a bit whiney. Live, it seemed a bit more bold and powerful. A 5/10 then and a nice warm up for...

...Maximo Park on The Main Stage. I’ve gone off this band recently as the 2nd and 3rd albums never came near to matching A Certain Trigger. I was pleasantly surprised as Paul Smith performed like a man possessed with boundless energy and enthusiasm and really made those mediocre 2nd and 3rd album tracks come alive. When added to old favourites like Graffiti and Going Missing, you end up with a damn good way to spend 45 minutes. 7.5/10.

After much deliberation and debate we decided to stick around at The Main Stage to see Franz Ferdinand who got the nod ahead of Jamie T at King Tut’s. Good decision as Franz thrived in front of the home crowd and even though the jury is still out on Tonight for me, the new stuff did sound at home with the old classics. I was happy to give them a 7/10 and nip off as they indulged in that terrible drawn out instrumental ending to Lucid Dreams...

...to see if we could catch the end of The Courteeners at King Tut’s. We managed to time it well and caught Not Nineteen Forever and What Took You So Long?. The tent was rocking and I had the first of many “punch the air” festival moments where you just remember how brilliant life is. For those 2 songs alone I’ll give them 6/10.

Next decision then. The Twang at The Futures, Kings of Leon at The Main Stage or just stay at King Tut’s and watch The View? I could always take or leave Kings of Leon (sorry Andy), have seen them before and never been blown away and the hype has always grated on me - so we plumped for The View. Wrong decision! With a just above average first album punctuated with 2 stellar singles and a pretty poor second album I don’t know what I was thinking. Yes, the singles sounded great but they just didn’t have the material to carry off an 80 minute headline set and boredom kicked - while 50,000 people outside sang their hearts out to “Sex on Fire”. Can’t win ‘em all I suppose. 5/10.

We arrived back at the tent to find that 3 of the lads had been pick-pocketed with 2 wallets, £170, a ticket and a mobile phone disappearing in the moshpit. Disappointment and anger tarnished a great day but we had some hope of recovering the stuff as Speirsy seemed certain who the culprit was. A certain Calvin Harris!

Saturday

Saturday started slowly as I helped Grant negotiate his way into the site without his lost ticket so missed the Bjorn Again which I thought would have been a good laugh.

Fortunately, bro managed to get in a bit later so I thought I’d better get down to The Main Stage and check out that chancer, Calvin Harris. The Dumfries lad was in celebratory mood (maybe he had made a killing on stolen wallets?) and really worked to get the sunburnt and hungover Main Stage crowd going again with a brilliant set. I’ve never seen such a euphoric crowd during the 1 o’clock slot – the place was bouncing – and I was reminded of that 18 month spell in the early 90s where I allowed my ears to wander, ditched the guitars and was loving the beats. Surely a headliner of the future – 7.5/10.

We stuck around TMS for Lady Gaga but that proved to be a step towards the mainstream too far. Couldn’t take any more than 3 songs, so left for fish’n’chips. 2/10 for Lady Gaga and 7.5/10 for the fish’n’chips!

Next up were Starsailor and this year’s first visit to The NME Stage. I wasn’t a huge fan when they were in their pomp but thought I’d give them a go – and quite enjoyed a medium paced Saturday afternoon singalong in the sun. Alcoholic and Good Souls still sounded pretty good and although the boy’s between song chat was a bit lame, I’d go with a 6/10.

We stayed at The NME for White Lies, who got the nod ahead of Friendly Fires in the Tent as the sun was still shining. Another good set but not sure their dark, moody sounds quite worked in the chilled out afternoon atmosphere. Still, it’s hard to argue with the quality of songs like Death and To Lose My Life whatever time of day so 6.5/10.

Dashed back to catch the end of James on TMS and managed to catch 3 classics: Sit Down, Sometimes and the mighty Laid helped me forget their disappointing set from 2007 and give them a quick 6/10.

The Specials were next and unlike White Lies, their sound felt perfect for the conditions –so me and a few thousand of my fellow baldies engaged in a great hour of shuffling and bouncing from side to side to some 2-Tone classics like Too Much Too Young, Rat Race, A Message To Rudy, Little Bitch and Ghost Town. Tremendous! 8/10.

TMS residency continued for Razorlight who were a bit disappointing. I actually prefer the 3rd album to the previous effort and was hoping this set would really bring it to life. Although the songs sounded good, Borrell just didn’t seem that interested and it was a bit of a non-event. He even kept his clothes on – although to be fair it was getting a bit nippy by that stage. Could do better. 6.5/10.

And finally, The Killers – again. Their set in 2007 was amazing and the new album’s crap - so I was a bit sceptical as to whether they could manage to hit the highs again. I needn’t have worried. Brandon seems to have that chemistry with The Main Stage crowd and they feed off each other and the songs improve by 20%. The old one-two of Mr Brightside and All These Things I’ve Done in between Bones, Read My Mind and When You Were Young was as great as you’d expect. 8.5/10 and a great finale to a great day.

Sunday
Saturday night saw the rain finally come (so it was lucky we got someone else to put our tent up!) and things looked like they were taking a turn for the worse.

To make matters worse, The Gaslight Anthem didn’t appear as scheduled which meant I had missed Squeeze and needn’t have. Gutted. Still when TGA appeared, they were on good form – although perhaps not quite as good as they looked at Glastonbury on the box. Maybe it was the early Sunday slot and the damp crowd but it didn’t quite take off. I’ll try them again at Reading though. 6/10

Another of the Scottish bands that get a slot here but aren’t quite good enough to go national were next. The Dykeenies went down well at T and had certainly had the crowd on side. I still don’t think they’ll crack it but an enjoyable set nevertheless. 6/10.

The quick march to The Futures tent to see new Canadian band, Hockey was well worthwhile. The front man was a strange cross between Mick Jagger and Greg Ruszedski but strangely it worked and put in a pretty charismatic performance. Good tunes too so will expect to see this lot go onto bigger things. 7/10

Back to The NME for Doves and the sun had appeared again. Although never quite making the great album, (Kingdom of Rust is close mind you) Doves have loads of great singles. Giving the new album an airing meant that a few of those singles had to bite the bullet which was a real shame as I’d love to have heard Catch The Sun and Caught By The River on a chilled-out Sunday afternoon. Top set though and another 7/10.

Next up, Lily Allen, and one of the biggest crowds I can recall at The NME any year. It was jammed and again on a sunny Sunday evening I had thought it would be perfect for her. Again, although I enjoyed the set, I don’t think she quite nailed it. Love the lyrics, love the attitude - but not as good as hoped. 6.5/10.

I couldn’t say that about The Pet Shop Boys though. One of my favourite bands from my schooldays, depressingly over 20 years ago now, I had to take the chance to see them. I dragged a few others across the site with me who didn’t look entirely convinced but once they started with Heart everyone got into it and it was the feel good set of the weekend. The whole King Tut’s tent sang every word of the hits – Go West, Suburbia, Always On My Mind and West End Girls amongst others. I usually associate T with the word camp but not like this. 9/10!

And without wishing him any harm, we had another stroke of luck as Graham Coxon had apparently been on a bit of a bender the night before, had been to hospital and Blur were delayed until after 10 - so we managed to see the whole of their set. And it was as brilliant as I expected it to be – with all the classics and a pumped up crowd. Damon was in melancholic and soulful mood one minute (Tender) and turned into a frenetic tazmanian devil the next (Parklife/Song 2). Either way, he seemed to enjoy it as much as the crowd did. The best closing act I’ve seen at T. 8.5/10.

So that was that for another year. The weather undoubtedly helped but 20 bands, great craic and that PSB/Blur combo to end just about make it my favourite T yet.

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Review 9 for T in the Park

4 / 5

Blur, The Specials and Seasick Steve

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Posted 01/08/2009

by Anonymous

Location: Falkirk

Blur, The Specials and Seasick Steve were the highlights, closely followed by The Ting Tings, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and KOL. Lily Allen's sound was dissapointing. The 'pit' at the main stage is a waste of time- queing for Blur was horrendous- people being crushed for no apparent reason and staff at the barriers not doing anything to help. If people want to get as close to the front as possible, they will so why have a pit? No need!
It's taken 15 years but finally there is a routine to keep the toilets clean and it worked well in the Arena, the campsite toilets were the same as ever.

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Review 10 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Saturday night, The Killers

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Favourite moment: Saturday night with all the lads and ofcourse THE KILLERS!!! WOW they were unbelievabley phenomenal!! Thanks guys ! @

Posted 01/08/2009

by Sparksworth

Location: Paisley

T in the park overall was tremendous ! Never heard any one speak a bad word about there weekend , well not in my crowd and there was over 20 of us at T . Friday night , kings of leon what a great way to start the weekend !! Saturday afternoons highlight was definately paolo nutini !! Then Saturday night arrived and the moment I had been waiting months for .... The Killers , they took to the stage with a bang and they gave it there all I could have happily witches then all night! Sunday was great although slightly hung over , lol . Finished the weekend off in style with blur , excellent ! Also abig shout out to the redbull lock in lads who entertained us when the arena shut ! This was my fifth T and they just keep getting better and better Its unbelievable! Can't wait for next year already !

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Review 11 for T in the Park

5 / 5

kings of leon were amazing

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Posted 29/07/2009

by smellykelly

Location: falkirk

been to 13 t in the parks and they are always amazing. been to others and this is by far the best

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Review 12 for T in the Park

5 / 5

T was fantastic!!

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Favourite moment: Blur ending the weekend with a storming set, and finishing with the Universal - my favourite!! @

Posted 28/07/2009

by Gillmair

Location: Edinburgh

What a brilliant weekend, great weather, great people, great atmosphere and most of all great music. T is the highlight of my year and this year I wasn't disappointed. Will definateley be back next year.

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Review 13 for T in the Park

5 / 5

the killers were unbelievable!!!!

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Posted 28/07/2009

by gladys28

Location: lanarkshire

Being a T in the Park virgin I was amazed by the whole event, from the stalls, food, people and most of all the performers. It took from the thursday to sunday to soak it all up. I was surprised by how the paying public got involved with the fancy dress competition on the friday night - some of the the costumes were great. My only complaints are 1 - I feel the gates could have been opened earlier on the friday as we missed the opening bands due to the high volume of people entering the gates and 2 - the toilets in the camp site - absolutely disgusting but whats the solution with thousands of people using them? Overall it was an brilliant weekend so much so I have already booked tickets for 2010

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Review 14 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Another amazing year at T in the Park

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Favourite moment: Seeing the Script, my best moment of my weekend. @

Posted 28/07/2009

by aimerscambo

Location: Edinburgh

This year T in the Park was bigger and better than ever. Every year i think it can't get any better with the line up and facilities on site but each year the T in the Park organisers amaze me and the thousands of people who desend on Balado. A job well done by the producers and organisers of T in the Park, excellent work!!! look forward to TITP 2010

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Review 15 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Paolo Nutini owned T in the Park!

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Favourite moment: Waiting four hours to get to the front for Paolo Nutini. I ended up at the very front, directly in front of him. @

Posted 27/07/2009

by Crammie

Location: Perthshire

It was the most amazing weekend of my life. It was my first time coming to T and I had heard so many good things about it, but what I found when I got there was even better than expected. Every band I saw was amazing, and everyone was so friendly. People would just stand and chat away to you and have a laugh, and I think this is because everyone was there for the same thing - the incredible music. T in the ParK was one memorable weekend and I will definately be returning for many years to come!

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Review 16 for T in the Park

5 / 5

T In The Park 2009

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Posted 27/07/2009

by Alessandro

Location: Aberdeen

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I first went to T in 2006. This is the first year i've been to it when it is a 3 day festival.

I thought the Healty T area was good, and i tried an Arbroath Smokie for the first time. :)
The anti-bacterial soap stuff the have round the site was also very good for keeping you hands clean. For each beer cup you took back to a collection point you got 10p, over the weekend whilst walking between stages a manged to make £31 from this! So i manged to afford a t-shirt and a half :L

I find the NME Stage is the best, as its easier to move around and get close to the bands, which i often want to see more then what is on the Main Stage. This is where i saw the amazing Yeah Yeah Yeahs and White Lies, and several other bands, inculding Pendulum, which is one of the best live bands i have ever seen!

Crystal Castles headlined the Futures Tent on the Friday night. It was very dark and the lighting was well used to give a good effect. They were pretty cool, especially as Ethan made all the music live and changed bits of it.

I look forward to T In The Park 2010!

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Review 17 for T in the Park

5 / 5

what a weekend

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Posted 27/07/2009

by coonut

Location: paisley

cracking weekend good bands good weather roll on next year

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Review 18 for T in the Park

4 / 5

superb atmosphere

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Posted 27/07/2009

by SuzRob

Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire

1st timer at T in the Park and loved it. Admitedly I am on the wrong side of 30 but I was not alone in that respect. Thought my days of sluming it were over but hey on this occasion I made the exception. Once you get over the fact that you are surrounded by litter it is an outstanding event.

The atmosphere was brilliant, everyone was merry, upbeat and friendly. There was no bother, that I could see.

As for the bands - they made it, obviously ! Thought the Script were excellent, not having been a fan before. Lady GAGA, - surpisingly good. Katy Perry got the crowd going. Paolo and James also good, what I saw of them. My fav's were Snow Patrol and the Killers. Only wish I'd been there on the Friday to see Kings of Leon and Franz Ferdinand, they looked ace on the t.v. coverage.

All my friends thought I'd be a one hit wonder - no way, I'll be back again next year.

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Review 19 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Full weekend was amazing

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Posted 25/07/2009

by Annie04

Location: Alloa

Great atmosphere as usual, weekend was great. Loads of great bands to see.

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Review 20 for T in the Park

5 / 5

Residence virgin.....

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Posted 24/07/2009

by Gaz1

Location: Aberdeen

Had an amazing time at the Residence and would definately recommend the experience. Very well organised with friendly staff.

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