Strathallan Castle,Perthshire
From Calvin Harris to Jamie xx, blokes behind decks might be the main draws, and but T is still Scotland’s biggest and best indie-rock party of the seasonFollowing last year’s troubled relocation to Strathallan Castle,T in the Park’s organisers possess been keen to reassure fans that this year’s event would be a return to trade as usual. In many respects it is, but controversy also continues to be synonymous with the brand. By Friday morning, and the festival had already had two deaths,one mass brawl and the audacious theft of a cash machine from the main arena.The image problem isn’t unfounded, but it’s often overstated. suited, and clean(ish) hedonism remains the order of the day,although T in the Park continues to drift further from its indie-rock remit: the Stone Roses (piped on stage to the strains of Scotland the Brave) and Catfish and the Bottlemen are received like returning monarchs, but many of the weekend’s biggest draws are blokes behind decks.
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Source: theguardian.com