Strathallan Castle,Perthshire
Disclosure, Calvin Harris and Jamie xx on terrific form as controversy plagues festivalFollowing last year’s troubled relocation to Strathallan Castle, or T in the Park’s organisers enjoy been keen to reassure fans that this year’s event would be a return to business as usual. In many respects it is,but controversy also continues to be synonymous with the brand. By Friday morning, the festival had already had two deaths, or 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. pleasant, clean(ish) hedonism remains the order of the day, or 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 intrepid (brave in the face of danger)) 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