T in the Park 2010
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| T in the Park | |
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| Genre | Rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Hard rock, Punk rock, Grime, Trance, Rap, Techno, House, Electronic, Ceilidh, Jazz, Acoustic Music |
| Dates | 8–11 July 2010 |
| Locations | Balado, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Website | https://tinthepark.com/ |
T in the Park 2010 was a British music festival that took place in Balado, Scotland, from 8–11 July 2010. It was the seventeenth event to take place.[1] The festival was headlined by Kasabian, Muse and Eminem. Tickets for the event sold out on 26 February 2010.[2]
The 2010 festival was marred by the death of a reveller, as well as various anti-social and violent behaviour including two attempted murders and a sexual assault.[3][4] In an article on that year's event, an MTV reporter wrote: "Frankly I wouldn't go through there [T in the Park] unless I had a tank."[3]
Similar to previous years, early-bird tickets were released within two days of the conclusion of the 2009 event, on 14 July 2009.[5] Tickets remained on sale until the following Sunday.[6] The line-up was billed to include 180 artists across eleven stages.[7][8] A further 'Christmas sale' took place from 4 December 2009, with tickets made available at 2009 festival ticket prices.[9]
Full-price tickets went on sale on 26 February 2010,[10] selling out the same morning for the first time.[11] The festival's campsite area was set to expand by 5,000, despite no increase in overall capacity. The campsite area was also scheduled to open from the Thursday prior to the event, to reduce traffic congestion travelling towards the festival.[8] A final batch of tickets were made available for sale on 4 June, selling out in under five hours.
Line-up
In an interview with the Perthshire Advertiser on 8 September 2009, Matthew Bellamy of Muse spoke of playing the festival in 2010, saying "I'm sure we’ll be trying to get something, maybe T in the Park or maybe something else".[12] During the same month in an interview with the Daily Record, Kasabian would also say they wanted to headline the festival.[13][14] The band expressed further interest in playing during a performance at Glasgow's SECC on 12 November 2009.[15][16] Kasabian were confirmed as the first headliner of the festival on 3 December 2009.[17]
At a launch party on 23 February 2010, further line-up details of the festival emerged. Muse and Eminem were confirmed as the first and second night headliners, respectively, with Kasabian to headline the final night. The festival marks Eminem's first festival performance since 2001,[18] and debut appearance at the T in the Park.[19] On 9 March 2010, more bands were announced, with The Black Eyed Peas, The Prodigy and Madness confirmed as the Friday, Saturday and Sunday headliners of the Radio 1/NME stage.[20] A further ten artists were announced on 23 March.[21] On 14 April, the festival announced the initial line-up for its Red Bull Bedroom Jam Futures Stage, including special "guests of honour" headliners Echo and the Bunnymen, Julian Casablancas and Ash.[22] Additional bands have been announced through the festival's Twitter page.
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| King Tut's Wah Wah Tent | ||
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| Bacardi B-Live Stage | ||
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Other performances which took place across the weekend on the T Break stage were Unicorn Kid, Pearl and the Puppets, Alex Gardner, Twisted Wheel, Matthew P, White Belt Yellow Tag, Sparrow & the Workshop, The Boy Who Trapped the Sun, Kid Adrift, Astral Planes, Eliza Doolittle, A Band Called Quinn, Midnight Lion, Be Like Pablo, French Wives, Fridge Magnets, Kitty the Lion, Kobi Onyame, Lightguides, Make Sparks, Mitchell Museum, Mopp, Night Noise Team, Stanley Odd, The Draymin, The Ray Summers, The Seventeenth Century, Three Blind Wolves, Washington Irving and Hearts Under Fire.[23][24] Wolfmother were originally billed to appear on the Radio 1/NME stage on Saturday, but pulled out for health reasons.[25] Similarly, due to unforeseen circumstances, John Mayer pulled out of a scheduled slot on the Main Stage on Sunday.[26] Drake was also billed to appear on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Futures Stage, but pulled out due to his mother's ill health.