TRNSMT music competition begins in Glasgow in scorching warmth

BBC Scotland Information

Followers have flocked to Glasgow after Scotland’s largest music competition opened its gates.
This yr’s TRNSMT is headlined by 50 Cent, Biffy Clyro and Snow Patrol over three days on Glasgow Inexperienced.
Scottish singer Calum Bowie opened the occasion, with afternoon followers basking in scorching temperatures which might be anticipated to proceed all weekend.
Different Friday acts embody indie duo Moist Leg, singer-songwriter James Bay, who sparked a sing-a-long together with his hit Maintain Again The River, and hometown heroes Twin Atlantic.
Calum Bowie informed BBC Scotland Information that he was terrified no-one would truly flip as much as watch him play.
He mentioned: “It is fairly early and the primary day of the competition but it surely was superb, there have been folks proper down the entrance and it stuffed out throughout the remainder of the set.
“Everybody was singing again, everybody appeared on good kind.”

Crowd chants criticising the Conservative get together broke out throughout Jamie Webster’s set on the primary stage.
Nonetheless, the Liverpool singer-songwriter, identified for previous political statements, mentioned it was not a day to be political and urged the gang to benefit from the competition.
He informed BBC Scotland Information: “I all the time really feel welcome right here, and I am fortunate to have that relationship with Glasgow.
“Festivals like this are escapism, and that is massively necessary. It is an enormous competition and it has all the time been nice with me.”
Political assertion
Afterward the primary stage, Isle of Wight duo Moist Leg have been extra inclined to make a poltical assertion.
Guitarist Hester Chambers voiced her pro-Palestinian assist to cheers from the gang.
She claimed “fascist forces” in politics and the media have been blocking folks’s proper to protest the battle in Gaza.
The band additionally cheekily referenced headliner 50 Cent, with a drum package branded “50 Leg”, whereas bikini-top carrying singer Rhian Teasdale flexed her muscle groups within the early night warmth.
Irish outfit the Script then sparked a string of sing-a-longs throughout a hit-packed efficiency.



Followers have been seen carrying small followers and bottles of water as they headed in to the competition web site.
The climate was an excessive amount of for some, with dozens of followers on the smaller King Tut’s stage – that includes the likes of indie-pop band Good Neighbours – retreating to shaded sections close to the stage.
NHS Higher Glasgow and Clyde has requested music followers to remain protected in the course of the weekend heatwave by guaranteeing they’re protected against the solar and keep hydrated.
Sisters Kelly and Chloe Gillespie from Glasgow, informed BBC Scotland Information that they’ve solely ever missed one version of the competition, which started in 2017.
They mentioned: “We’re doing at the moment and tomorrow – we will not watch for Jamie Webster at the moment and Biffy tomorrow.
“We have already received via one bottle of water fairly fast so we’ll be going to get extra.”

Lesley Lapsley, who has been going to festivals since T In The Park within the Nineties, was there along with her son Aidan.
She mentioned: “The final time I used to be at TRNSMT was with my daughter to see Stormzy when she was 16, and now I am right here with Aidan as he is 16.
“We would love a shock set from Lewis Capaldi, or somebody like that, however I do not know if that is doubtless.
“It might do with just a few extra larger acts, somebody just like the Prodigy, but it surely’s nice for the youthful era.”

The warmth could have led to a extra reserved crowd, with extra gentle reactions to many acts than may need been anticipated.
The smaller King Tut’s stage solely got here alive for Confidence Man – who changed rap trio Kneecap as stage headliners after the band have been dropped from the invoice.
The Australian duo’s dance pop was accompanied by costume adjustments and choreographed routines, to a jubilant response.
Friday headliner 50 Cent was noticed in a Glasgow bar the night time earlier than the occasion.
The American and his entourage have been apparently bowling on the metropolis’s Vega venue whereas ingesting champagne.
The occasion continues with Biffy Clyro, Fontaines D.C and Underworld among the many acts on Saturday.
There’s one change to Saturday’s line-up – rock band Wunderhorse dropped out of their scheduled slot because of sickness. They are going to be changed by Miles Kane.
The occasion will finish on Sunday with Snow Patrol, Gracie Abrams and former Little Combine singer Jade Thrilwell performing.