Simon Rothsein describes his day at the T in The Park music festival at Kinross, Scotland.
All the fun of the Park
By SIMON ROTHSTEIN
Sun Online
JUDGING by the amount of beer sold at T In The Park - reportedly 816 pints a minute - it's definitely a case of if you remember it you were probably watching on TV.
Luckily Sun Online man Simon was keeping a clear head to bring you his diary of the weekend:
I kick off the festival watching two of the best new bands around - 1970s rock revivalists WOLFMOTHER and post-punkers THE CRIBS - before heading off to be blown away by a much older one.
Maybe it's because I spent the whole of 1992 listening to Levelling The Land - but THE LEVELLERS were my favourite act of the whole T In The Park weekend.
With a set jam packed with their criminally underrated greatest hits, including Riverflow, What A Beautiful Day and Carry Me, the radical folk rockers even bust out a didgeridoo for a rousing version of One Way.
They may no longer be major festivals headliners, but for 45 minutes in a 3/4 full tent they certainly acted that way.
Brighton boys The Kooks
Which makes the popularity of THE KOOKS a disappointment.
The songs are great - especially She Moves In Her Own Way and Matchbox - but with so many people flocking to the second stage to see them, even making them out on the big screen proved difficult.
Kaiser Chiefs
KAISER CHIEFS are also a slight let down. They seem to be one of those acts who are much better on their own turf.
Too many festival goers around us seem disinterested, singing along to the hits but leaving when the rain starts.
Still the three new songs Ricky Wilson plays again suggest great things for their forthcoming album.
The hauntingly beautiful CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH are the one MySpace discovery to avoid the hype.
As good as Lily Allen or Arctic Monkeys, the best thing about this performance is that the group are still my little secret.
Franz Ferdinand
FRANZ FERDINAND, on the other hand, I have to share with tens of thousands of screaming Scots.
Alex Kapranos and the boys win the award for best received act at T, receiving a true heroes' homecoming.
Saturday headliners RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS also put on a strong show, without ever threatening to steal it.
The band play too many new songs, and indulge in too many solos, to be truly great - although Scar Tissue, Give It Away and Under The Bridge sound magical as darkness descends.
The next morning sees a return to tradition as some new Scottish friends teach me to Caleigh dance to the sounds of CODA, and THE PROCLAIMERS start a flag-waving frenzy in the sunshine.
JENNY LEWIS provides some laid back alternative country before an onslaught of indie rock 'n' roll.
London's The Magic Numbers
THE MAGIC NUMBERS have the best backdrop of any band, depicting them as faceless cartoons, and many of the best tunes too.
Sounding even better live than they do on record, the Numbers rattle through hits Love Me Like You and Forever Lost and end with the glorious finale of rockabilly number The Beard that you never want to stop.
HARD-FI'S Richard Archer proclaims "every time we come to Scotland we have a f***ing great time" before proving it by belting out the band's debut album Stars Of CCTV.
Next it's the ARCTIC MONKEYS who, complete with new bassist Nick O'Malley, get the biggest cheers and most pogos of the day.
With fans singing and clapping all the way through Mardy Bum, When The Sun Goes Down and I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, the Monkeys once again live up to the hype.
Having no wish to see THE STROKES twice in a month - it's hard to get enthusiastic when the band rarely are - I head to the SILENT DISCO.
A genius invention, it's a big room where one of two DJs pipes music into your custom headphones while you shout along to everyone from Jet to Right Said Fred.
Then it's THE WHO.
People aren't going wild for Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend like they did for the Monkeys or Franz, but there's a lot of respect in the air.
And songs including Can't Explain, Won't Get Fooled Again and My Generation still sound amazing 40 years after they were first penned.
Like the World Cup, T In The Park lacked the one show-stealing act you'll talk about for years to come.
But most of the bands I saw were as spot on as an Italian penalty.
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Abi Harding from The Zutons had the guys in a tizz
IT’S rather hard to be glamorous in a muddy field in Kinross.
But ABI from THE ZUTONS managed it.
She saxed things up for the blokes by wearing a skintight black catsuit.
The ace Liverpool band knocked out their spirit-raising tunes Valerie and You Will You Won’t.
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The KAISER CHIEFS were winding up the Chili Peppers at T In The Park.
Lead singer RICKY WILSON told me: “Our dressing room is next to their compound.
“But they’ve got signs up saying: ‘Do not enter without permission.’
“So we’ve put up a sign which reads: ‘Give us a wave, give us a wave, give us a wave now.’ ”
The Kaisers played most of their album Employment plus new songs Heat Dies Down, Learnt My Lesson Well and Everything Is Average Nowadays at the festival.
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All the fun of the Park
By SIMON ROTHSTEIN
Sun Online
JUDGING by the amount of beer sold at T In The Park - reportedly 816 pints a minute - it's definitely a case of if you remember it you were probably watching on TV.
Luckily Sun Online man Simon was keeping a clear head to bring you his diary of the weekend:
I kick off the festival watching two of the best new bands around - 1970s rock revivalists WOLFMOTHER and post-punkers THE CRIBS - before heading off to be blown away by a much older one.
Maybe it's because I spent the whole of 1992 listening to Levelling The Land - but THE LEVELLERS were my favourite act of the whole T In The Park weekend.
With a set jam packed with their criminally underrated greatest hits, including Riverflow, What A Beautiful Day and Carry Me, the radical folk rockers even bust out a didgeridoo for a rousing version of One Way.
They may no longer be major festivals headliners, but for 45 minutes in a 3/4 full tent they certainly acted that way.
Brighton boys The Kooks
Which makes the popularity of THE KOOKS a disappointment.
The songs are great - especially She Moves In Her Own Way and Matchbox - but with so many people flocking to the second stage to see them, even making them out on the big screen proved difficult.
Kaiser Chiefs
KAISER CHIEFS are also a slight let down. They seem to be one of those acts who are much better on their own turf.
Too many festival goers around us seem disinterested, singing along to the hits but leaving when the rain starts.
Still the three new songs Ricky Wilson plays again suggest great things for their forthcoming album.
The hauntingly beautiful CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH are the one MySpace discovery to avoid the hype.
As good as Lily Allen or Arctic Monkeys, the best thing about this performance is that the group are still my little secret.
Franz Ferdinand
FRANZ FERDINAND, on the other hand, I have to share with tens of thousands of screaming Scots.
Alex Kapranos and the boys win the award for best received act at T, receiving a true heroes' homecoming.
Saturday headliners RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS also put on a strong show, without ever threatening to steal it.
The band play too many new songs, and indulge in too many solos, to be truly great - although Scar Tissue, Give It Away and Under The Bridge sound magical as darkness descends.
The next morning sees a return to tradition as some new Scottish friends teach me to Caleigh dance to the sounds of CODA, and THE PROCLAIMERS start a flag-waving frenzy in the sunshine.
JENNY LEWIS provides some laid back alternative country before an onslaught of indie rock 'n' roll.
London's The Magic Numbers
THE MAGIC NUMBERS have the best backdrop of any band, depicting them as faceless cartoons, and many of the best tunes too.
Sounding even better live than they do on record, the Numbers rattle through hits Love Me Like You and Forever Lost and end with the glorious finale of rockabilly number The Beard that you never want to stop.
HARD-FI'S Richard Archer proclaims "every time we come to Scotland we have a f***ing great time" before proving it by belting out the band's debut album Stars Of CCTV.
Next it's the ARCTIC MONKEYS who, complete with new bassist Nick O'Malley, get the biggest cheers and most pogos of the day.
With fans singing and clapping all the way through Mardy Bum, When The Sun Goes Down and I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, the Monkeys once again live up to the hype.
Having no wish to see THE STROKES twice in a month - it's hard to get enthusiastic when the band rarely are - I head to the SILENT DISCO.
A genius invention, it's a big room where one of two DJs pipes music into your custom headphones while you shout along to everyone from Jet to Right Said Fred.
Then it's THE WHO.
People aren't going wild for Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend like they did for the Monkeys or Franz, but there's a lot of respect in the air.
And songs including Can't Explain, Won't Get Fooled Again and My Generation still sound amazing 40 years after they were first penned.
Like the World Cup, T In The Park lacked the one show-stealing act you'll talk about for years to come.
But most of the bands I saw were as spot on as an Italian penalty.
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Abi Harding from The Zutons had the guys in a tizz
IT’S rather hard to be glamorous in a muddy field in Kinross.
But ABI from THE ZUTONS managed it.
She saxed things up for the blokes by wearing a skintight black catsuit.
The ace Liverpool band knocked out their spirit-raising tunes Valerie and You Will You Won’t.
----------------------------------------------------------------
The KAISER CHIEFS were winding up the Chili Peppers at T In The Park.
Lead singer RICKY WILSON told me: “Our dressing room is next to their compound.
“But they’ve got signs up saying: ‘Do not enter without permission.’
“So we’ve put up a sign which reads: ‘Give us a wave, give us a wave, give us a wave now.’ ”
The Kaisers played most of their album Employment plus new songs Heat Dies Down, Learnt My Lesson Well and Everything Is Average Nowadays at the festival.
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