T in the Park has always been Scotland’s most successful music Festival and this year was no different as once again it was full to the brim with die hard patriotic Scots, and guess what? I was lucky enough to get myself a Sunday ticket and boy was it worth the hangover the next day!
The rain saw festival-goers and campers drenched head to toe in thick mud but it did nothing to stop the party or dampen the mood, the whole place was buzzing with everyone just so excited and happy to be there!
I had been due to go backstage and interview some up and coming bands for FemaleFirst – including my new friends in Hip Parade – however I could only get up on the Sunday so found myself dancing with nothing more than a Scotland flag on to Dizze Rascal and Jay Z!
‘He’s just a Rascal, a Dizzee Rascal’ were the words to greet us in the crowd and that was it, I was dancing my feet to the bone! The blast of music sent the entire crowd crazy, especially since Dizzee has a bit of a reputation for being the crown prince of rap, but a Prince his is most certainly not… after his blinding performance at T I can tell you he is NO other rappers warm-up man!
Well, apart from maybe Jay-Z, who made the most of a video countdown to add to the tension before he leapt onto stage. As it counted down from 10, 9, 8… I thought my eardrums were going to burst, and they pretty much did when the band strike up and Jay appears. What.A.God.
‘I like the way this is going’ he tells us ‘ you got it up to 10. But this is T in the Park – so turn it all the way up to 99!’ And at that moment, out blasts 99 Problems, the highest of the sets many exceptional highlights. On that point though, I’d like to apologise now to all the peoples toes I stood on from dancing like a maniac!
Once I had danced in the darkness with David Guetta I came out just in time to see the finale fireworks being set off to mark the end of another successful year at T, and the loss of my festival virginity too! This was my FIRST ever concert/ festival I have ever been to and words can’t describe how much fun I had! I’d like to thank my gorgeous boyfriend who managed to get his hands on one of the sold out tickets so I could go and experience my FIRST ever concert with friends!
T in the Park… I WILL be seeing you next year!
Karly.xx
awesome that you had the oppurtunity to enjoy the t in the park experience!!!
i was there a few years back for the first time…what an adventure it was lol
i think if im ever to return ill be doing so im one of the V.I.P caravans or as an entourage of some famous somebody…im getting too old to rough it with the campers lol i like my creature comforts too much these days hahaha
rock on!
one love-one life-v2dheart 4 life!