A new eight-part BBC Sounds podcast charts the highs and lows of Scotland's biggest music festival.
For over two decades T in the Park was Scotland's premier music festival - but its first outing was almost its last.
Some people thought Scotland couldn't host a music festival because of the rain, but he thought: "Well, I'll show you." An initial idea to hold the festival on Arran was scuppered by a lack of extra capacity on the ferries. But an arrangement with Denis Desmond, who promoted the Féile festival in Ireland, meant the fledgling T in the Park had its sights set high for bringing in top acts.Alanis Morissette played the festival in its last year at Strathclyde Country Park
Clumpas and Ellis were understandably nervous, so they approached Glastonbury festival boss Michael Eavis. Headliners over the two-day event included Primal Scream and Blur, with a new band called Oasis playing halfway down the bill in the King Tut's Tent.Cypress Hill were delayed and would miss their slot, so the organisers asked Rage Against The Machine if the hip-hop outfit could join them on stage.Stuart Clumpas said: "The only way I could get them on stage was by putting 20 grand on the table and pushing it towards them.
BBC presenter Edith Bowman said the move to Balado made the festival feel more accessible for everybody from across Scotland. "Cut to T in the Park, it's peeing with rain, the Beastie Boys don't care. They wore jumpsuits and wellies and hard hats.Music fans braved all sorts of weather at the festival
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