Held annually from 1994 to 2016, T in the Park was Scotland’s biggest music festival for over 20 years.
It was first held at Strathclyde Country Park near Glasgow, then the disused Balado Airfield near Kinross, and lastly (less than successfully) at Strathallan Castle.
The 2017 event was ultimately cancelled due to problems the year before – and the new TRNSMT festival took its place, without the camping, at Glasgow Green the same year.
The line-ups - and the crowds - were legendary, with the likes of Blur, Pulp, Oasis, and Radiohead just some of the highlights in the early Britpop years.
Later editions saw a roll call of legends, with R.E.M., Foo Fighters, The Who, Kraftwerk, Green Day, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Kylie Minogue, and James Brown all appearing. Even David Bowie had been scheduled to play in 2004, but had to pull out at the last minute due to illness and was replaced by a memorable set from The Darkness.
Ever since it was scrapped there have been demands for its return and rumours that its revival was immiment.
None have ever proved to be true, but there are a few indications that there’s a chance that the festival may yet come back from the dead - perhaps at the expense of TRNSMT.
Here are 10 reasons why.
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9. More room
Even the biggest TRNSMT fan would have to admit that there's not a huge amount of room at the Glasgow Green site - if you position yourself carefully you can hear the music from three different stages at the same time. This also limits the number of stages you can have - and the all-important maximum capacity. Find a sprawling piece of suitable farmland with decent transport limits (somewhere near Stirling might be nice) and the sky is the limit for a reinvigorated T in the Park. Plus, they could bring back the beloved Slam Tent. | AFP via Getty Images
10. We're going to need some bigger bands
It's not a hugely controversial statement to say that the headliners at TRNSMT now aren't of the same stature of those from the T in the Park days - or even those of earlier editions of TRNSMT. T in the Park had the likes of R.E.M., Blur, Oasis, Rage Against The Machine, The Who, Coldplay, Eminem, The Stone Roses and Rihanna. The early days of TRNSMT had Queen, Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys (the latter two having already played T in the Park). This year's TRNSMT lineup of Kasabian (again), Richard Ashcroft and Lewis Capaldi can't help but feel a little underwhelming in comparison. The solution? A larger-capacity festival with higher ticket prices and greater profitability, with the wads of extra cash used to attract the biggest bands in the business to a rejuvinated T in the Park. | AFP via Getty Images