Fans go wild as festival returns
Live music was welcomed back to Glasgow Green at the weekend with the return of TRNSMT.
Headliners Courteeners, Liam Gallagher, and The Chemical Brothers had the festival packed out each night.
Representing Lanarkshire were Voodoos, Spyres, Saint PHNX, Declan Welsh and the sea shanty star Nathan Evans.
Around 50,000 people descended on Glasgow Green each day.
Friday saw headliners Courteeners perform to a huge crowd of die-hard fans, who sang along to every song.
Second on the bill was Newcastle’s Sam Fender, whose cover of Springsteen’s Dancing In
The Dark had fans of all ages shedding a tear.
Fender was close to not making the festival due to a Covid scare, which resulted in him having to cancel two concerts at The Barrowlands last week.
Saturday saw indie band Vistas play the main stage, a first for the three-piece.
Singer Prentice Robertson couldn’t believe the size of the crowd for their early slot.
He said: “When we were first booked
to play we didn’t have an album out and now we have two.
“It was great seeing so many people jumping around and loving it, there were a few familiar faces in there which is cool.”
Lanarkshire band Voodoos, from Coatbridge, had a huge slot on the King
Tut’s Stage after originally being booked on The River stage.
On the River Stage, Manchester band The Hara played to a large crowd of fans.
Josh Taylor, the band’s singer, couldn’t believe how many people had shown up
to see them.
He said: “We really did not know what to expect from this set. We have played festivals all summer in England but this was our first time at TRNSMT.
“The crowd was amazing and really made us feel welcomed, thanks to everyone.”
Glasgow band Twin Atlantic made a return to the main stage on Saturday afternoon, delivering a career-spanning set.
This was drummer Craig Kneale’s last show with the band after playing with them since 2007.
The headliner for the evening was Liam Gallagher, who had one of the largest crowds TRNSMT has ever seen.
Closing with Oasis classic Wonderwall, he left everyone with a smile on their face.
The final day saw Amy MacDonald, Snow Patrol and The Chemical Brothers play.
This was one of MacDonald’s first shows back and she certainly made a big impression.
Joking and laughing with the crowd, she played some of her best-known songs including This Is The Life, which had the entire crowd singing along.
Closing the three-day event were genre-defining DJs, The Chemical Brothers.
Playing from 9.30pm right through until 11pm, there wasn’t a single audience member who wasn’t blown away by their monumental headline set.
TRNSMT is back next July with tickets available soon via the festival’s website.