T in the Park 2010
Now that I have everything that I need for 4 days in a field, I can start looking towards what music i'll be going to see over the weekend. While this years line-up has far too many black people and X Factor rejects playing, there are some hidden diamonds behind the Friday and Sunday headliners. The following list is who I will be going to see, as well as songs I dearly hope they play.
Delphic
Fresh from this years AOTY so far in January, Delphic will be playing the Red Bull blah blah blah stage on Friday. There's a review of Acolyte on this blog somewhere, and Counterpoint will be one of the top moments of the weekend (should they play it).
Editors
Going by what the current line-up sheet says, I will now be able to see Editors! They were originally playing the Main Stage whilst Delphic were up, but it seems to have changed now. An extremely irritating spectacle live, Editors will at least be entertaining, and one of the more talented bands playing this weekend should provide plenty of enjoyment. Material from last album In This Light And On This Evening should be given a good airing, which is handy as it's their best to date.
Muse
The biggest headliner at the festival, Muse will undoubtedly be the biggest draw over the weekend. Their live show, by all accounts, has become slightly stale since HAARP was released, but then that wasn't exactly a bad performance. We'll all just be hoping for some of the following to compensate for that.
We Are Scientists
A talented if unremarkable band, We Are Scientists are a talented bunch when playing live. Fantastically under-rated since they first broke on to the scene, hopefully there wont be too many morons at their slot in the King Tut's tent on Saturday, and people who know songs outwith Nobody Move can enjoy them (I have a cheek, the only album of theirs I have is With Love and Squalor).
Rodrigo Y Gabriella
Here is the first instance that the person doing the slots for bands hates me, as there's 3 bands on at once I want to see on Saturday. RYG are two people (brother and sister) from Mexico, who may be among the most remarkable and talented guitarists on the planet currently. You're not going to get huge rock performances, but you will get a talented performance of songs that everyone loves. See them being lazy when doing a Pink Floyd cover and letting the crowd do all the work.
Newton Faulkner
While I honestly can't say why I haven't yet bought his 2nd album, the man with the ginger dreadlocks follows in the Rodrigo Y Gabriella mould, only combining talented guitar play with a fantastic voice. He's on the main stage where he deserves, all that's left will be to battle the people who just know Dream Catch Me....
Stereophonics
The band that will probably win out over Rodrigo Y Gabriella, festival mainstays playing the main stage on Saturday will definately be one of the highlights of the weekend. If the rumours of Eminem pulling out are true (dear god please), then these guys headlining on the Saturday wouldn't be too bad. Just as long as they play Hurry Up and Wait, i'll be perfectly happy. I'll even be happy enough to put up with the Dakota fans.
Hurts
Sunday sees the largest amount of bands I want to see that no-one i'm going with does, and Hurts probably come at the top of that pile. A Manchester band whose debut album isn't released til October, they combine what made the 80's great with some newer sounds and come off as one of the hottest bands on the scene right now. You wont even have to worry about not knowing lyrics to most of their songs, seeing as they're just new.
Billy Talent
Probably proof that Canada really shouldn't do music, Billy Talent will bring their... energy to the NME stage on Sunday. A band i'll definately be seeing on my own should I get there, you know you're least going to get to jump about a lot and get very injured whilst getting shouted at. Plus, most folk who go to T in the Park wont have the faintest idea who they are. Just don't play anything off of album number 3.
Rise Against
A band I definately feel ashamed of putting on here, as my sole knowledge of their work is the songs that have been on Guitar Hero games, that is Prayer of the Refugee and Re-Education Through Labour. They still come under the Billy Talent label however, of being a fantastic live band that not many folk going to T in the Park will know, so you'll at least get a good place to see them from.
Biffy Clyro
A band who i'm quite sure don't leave Balado after each fesitval but just stay there so they're ready for next year, Biffy will undoubtedly be the band that everyone who likes Many of Horror will go and see. Such morons will of course ruin it for decent people like me who are aware that they have 5 albums and not two, and would rather listen to Justboy and 57 than Bubbles and Who's Gotta Match. Puzzle and Only Revolutions are both fantastic albums with fantastic songs, but Biffy really need to stop being ashamed of their past work. It's not that bad, as this video will demonstrate.
Kasabian
I'm on fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire doo doo doooo doodoodooo dooo doo doo doodoo.
Fuck off. Get Test Transmission/LSF/Reason is Treason/Club Foot to close and you have one of the best ends to a festival ever.
And, that's everyone. All that's left to do now is mourn the fact that Pearl Jam are somewhere in Iberia for the next weekend, and that shite like Eminem is headlining the main stage. Hopefully the rumours about him pulling out are true, and Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood can pop up and save the day again. That would be worth the total money i'm spending on this alone:
See you there, and hope it's dry.
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