Launched in 2017, the festival attracts tens of thousands of fans each summer. It showcases a mix of international headliners and popular UK artists, spanning genres such as indie, rock, pop, hip-hop, and electronic music. With its city-centre location, energetic crowds, and vibrant atmosphere, TRNSMT is known for bringing live music, Scottish identity, and festival excitement together in one iconic setting.

On November 18, the Scotland men’s football team won against Denmark to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, hosted jointly between the USA, Canada, and Mexico next summer. It is the first time Scotland will be competing in the tournament since 1998.

There is a potential clash between one of the festival’s headline slots and Scotland’s second group game against Morocco on June 19. According to a report by the BBC, a headliner would typically play from 9:30pm – 11pm. The match with Morocco begins at 11pm, meaning there may be some overlap between that day’s headliner, Richard Ashcroft, and the game’s kick-off.

Festival director, DF Concert’s Geoff Ellis, said to BBC News, “Obviously it’s very early days as the World Cup and TRNSMT are still over six months away. As you would expect there is flexibility in timings and we will be ensuring that music fans can enjoy the TRNSMT line up as well as watching Scotland’s second game on the road to bringing the World Cup home to the birthplace of football.”

Sources have said that promoters are interested in showing the game at Glasgow Green once the day’s acts had finished. The success of UK teams at international football tournaments has seen some clash with summer music festivals, with Glastonbury contending with numerous England games over the years.

In 2014, festival organiser Emily Eavis said they couldn’t show that year’s World Cup matches because it wasn’t practical, and the event is about music, not football. Last summer, the Worthy Farm event repeated its decision for the 2024 European Championships.

England’s men’s team faced Slovakia in the round of 16 on the Sunday of that year’s festival, and festival-goers reportedly went to extreme lengths to catch the action. Last year at Glastonbury, former One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson brought a television along to watch England’s football team play against Slovakia in the European Championships.

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This year’s headliners include American rapper 50 Cent on Friday, Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro on Saturday, and rock band Snow Patrol on Sunday. Other notable acts performing on the main stage this weekend are Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C., Jade, Alessi Rose, James Bay, Gracie Abrams, The Kooks, and Twin Atlantic.   

The King Tut’s Stage includes artists Tanner Adell, Underworld, Jake Bugg, Shed Seven, Good Neighbours, Arthur Hill, and Brooke Combe. BBC Introducing stages features The Rooks, Matilda Mann, Ben Ellis, Bemz, and Vlure. The BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage includes Nimino, Jaguar, Jazzy, Charlie Hedges, Arielle Free, and Marianne.  

The TRNSMT festival started back in 2017 with around 120,000 people attending. They expanded the event over two weekends in 2018 but have since brought it back to one weekend. The festival now attracts around 150,000 attendees, with an estimated 50,000 people each day. It has become a major event in the UK music festival scene. 

The TRNSMT festival features four different stages: The Main Stage, hosting the biggest names and headliners, King Tut’s Stage with a mix of established and new talent, BBC Introducing Stage, and BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage, which includes local and international DJs.   

The festival’s headline partner is Rockstar Energy Drink, along with other partnerships including Pepsi, Smirnoff, Jägermeister, and BBC Radio 1. You can download the TRNSMT app to see stage times for all artists, the site map, real-time updates throughout the weekend, and your tickets. 

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The festival offers easily accessible parking, entrances, and viewing platforms for the stages, providing a place for wheelchair users. TRNSMT is also a signatory of the Green Nation Sustainability Charter, showing importance and dedication to environmental responsibility while holding the event in a public park. They include sustainable food options and promote sustainable fashion through a pop-up shop featured at the festival. 

Check out TRNSMT’s full festival lineup here.   

We’re coming for you

All Over The World Tour tickets on sale Friday 14th February, 10am local time at https://t.co/Z98264FFzc pic.twitter.com/RbOE6AL7uc

— The Kooks (@thekooksmusic) February 11, 2025

The Kooks, formed in Brighton in 2004, quickly rose to prominence with their debut album ‘Inside In/Inside Out‘ (2006), which achieved quadruple platinum status in the UK. Their last major tour was in 2022, following the release of their album ‘10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark‘. Frontman Luke Pritchard expressed his enthusiasm for the upcoming tour, stating: “We made some of the greatest memories as a band on our last US tour and ever since we’ve been counting the days till we can return. This time with lovelytheband and playing material from our new album, it’s going to be magic. We can’t wait to see you all out on the road.”Following the North American dates, The Kooks are scheduled to perform at several European festivals, including Paaspop in the Netherlands on April 18, 2025, and Deichbrand Festival in Germany on July 17, 2025. UK fans can look forward to their appearance at the TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow on July 12 and at the Reading Festival on August 22, 2025.

Reading and Leeds Festival we’re so thrilled to be coming back pic.twitter.com/xwwKae7Bdq — The Kooks (@thekooksmusic) December 5, 2024

Tickets for the North American dates will go on sale to the public on Friday, February 14, at 10 am local time, with presales beginning on February 12. For a complete list of tour dates and ticket information, visit the band’s official website.

The first single from the album, ‘Solitude Of The Night Bus’ has been released with a music video to go with it directed by Dom Foster. The video follows Courteeners frontman Liam Fray on the number 17 bus going on a cosmic journey as the artwork for ‘Pink Cactus Cafe’ coming to life around him during the bus journey.

The band originally formed in Manchester in the early 2000s and this will mark their first album in over four years with the band’s last album ‘More. Again. Forever.’ being released in January 2020.

Speaking in a press release about the song, singer Liam Fray said that “This came at a time of real questioning. Things weren’t going particularly well. No confidence. No direction. I think that’s why – whisper it – it’s on the fun side. This is the new us. I’d previously worked with Ola [Modupe-Ojo] on ‘Hanging Off Your Cloud’ and, like then, there was just a magic in the room that was irresistible.”

He continued talking about how his uncle influenced the track: “It’s a summer breeze. But it’s a winter’s night. Either way, sometimes you have to block out the noise. My late Uncle Pat loved a whistle so it’s a bit of a homage to him. Get on the bus; headphones in; go your own way. It’s the feel good, imposter syndrome hit of the summer.”

The upcoming record sees contributions from various friends of the band including Aussie indie band DMAs, Brooke Combe, and Pixey. You can pre-order the albumn in various formats including CD, LP and cassette along with signed albums and heavyweight and various limited edition and coloured vinyls. All vinyl formats come with a bonus track. Pre-order or pre-save ‘Pink Cactus Cafe’ here.

The track listing for ‘Pink Cactus Cafe’ is:

‘Sweet Surrender’ (featuring Brooke Combe)
‘Weekend Shy Of A Feeling’
‘Pink Cactus Cafe’
‘Where Are We Now?’
‘The Beginning Of The End’ (featuring DMA’S)
‘Solitude of the Night Bus’
‘First Name Terms’ (featuring Pixey)
‘Lu Lu’
‘Love You Any Less’
‘Bitten By Unseen Teeth’

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Along with the announcement of the new album the group also told fans that they will soon be announcing dates for a UK tour this Friday (12th of July) in which they will play a homecoming gig in Manchester at a venue that they have never played at before. You can access the pre-sale for the tour by pre-ordering a copy of the album

Courteeners are getting ready for a string of big festival performances this summer, coming off the back of a set at Lytham festival. They are set to perform in Glasgow and TRNSMT Festival this Saturday (13th of July), followed by performances at Boardmasters on Friday the 9th of August and then they will take the stage at Victorious festival in Southsea on the 24th of August.

Horan took to social media to announce the song titles, which are as follows:

1. Heaven

2. If You Leave Me

3. Meltdown

4. Never Grow Up

5. The Show

6. You Could Start A Cult

7. Save My Life

8. On A Night Like Tonight

9. Science

10. Must Be Love

THE SHOW. JUNE 9. https://t.co/CONzy9aj5i pic.twitter.com/kYj3fZLALs

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) March 26, 2023

Fans were also treated to small snippets of each track in a video that Horan shared on TikTok.

Which song are ya most excited for ? #THESHOW https://t.co/Lp21lVphQn — Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) March 27, 2023

The Show is the star’s third album, with Horan taking to social media to say, “This album is a piece of work I’m so proud of and now it’s time to pass it over to you to go and make it your own. Thank you so much for being there for me all this time and I can’t wait to share the next couple of years of this new era with you. I’ve missed you all so much. It’s good to be back.”

Horan released the first single, “Heaven,” from the album back in February.

Talking to Rolling Stone about the track, he said, “One thing I’ve learned over the years is that society loves to pressure us into reaching certain milestones by a certain age. Whether that’s getting married or anything else that really should be based on our own instincts. As I’ve gotten older I’ve tried to let go of those expectations and just follow my heart.”

He continues, “The chorus of this song is saying that what I have in my life currently is amazing. So it would be crazy to ruin that by giving into outside pressures.”

The new album will be just another thing for Horan to take in his stride after an already packed year. Earlier this month, Horan was invited to perform at The White House as part of President Joe Biden’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.

Taking to Twitter, Horan said “it’s an honour to be invited and represent my country.“

It’s an honour to be invited and represent my country. Looking forward to performing and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at the White House tomorrow https://t.co/iGODUCH4f2

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) March 16, 2023

Horan also recently announced a number of festival appearances that he’ll be making in 2023, hinting at a tour to follow his album release.

See Niall Horan perform here:

18/06/2023 – Isle of Wight Festival – Isle of Wight

07/07/2023 – TRNSMT Festival – Glasgow

Stream “Heaven” here.

Though it’s clear that the singer has a deep love for the city of Glasgow, it seems his mind was elsewhere during the show at TRNSMT when he said; “I haven’t been to Glasgow in a long time. I don’t recognise the place.”

He then added; “The Barrowlands where we used to play, I miss that place. I miss being pulled to shreds by the Glasgow crowd. It’s a fun place. My memories of Glasgow… always the most chaotic, violent shows of my life. This is a nice change of pace though. Next time, the Barrowlands.”

The feedback from the gig varies. In a lot of cases, the fans stated that whilst the catchy hits of the indie royalty still sounded great, the periods between each track which saw Casablancas dish out bizarre rants and banter to the attendees were less palatable.

As a long time Strokes fan, I felt genuinely worried about Julians wellbeing tonight at TRNSMT.

— Lisa Taylor (@LisaTaylorVol) July 10, 2022

Might be an unpopular opinion, sorry, but my god, The Strokes were dire at TRNSMT tonight.

Julian is borderline Shane McGowan levels of needing an intervention. Worst front man performance I’ve seen.

Sound issues aside, there was no stage presence, just a bit boring.#TRNSMT

— G (@OneManChatting) July 9, 2022

Sounds overdramtic but I think we just witnessed the end of The Strokes. The end of that set was hard to watch, Casablancas genuinely looks like he needs help. They sounded mint but the man looked unwell #trnsmt

— Rex (@AlexBoxteles) July 9, 2022

Sounds overdramtic but I think we just witnessed the end of The Strokes. The end of that set was hard to watch, Casablancas genuinely looks like he needs help. They sounded mint but the man looked unwell #trnsmt

— Rex (@AlexBoxteles) July 9, 2022

TRNSMT was interesting … Julian Casablancas of The Strokes did not bother hiding his disdain for the crowd (he called them Glasgow Children’s Choir and said he’d rather be at the Barrowlands) and to be fair most people were clearly not there for the tunes. Ah well.

— Laura Webster (@LauraEWebsterr) July 9, 2022

It was almost like the strokes would rather have been anywhere else but the main stage at trnsmt

— k (@kfrw_) July 9, 2022

The Strokes should be embarrassed by that excuse for a headlining gig @TRNSMTfest – zero energy, awful set list and slagging off the crowd with gems like ‘Glasgow childrens choir’ and ‘next time we’ll go to barrowlands’ – 15 years of waiting to see them live only to get that!

— Alex Kane (@Beacon_Dev) July 9, 2022

One punter said in this post; “The Strokes should be embarrassed by that excuse for a headline gig- zero energy, awful set list and slagging off the crowd”. Another Fan also commented that Casablancas; “Did not bother hiding his disdain from the crowd (he called them Glasgow Children’s Choir and said he’d rather be at the Barrowlands)”.

Earlier in the week, Casablancaas received much of the same criticism after the Stroke’s performance at Roskilde Festival in Denmark. According to setlist.fm their set started half an hour behind the allotted schedule and according to fans featured much of the same antics, i.e; “lots of erratic and endless banter from Casablancas”.

Following the rumours that he was inebriated during the show, Casablancas took to Twitter (with a message that has since been deleted) with a statement of his own; “I’m not tuned into Twitter things enough to know what some confused fan thinks or pretends they know,” he wrote, “but I’m fine… far as I know … people been asking me weiiird questionnns [sic] – ahh the dumb side of social media… Lame-Os running around so hard and free.”

On the 8^th of July, we sadly saw more of the same, when a woman was pulled from the crowd to join them on stage. Casablancas jested that he has going to head backstage and; “go do some blow”. The woman went on to sing the full six minutes of “Ode To The Mets” while Casablancas was still nowhere to be seen.

Fans were told to stay away from the area on Glasgow Green during Becky Hill‘s headline performance on Saturday (September 11), while screens displayed a message saying that the stage was “full and closed”.

Crowds of people flocked to the popular stage, crammed together to see Becky Hill’s show. A picture from the Daily Record on the scene shows people standing above the crowd by the side of the stage, while others jostle for position.

The singer’s set was said to be delayed by 15 minutes due to crowds descending towards the stage. A TRSMT spokesperson told the Daily Record that medics arrived on the scene to attend to a person who needed help and they had to be stretched away though the injuries weren’t incredibly serious.

The spokesperson said “our first aid team was made aware of an audience member who needed assistance at the King Tut’s Tent. As a precautionary measure, they were transferred by stretcher to the onsite medical area and given time to recover.”

The Scottish festival was rescheduled from July due to concerns around the coronavirus pandemic and was headlined by Liam Gallagher, Courteeners, and The Chemical Brothers. The three-day event also featured performances from Sam Fender, AJ Tracey, Little Simz and Declan McKenna among others.

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This year’s festival ran up to its full capacity (50,000 people) after the recent easing of COVID restrictions in Scotland. Although attendees at the festival still had to complete a Lateral Flow Test before arriving at the event despite proof of vaccination not being a condition of entry.

The festival was due to take place from 10th-12th July 2020, with performers such as Sam Fender, Lewis Capaldi, and Rita Ora taking to the stage. Up until recently, TRSNMT was still set to go ahead despite coronavirus concerns. However, on 24th April, the organisers announced that the Scottish lock-down would require the festival to be called off.

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— TRNSMT Festival (@TRNSMTfest) April 24, 2020

The decision was made upon advice from the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, which stated that when restrictions begin to be lifted, there will be continued social distancing for a least a few months. This means that festivals gathering large numbers of people will not be safe for the foreseeable future.

But, all is not lost, for TRNSMT has already confirmed details of next year’s festival. Bosses wrote to ticket holders to explain “We know that tens of thousands of you bought tickets for TRNSMT 2020 and were looking forward to seeing this year’s line up, so we’ve moved quickly to secure the acts confirmed for 2020, for 2021’s festival!”

Here it is… your TRNSMT 2021 line-up! We know that tens of thousands of you bought tickets for TRNSMT 2020 and were looking forward to seeing this year’s line up, so we’ve moved quickly to secure the acts confirmed for 2020, for 2021’s festival! For more, go to our website. pic.twitter.com/RUIEiJdhp4

— TRNSMT Festival (@TRNSMTfest) May 4, 2020

Along with the statement was a video showing the acts, which are almost exactly the same as the original lineup for 2020. Fans can also save their purchased tickets for 2021, and there are still some tickets available on the official website. The festival will take place from 9th-11th July 2021.

The weekend will begin on Friday with headline act The Courteneers, who recently put out their sixth studio album ‘More. Again. Forever’. Also on the main stage will be Ian Brown, Sam Fender, Blossoms, and more, while fans can watch breakthrough artists Joy Crookes and The Ninth Wave on the other two stages. On the second day, Liam Gallagher will headline, supported by Foals, Keane, and AJ Tracy. Finally, the weekend will come to an end with performances from chart sensation Lewis Capaldi, Snow Patrol and Rita Ora. Check out the full lineup below.

Sadly, although the lineup contains most of the artists who were booked to perform on the stage this year, some changes have had to be made. The most notable difference is that British rapper Aitch will no longer appear, which has saddened many fans. Luckily, festival-goers will still be able to watch many of other favourite artists.

TRNSMT began in 2017 after in was announced that T in the Park would not be staged that year. 120,000 people attended over three days, and the festival was named ‘Best New Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards.

During the incident the women, who was making her way to the toilets, was grabbed by one man and taken behind the toilet block where she was sexually assaulted by another. The assault took place at 22:00 as she made her way to toilets, which are believed to be located near the main stage. The assault was only stopped when three men walking by, at the time, shouted at the two suspects, who then fled.

The suspects have both been described as white, 6ft tall, of medium build, with dark hair. One was wearing a black T-shirt with a small logo on the front, while the other was wearing a white T-shirt with black writing.

Speaking about the attack, Detective Sgt, Euan Keil said: “The woman was making her way to the toilets when she was grabbed by one man and pulled to the rear of the toilet block where another man sexually assaulted her. Her attackers fled when they were disturbed by three men who were walking by the area and who shouted at them.

“I don’t think the three men realised what was actually going on or that their intervention probably stopped this attack from escalating. It is important that we trace them as what they saw could prove vital to us catching the two men responsible.”

In a statement, about the incident, TRNSMT said: “We are doing everything possible to help emergency services with their inquiries but our focus at this moment is the wellbeing of the person involved, and we are ensuring that they have all the support that they need.”