TRNSMT (pronounced as "Transmit") is a music festival staged at Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland, organised by DF Concerts.
| TRNSMT | |
|---|---|
 The Main Stage of the TRNSMT festival at Glasgow Green, Glasgow (2018) | |
| Genre | Pop, rock, electronica |
| Dates | late June/early July |
| Location(s) | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Attendance | 120,000 |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| Website | www |
History edit
An early line-up for the first TRNSMT festival was revealed in January 2017, two months after the announcement that T in the Park (also organised by DF Concerts) would not be staged that year.[1] The first festival took place over three days in July 2017[2] and the organisers said that 120,000 people attended.[3]
Shortly after the first festival concluded, a second event was announced for the following year.[4] In November 2017, the festival organisers announced a change of date.[5] The 2018 event was held over six days, split over two weekends.[6] In 2019 the event returned to being three days covering a single weekend, with a daily capacity of 50,000.[7][8]
On 24 April 2020, it was announced that the 2020 festival would not go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
Awards edit
TRNSMT was named 'best new festival' in December 2017 at the UK Festival Awards in London.[10]
Criticism edit
The Musicians' Union criticized the 2019 lineup for only 20% of the acts being female. In response the festival announced they would have a female-only 'Queen Tut's' stage.[11] When the first acts were announced for the 2020 festival the head of DF Concerts, Geoff Ellis, defended the lack of female acts announced, saying "we'd love there to be a higher representation of females but there isn't, certainly on the acts we're announcing today, it will be a while until there's a 50/50 balance" and "we need to get more females picking up guitars, forming bands, playing in bands”.[12]
Headliners edit
For full lineups see TRNSMT festival line-ups
- 2017 – Radiohead, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro[13]
- 2018 – Stereophonics, Liam Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys, Queen + Adam Lambert, The Killers[14]
- 2019 – Stormzy, Catfish and the Bottlemen, George Ezra[15]
- 2021 – Courteeners, Liam Gallagher, The Chemical Brothers[16]
- 2022 – Paolo Nutini, The Strokes. Lewis Capaldi[17]
- 2023 – Pulp, Sam Fender, The 1975[18]
- 2024 – Liam Gallagher, Gerry Cinnamon, Calvin Harris[19]
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