Blink-182 for T In The Park festival 2011

Blink-182 are reportedly "in discussions" to play next year's T In The Park festival.

Although nothing is confirmed yet, according to Scottish red-top sources the band would be "honoured" to play the bash, which takes place at Balado on July 8-10, and neatly coincides with their previously announced UK arena tour. Foo Fighters have alrady been confirmed for a headline slot.

Purchasing tickets in this pre-sale means festival fans won't be hit by the VAT increase in the New Year or the rise in ticket prices for 2011. Foo Fighters who will headline at the festival are the only act confirmed so far.

Blink-182 perform act in T In The Park

At T In The Park Festival in Scotland, Blink-182 have been announced their second performing act for next summer and the dates between 8-10 July at Balado near Kinross .

T In The Park festival director Geoff Ellis said, "Blink-182 are renowned for their amazing live performances and fans are in for a real treat when they play T in the Park next year. This is the second world class band we've announced and there's plenty more to come. Watch this space."

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Foo Fighters booked for 2011's T in the Park

It has been confirmed that Foo Fighters will play next year's T in the Park.

Organisers of the 2011 festival has announced the band are the first act.

Geoff Ellis, the brains behind the operation, had been particularly keen to bring the group to the event at Balado airfield near Kinross as in addition to being one of the world's largest draws, they are also one of his favourites.

"Once again we are proud to bring one of the world's biggest and most influential rock bands to Balado," he confirmed.

"As well as being a personal favourite and a band that T in the Park fans continually praise, Foo Fighters are one of the best festival headliners on the planet and I'm delighted we have them for T in the Park 2011."

Next year's T in the Park will be held from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July, with a limited number of tickets available to fans from 09:00 GMT today (Thursday).

T In The Park Tickets Goes On Sale

It has been announced by the founding partner Tennent's Lager that limited number of tickets go on sale for T in the Park 2011, at 9am on Friday 3rd December.

T in the Park takes place at Balado between 8 and 10 July 2011.Fans will have even more reasons to celebrate this Christmas as tickets for the 18th annual Festival will be available at 2010 prices, beat the VAT rise next year, thanks to TITP.

On Thursday 18th of November the director of the festival was presented with the life time achievement awards at the prestigious UK Festival Awards at London's IndigO2.where T in the Park was also nominated for best major festival and best toilets.

Festival Director, Geoff Ellis, said: “I’m truly honoured to have received this award. In the past 18 years, we have always put the fans at the heart of everything we do to make T in the Park such a unique experience. Bringing some of the world’s biggest bands to Balado and seeing the entire T in the Park team put their heart and soul into continually growing the Festival in status and reputation is a wonderful feeling. This is a fantastic award and one which I think belongs to the entire team - I’m humbled, but very happy. Here’s to T in the Park 2011.”

sell $ 11,700,000 in bonds to help

The Village of Tinley Park will sell $ 11,700,000 in bonds to help pay for three large projects - and it's not hitting the higher property taxes to help people.

Citing favorably low interest rates, the village Board Finance Committee unanimously approved a bond that pays $ 2 million for wastewater projects in the village of $ 5,200,000 new shares 80thAvenue Metra train station and towards the expansion of $ 4500000 Tinley Park Conference Centre.

Board, which met on Wednesday night, is expected to approve the bond issue in November, with bonds sold in December.

Trustee Michael Bettenhausen, chairman of the Finance Committee, said the time is right to sell the bonds, noting that lower interest rates that will leave the village annual cost of $ 801,000 to repay the debt.

"The debt-service obligations and the bond issue is not property owners," Bettenhausen said.

The village expects interest rates around 3 percent.

"When you think of borrowing $ 1 million and you only have to pay a $ 67,000 interest, this is outrageous," Bettenhausen said.

Rates are so attractive, the village is asking department chairs, are there other projects that require funding, Mayor Ed Zabrocki said.

"The timing is right," he said.

Financing the debt service for wastewater projects will be water and sewer fund, which is paid by users, Bettenhausen said. Sewer improvements will save money in the long run, the village, Trustee Greg Hannon said, because it is cheaper to replace than repair.

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Major music festival T in the Park has been held annually in Scotland since 1994. A two day festival T in the Park was originally but since 2007 has taken place over three days, and introduced in 2008 was the opportunity to upgrade a weekend camping ticket to allow camping access on the Thursday the day before any musicians performed. The festival is promoted by Big Day Out. The 2009 festival took place over three days between the 10 and 12 July, with over 180 acts performing to a crowd of 85,000 people. As with the 2008 festival, the campsite opened on the Thursday evening to prevent traffic queues forming on the Friday. The first batch of "early bird" tickets sold out in ten hours on 15 July 2008 and on 27 February 2009,NME announced that camping tickets for the event had already sold out. Tickets for the 2005 event sold out in record time, just four days after going on sale, five months in advance of the festival. The event saw around 69,000 people a day watching more than 170 bands over 10 stages. In that year's UK Festival Awards it was named best festival, beating the Glastonbury Festival for the first time. Some of the bands performing included Green Day, who headlined Sunday night, Travis, The Killers, Keane, El Presidente, The Prodigy, New Order, Fightstar, James Brown, Echo & the Bunnymen, Two Lone Swordsmen, DJ Sneak, Richie Hawtin & Ricardo Villalobos, Sucioperro, Audioslave, Jimmy Eat World, Death From Above 1979, Eagles of Death Metal, Mylo, Athlete, Snoop Dogg, Queens of the Stone Age and Ian Brown. Saturday saw the return of the Foo Fighters, who return to Scotland in dramatic style, headlining the main stage. This was also the year where a notable "riot" occurred. On Sunday night a huge line of festival goers walked through the campsite paths in a group singing songs of bands which appeared at the festival. At one point upon reaching the entrance to the festival main arena, some members of the crowd of people "invaded" the festival grounds and filled the Ceilidh Tent. There were also reports of people managing to make it up on to the Main Stage until local authorities and festival security managed to control the event. This was, however, considered quite tame compared to other Festival "riots" throughout Britain. It takes place on the same weekend as Oxegen in Ireland and shares a very similar line up each year. The 2010 T In The Park Festival takes place at Balado Airfield in Scotland on Friday 9th Sunday 11th July 2010. In 2010 T in the park will be live from Thu, Jul 08, to Sun, Jul 11, 2010 in United Kingdom Gigsport is ideal for T in the park Tickets.

The Opera T In The Park

Just when you thought couldn't get more diverse T in the Park, festival boss Geoff Ellis is said to be in talks with Creative Scotland about bringing opera singers and ballet dancers to T in the Park 2011. According to the Sunday Herald, Ellis is keen to add a new dimension to next year’s event by signing up Scotland’s five national performing companies to take part. The National Theatre of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera have been warned that they should expect budget cuts of up to 10 per cent. A slot at T in the Park could therefore provide a key platform to bring the arts to a much wider audience. Ellis said: “On music festivals the cuts might have a positive effect.“The companies might think, ‘how can we make up this shortfall, increase audience numbers, get to a wider market?’ T in the Park could be the prefect market for that.”Members of the respective companies are said to welcome the prospect of taking part in the festival that attracts over 85,000 revellers each year. Neil Murray from the NTS confirmed: "The National theatre of Scotland is keen to reach new audiences."

Drug dealer jailed at T In The Park

At T in the Park a drug dealer who was caught with nearly £5000 worth of cocaine has been jailed for three and a half years. Gary Hume was sentenced to serve 42 months in prison after a jury found him guilty of supplying the class A drug at the music festival. Sheriff Michael Fletcher said he had no option but impose a custodial sentence on Hume and said the supply of drugs at T in the Park was a commonplace scourge. He said: "The courts have said regularly that the supply of Class A drugs should be treated seriously. The value of the drugs was over £4000 in this case. Furthermore, this took place at the T in the Park festival where great difficulty is experienced in relation to drugs of this and all sorts of other kinds."Hume was caught with a large haul of cocaine just minutes after arriving at the festival site and was also discovered with sex drug Viagra during a police raid. Perth Sheriff Court heard yesterday that Hume who had two close relatives die due to drug overdoses lived with his mother and has a girlfriend who suffered from agoraphobia. Hume - who claimed a Chinese drug dealer had given him cocaine by mistake when he tried to buy other drugs was found guilty of supplying the class A drug by a jury. The court heard how police officers, acting on a tip off, targeted Hume's camper van the moment it pulled into the car park at the Balado, Kinross, site. The court heard how around 15 officers swooped on Hume and his friends and during a search of the van found five bags of cocaine, diazepam, and a Viagra tablet. Drug squad officers told the court that the 96 grams of cocaine hidden in Hume's toiletry bag was worth £3500 pounds and could be further divided to have an ultimate value of £4818. Hume told the court that he believed it was speed he was buying from a Chinese drug dealer in Glasgow for £200. He said he could not explain why the dealer accidentally gave him nearly £5000 pounds worth of cocaine instead.Hume, 29, of Wallacewell Road, Glasgow, was found guilty of supplying cocaine during last year's T in the Park on July 10. He was also found guilty of possessing diazepam.

At T In The Park Final farewell for man who died

HUNDREDS of people attended a service to bid farewell to an Aberdeenshire man who died at T in the Park.
The family and friends of David Catto, 24, celebrated his life at Portlethen Parish Church after he died following an apparent asthma attack at T in the Park earlier this month.
The Rev John Watson said electrical designer Mr Catto, of Newtonhill, had lived his life to the full, “achieving much and touching many”.
The Small Faces track All Or Nothing was played, which Mr Watson said reflected the way Mr Catto, pictured, had lived.
Among the mourners was T in the Park arranger Geoff Ellis who has been in close contact with Mr Catto’s family since his death.
Mr Catto was laid to rest with memorabilia from favourite artists he never got to look at T in the Park.
His parents, David and Margaret, both 53, sister Elaine 28, and brother Bobby, 27, thanked everyone for the support they have had since David’s death.

T in the Park rape ordeal of girl, 18

AN 18 year old T In The Park reveller was raped in the back of a van after being abducted from the campsite, it was revealed last night.
The girl was lured into the motor by at least two men and was driven off before one of the fiends sexually assaulted her.
One source claimed the kidnappers who'd earlier chatted with their victim thumped on the outside of the vehicle in a sickening bid to drown out her tortured screams.
The traumatised girl was later dumped at a spot near the festival venue at Balado, Kinross, on Sunday night.
Yesterday, a sickened relative of the victim, from Glasgow, said: "I hope they catch the b******* who did this.
"The poor girl is bruised and distressed. She has been to hospital for tests and she's spoken to the police.
"She is struggling to come to terms with what's happened."
The girl had arrived at the site with a group of pals on Friday, while her sister was also at the music bash.
Her relative added: "She was there with friends but she was separated from them and she met up with some young men that she'd talked to earlier on.
"Her pals were going to one gig and she was wanting to go to another one, and that's when she was taken advantage of."Last night a spokesman for Tayside police said: "Inquiries into this matter are ongoing."
The festival had also been marred by another sex attack and two murder bids.
Cops are hunting a man behind a vile assault on a woman in her 20s on Saturday night.
On Tuesday, three men appeared at Perth Sheriff Court accused of stabbing two revellers at the festival on July 11.
Joseph Lindsay, 25, Robert Lindsay, 23, and John Dorfman, 22, all of Glasgow, were charged with attempting to murder Nicholas Gallacher, 20, and Robert Hynds, 20, from Fife.
Dorfman faces a third charge of punching Mark Bell in the face. None of the three defendants made a plea or declaration and the case was continued.
The two injured men were said to be in a "stable" condition in Dundee's Ninewells Hospital.
Meanwhile, a 19 year old man needed brain surgery after falling 6ft from a flagpole at T In The Park on Sunday.

At T In The Park three people arrested attempted murders

Tayside Police have arrested three people in relation to two attempted murders at T In The Park at the weekend (July 11). The arrests were made after police found two 20 year old men suffering from "serious abdominal injuries" close to the campsite at the Balado, Kinross festival on Sunday night. The injured men are still in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, where they remain in a serious but stable condition. Event Commander Chief Superintendent Craig Suttie explained: "Our enquiries into a serious incident in which two men were seriously injured are ongoing and I would appeal for witnesses to come forward and assist us."Police have also appealed for information regarding a separate incident that occurred on the site at roughly 10pm (BST) on Saturday (July 10), when a woman was injured and sexually assaulted near to the bus parking area. Police are looking to speak to a man described as white, heavily built, with dark shaved hair and wearing a long-sleeved dark top in relation to the incident. A further incident at the festival saw a 19 year old man badly injured after falling six feet from a flagpole on the Sunday night. The man sustained head injuries and has since undergone neurosurgery at Ninewells Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition. As previously reported, a 24 year old man also died on the site on Friday night in a separate incident. Festival organiser Geoff Ellis described the incidents as "very unfortunate", but praised the efforts of the on site health and safety teams, as well as the 450 police deployed to the site. Ellis said, "The quality of our event management team, the emergency services' work and on site medical care has once again been outstanding".

T In The Park: Man dies at T In The Park festival 2010

At T In The Park a music fan died last night (July 9), police have confirmed. 24 year old David Catto, from Stonehaven, collapsed while on his way from the main arena to the campsite. Police officers attempted to resuscitate him, though they were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Tayside Police said Catto's family had visited the site, in Balado, Kinross, in the early hours of the morning, and were now being comforted. A post mortem is due to be carried out next week. A T In The Park spokesperson told NME that police investigations into Catto's death were ongoing. The music festival has this year launched a new initiative called Citizen T, encouraging campers to look our for their neighbours while on site. The three day festival will this year look upwards of 85,000 music fans attend to watch the likes of Kasabian, Eminem and Jay-Z over the weekend.

At Open'er festival in Poland Kasabian warm up for T in the Park slot

KASABIAN warmed up for their T in the Park headline set with a storming gig at a festival in the Polish city of Gdansk.
But the rockers revealed that their European tour has become such a blur that they have to print the name of the country at the top of their set list to keep track of where they are.
The Leicester band have had a hectic schedule of playing festivals and gigs throughout Europe but admit they can't wait to top the bill at T in the Park this weekend.
I caught up with the lads at the Open'er music festival in Poland.

Currently voted Europe's best major festival, Open'er also featured performances from Skunk Anansie and Ellie Goulding, who are both in the T in the Park line up.
Relaxing with the band backstage at the festival, Kasabian's guitarist and songwriter Serge Pizzorno admitted: "We flew into Poland this evening but if it didn't have the name of the country written at the top of the set list we wouldn't know where we are.
"It doesn't matter and I kind of like it like that. We are just here to play a show.
"Sometimes you don't know what day it is. It's a bubble.
"You've got to be built for touring as much as we do. If you're not built for it, it's over. The touring life is not for everyone. You've got to be wired up that way."
They'll have no such problems at T in the Park this weekend as Kasabian have been counting down to their prestigious main stage gig which will round o the festival in style.
They'll be performing directly after Jay-Z and before the reworks signal the end of the event, which gets under way at Balado, near Kinross on Friday.
Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan said: "T in the Park will be the first festival headliner for us and we can't wait because it is going to be amazing."
Serge added: "At T in the Park, you've got Muse, Eminem and Kasabian. If you are into music, you can't argue with that. It's going to be incredible whatever you're into."
At the Open'er festival, Kasabian gave the Razz an exclusive preview of their show.
They played a one-and-a-half-hour set on Saturday night for 60,000 ecstatic Polish fans, opening with Fast Fuse as frontman Tom asked the crowd: "Poland, how are you?"
Next up were Shoot The Runner, Underdog, Where Did All the Love Go? and Swarfiga.
They also belted out favourites including Cut O , Reason Is Treason and Mothman before thick As thieves, Take Aim and Empire.
The rockers' full on assault continued with Doberman, Stunt, Club Foot, Fire, Vlad The Impaler and LSF.
Kasabian also previewed a number of tracks from their forthcoming new album, which is due out in September.
It's been a fantastic year so far for them, winning Best British group at the Brits, Best British Album for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum at the NME awards and Best Song for Fire at the Mojo awards.
But even with all those accolades, frontman Tom says the band's slot ahead of Jay-Z at T in the Park is a huge step for them.
He has nothing but praise for the rapper, who caused controversy by becoming the first hip-hop act to headline Glastonbury.
Tom said: "From doing that one Glastonbury gig he is now seen as a festival act, so fair play. He's going on before us. It's quite nice because we were his support act at a festival the other night. He is cool."
Meanwhile, Serge has admitted he is on cloud nine with the news that he and his girlfriend are expecting their first child.
He said: "I feel great. I'm looking forward to being a dad. e baby is due in September.
"I am buzzing and I am also looking forward to stopping worrying about myself.
"I am pretty cool about it and will carry on as before. I'll always be on tour. I'll be writing music through everything." Skunk Anansie also looked on top form in Gdansk at the festival which is held in a former airfield.
Singer Skin crowd surfed during their most famous hit single Weak.
She told the audience: "We haven't been in Poland for 10 years. It's absolutely incredible to be back."
And judging by the reaction of the crowd, the Balado audience will be in for a treat.

T in the Park line-up Three new additions

Added to T In The Park are Editors, Frightened Rabbit and Delta Maid have all been added, as Fancy Dress Friday returns for the third year running.
Chart topping Editors play T in the Park for the fourth time on Friday 9th July as part of the Line up Main stage, fresh from supporting Snow Patrol at their Bellahouston Park show in Glasgow.
One of Scotland's hottest bands, Frightened Rabbit, will play the King Tut's Wah Wah Tent on Saturday 10th July. With their star in the ascendancy, the band currently played a string of sold out shows and performed on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' in the US.
Young Liverpudlian singer songwriter Delta Maid will perform her modern take on the blues when the artist makes her T in the Park debut, opening the Radio 1/NME Stage on Sunday 11th July.
The home of traditional Scottish music at T in the Park returns with the Ceilidh Tent, as this year mixes it up with Ceilidh acts of a traditional style performing alongside those with a contemporary take on the Scottish institution.
The Saturday 10th July line-up consists of Dunregan, Galik Bred, Skerryvore and Grousebeater Sound System, while Sunday 11th July includes Koda, Canongate Cadjers, Whiskey Kiss and The Big Shoogle.
Fancy Dress Friday will also return for the third year as festival goers are encouraged to get into the spirit of 'The Madder Hatters T Party', with Stetsons and sombreros, bonnets and boaters, panamas and porkpies the order of the day.
Any T in the Parkers still needing inspiration for an outfit should get their thinking caps on and hit the hat shop.
Festival goers who fully embrace the dress up shenanigans, whether sporting fabulous headgear or togged up in a terrific outfit of any theme, should attend 'The Mad Hatters T Party' in the Indie Disco in the campsite from 1pm to 4pm on Friday 9th July, to have a chance of winning tickets for T in the Park 2011.

T In The Park The View announce warm-up show and ticket details

T In The Park the View are set to play warm up gig ahead of this year's festival (July 9-11). The band will play Inverness Ironworks on July 7, before playing the event's main stage on Sunday (11)"T In The Park is our favourite festival of the summer, so it's great to be involved in the warm up gig to get us in the mood for it annacae aitwae!" declared frontman Kyle Falconer of the show.

Tickets go on sale on Monday (June 14) at 9am. To check the availability of The View tickets and get all the latest listings.

Exciting new additions added to T In The Park

Several more acts have been added to the T in the Park bill today (Thursday) including Canadian four piece Billy Talent, Lissie, who is due to release her debut album next month, and Daisy Dares You. All will appear on the T Break Stage along with Matthew P and White Belt Yellow Tag who will play on the Friday (9 July) whilst Astral Planes, Sparrow and the Workshop and Twisted Wheel will perform on Saturday (10 July).

Closing the stage on Sunday (11 July) will be A Band Called Quinn, Alex Gardner, Midnight Lion and Eliza Doolittle.

With just 42 days until the event the line-up already includes huge names such as Carl Cox, Bombay Bicycle Club, Laura Marling, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Madness, The Prodigy, The Temper Trap along with Faithless, and Biffy Clyro.

Muse, Eminem and Kasabian will headline this year’s festival.

Jay-Z will be a massive hit at T in the Park, predicts Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys has tipped Jay Z to be a huge hit at this summer's T in the Park festival.

The R&B superstar says her hip hop pal, who faced controversy when he headlined Glastonbury two years ago, will have no problems when he heads to Balado in July.

Alicia, who sings on Jay-Z's Empire State Of Mind records, believes his headline slot will thrill the festival's 85,000 crowd.

She said: "Jay-Z is wonderful, so it's going to go great at T in the Park.

"Come on man, he has been in the business a long time and he has great songs and I know the people there are looking forward to him coming."

Jay-Z last headlined a festival in the UK at Glastonbury in 2008. His inclusion on the bill provoked a furious reaction from Noel Gallagher.

The former Oasis guitarist criticised the decision to go for a hip hop act from the US instead of a British guitar act.

Gallagher moaned: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you start to break it then people aren't going to go.

"I'm sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance." Despite his objection, Jay-Z went on to prove a highlight at Britain's biggest festival.

Alicia, 29, whose mum Terri is part-Scottish and part-Italian-Irish, insists he will come all guns blazing to Scotland.

He joins a line-up that includes rapper Eminem, rockers Muse, Black Eyed Peas and Kasabian.

She insists the only person that would make the bill better is ex-Eurythmics star Annie Lennox.

"Annie Lennox is amazing," she said. "I love her so much. She is a beautiful human being and is so special. She is just phenomenal."

Alicia now wants to find fans who will accompany her to Africa for the Keep A Child Alive foundation, of which she is a global ambassador.

She said: "Keep A Child Alive is about providing the medicine for children and families who have AIDS and wouldn't be able to afford the medicine, especially in places like Africa, and we are moving into India.

"We are taking five people who text the word Alive to 90999 with me to Africa when I go so they can experience what I did."

Alicia has sold 30 million records and won 12 Grammy Awards since her 2001 debut album, Songs In A Minor. She plays Glasgow's SECC on May 23.

Jay-Z to perform at T in the Park

ALICIA KEYS has tipped Jay-Z to be a huge hit at this summer's T in the Park festival.

The R&B superstar says her hip hop pal, who faced controversy when he headlined Glastonbury two years ago, will have no problems when he heads to Balado in July.

Alicia, who sings on Jay-Z's Empire State Of Mind records, believes his headline slot will thrill the festival's 85,000 crowd.

She said: "Jay-Z is wonderful, so it's going to go great at T in the Park.

T in the Park wins UK Festival Awards

Whilst this topic can be the butt of many a festival joke the Team at T in the Park think that it’s certainly nothing to be sniffed at. The loos at T in the Park in 2009 were the best yet; a fact, which was officially recognised at a top Awards show in London last night where fans voted Scotland’s favourite festival as having the most tip-top event-toilets in the UK, and we’re absolutely bursting to tell you why! At T in the Park we have approximately 1,270 toilets, which is 15% above the recommended toilet allowance (as suggested by The Purple Guide) and if these were piled on top of one and other they would be equal to the height of EIGHT Empire State Buildings Vacuum Tankers at T in the Park have a combined suction of 90,000 cubic feet per minute, the equivalent of 1,500 domestic Dyson’s and goodness knows how many standard vacuums and in 2009 those tankers (affectionately known by staff as Octopooey’s) pumped no less 2.4m litres over the weekend, the same as emptying an Olympic sized swimming pool 7m sheets of toilet paper were used at T in the Park over 4 Days, enough paper to go from Glasgow to London In 2009 there were a total of 259,000 T in the Park toilet visits – equivalent to the population of Newcastle upon Tyne T in the Park’s special “Refresh” zone, complete with luxury loo trailers, mirrors, home comforts, products, straighteners and numerous other treats has consistently surveyed as the festival female’s favourite luxury event feature