Category: Upcoming

Trouble for TRNSMT?

After strangely successful 2 years, TRNSMT seems to have disappointed with this years’ acts with a general outcry of “I’m not going!!” on social media. Honestly, I don’t think the 2019 line up is that bad…

Let’s get the negatives out of the way first. An obvious drawback for 2019’s festival is Jess Glynne as a main act. I honestly don’t think she’s as bad as what Twitter keyboard gangsters make her out to be (she’s a great performer!), but it was a real lapse in the organisers’ judgement. It’s common knowledge that any line-up including her wouldn’t be well received.

Jess Glynne via Wikimedia

Another thing – why are all the headliners the same ones from 2017? Who is honestly that desperate to see Catfish and the Bottlemen or Stormzy these days and, for the love of God, can we stop pretending Gerry Cinnamon is anything but a neddy version of Ed Sheeran? I also don’t understand why acts like Circa Waves and Example are being relegated to the King Tuts Stage.

The days themselves could have been organised so much better. There’s no clear genre divide and tbh there are so many acts who would have been suited to different days (EG Jess Glynne on the Friday, Gerry Cinnamon on the Saturday/Sunday).

However, the acts themselves are mostly pretty good for a small festival like TRNSMT. Sundara Karma, Bastille, Sigrid, Arkells, the Wombats and Example to name but a few are all great acts that will definitely put on a cracking show. Years & Years, Amine and Mabel add some diversity to the festival, which it’s been sorely lacking in.

The problem doesn’t lie within the actual acts (mostly), for me the problem is the organisation and the repetition. I still intend to go and know I’ll have a great time, I just wish they arranged the acts in a way that made more sense.

James Bay live at TRNSMT 2018

Let me know what you think – is it trash, do you love it and most of all, do you still think you’ll go?

Love always, Fiona X

New year, new tunes

Hello! I hope everyone had a great New Year and is excited about what the next 12 months have in store for us all. For my first post of 2019, I thought I’d talk about what I’m most excited for in the music world this year.

To kick the new year off, one of my favourite bands Bombay Bicycle Club announced their reunion. In a statement they mentioned that they have some shows lined up for this year and are aiming to put new music out soon. I’m super excited and have a sneaky feeling they’ll be on the bill for this year’s TRNSMT festival.

Speaking of TRNSMT, the organisers are being awfully shy about announcing the 2019 line up, although I think they might have something cool planned. They’re definitely still trying to win over loyal T in the Park fans. I predict Calvin Harris as a headliner. TRNSMT could do with a little genre diversity and Calvin is mega popular so would really hype the festival up.

Here’s a (very drunkenly filmed) video I took of Kodaline at this year’s festival

There are loads of great tours coming up too, including Foals’ long awaited return and Ariana Grande in the Hydro in September. I just saw the 1975 in the Hydro and it was amazing. Summer Sessions have a great lineup this year too! Check it out if you haven’t already, they’ve got The Cure, Foo Fighters and the 1975 headlining in Glasgow.

The 1975, January 12 2019 by me

Most importantly, though, there loads of amazing artists set to release new music this year. Pop princess Ariana Grande has the sweetner followup due to drop in February. There are a few double albums coming out from the likes of Weezer and Julia Michaels, who already dropped the first halves this week, and Foals who are set to release in March. Vampire Weekend and Bombay Bicycle Club are both putting out new material for the first time in years and Sigrid is dropping her first album in March!

Ariana Grande via Wikipedia

2019 is shaping up to be great already and it’s an understatement to say I’m excited.

Love always, Fiona xx