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.
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.
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
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