Jacob Alon drew a crowd that stayed put at Glasgow Green on Friday as TRNSMT fans watched Scotland’s loss to Morocco on big screens before the festival moved into its second day in sunshine. Katt Lingard said about 10,000 fans remained on site for the game, even after a day of torrential rain.
Lingard, a DF Concerts event manager, said the mix of football and live music gave the night a rare lift. “We were a bit uncertain how many fans would stay on, particularly with the rain, but the Hampden roar was here in the way that we hoped.”
Kasabian headlined TRNSMT
The festival’s second day was headed by Kasabian, with The Fratellis also on the bill and playing Chelsea Dagger during their set. The Snuts were third from top of the bill, with Callum Wilson saying the band’s return to TRNSMT carried a sense of history: “It's one of those festivals that we have aged along with, from our first slot when we were 18.”
Wilson added that the band had “come back every couple of years” and that it had been “really nice to just progress and put on a bigger show every time.” Jack Cochrane said, “It's really essential now, as it's the only big festival in Scotland where you have that experience of progressing up the stages.”
Saturday in sunshine
By Saturday afternoon, the scene had changed. The festival was brighter in sunshine, but Lingard said the crowd felt noticeably quieter than in previous years, a contrast that leaves one practical question hanging over the day: whether the slower atmosphere reflected people arriving later after Friday’s football and rain, or simply fewer people on site at that point.
For fans who stayed through the match, the festival had already turned into something broader than a music bill. The football screening, the late licence and the return to music on Saturday created a single run of events across Glasgow Green, ending with a sunnier, calmer afternoon than the one before.
