BBC Radio 1 to chart the rise and fall of T in the Park in new podcast

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Fans of the iconic T in the Park music festival will be able to take a trip down memory lane thanks to a new BBC podcast. Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free will take listeners from the beginnings of the iconic festival at Strathclyde Park, through its rapid growth and to its ultimate demise in The Rise and Fall of T in the Park podcast which launched on BBC Sounds yesterday (Monday, July 4).

The festival, which was a rite of passage for many Scottish teenagers, began back in 1994 at the Lanarkshire venue. It was staged in Strathclyde Park for three years, before moving to the disused Balado airfield in 1997 and then to Strathallan Castle in 2015 where the music played out in 2016 for the final time after 22 memorable years.

The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now. Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The Rise and Fall of T in the Park will transport listeners back to the early days of the festival’s fun and nostalgia, as Arielle hears from the people that were there living it; the artists, the vendors and the punters who made the annual pilgrimage to watch some of the biggest music acts in the world.

The series will then delve into the decline of the festival, as Arielle asks the organisers and the team behind it to bust the myth on its ending and discover what happened to a festival that was believed would go on forever.Arielle Free explained: