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Music fans head to T in the Park | Music fans head to T in the Park |
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Tens of thousands of music fans have begun arriving at Scotland's largest music festival, T in the Park. | |
Those heading to the event faced 10-mile tailbacks due to poor weather and the volume of traffic heading for the site in Balado, Kinross-shire. | |
The event, which is expected to attract 80,000 fans a day, has been extended to three days for the first time. | The event, which is expected to attract 80,000 fans a day, has been extended to three days for the first time. |
Organisers have increased security at the festival following last weekend's attack at Glasgow Airport. | |
Fans were advised to arrive at the site early and to be extra vigilant. | |
Tayside Police also asked motorists to be patient as all the access routes to the festival site were very busy. | |
'Extreme caution' | |
The force said there were major delays on the M90 southbound on Friday afternoon, with traffic stretching back from Kinross to Bridge of Earn. | |
Ch Insp Sandy Bowman said: "In order to alleviate some of the delays we are advising anyone travelling to T in the Park from the north to go via the Tay Road Bridge on the A92, continue on the A91 to Junction 8 and then join the M90 southbound at Junction 7 as signposted. | |
Hundreds of music revellers were arriving on Friday morning | |
"I would advise all motorists in the area to exercise extreme caution on the M90 as the tailbacks are lengthy and the traffic is either stationary or very slow moving. | |
"Please be patient and, if you don't need to be travelling on M90, please avoid the area for now." | |
Tickets for this year's festival sold out in less than an hour. | Tickets for this year's festival sold out in less than an hour. |
The Arctic Monkeys, The Coral and Lily Allen will be among those taking to the main stage on the first day. | The Arctic Monkeys, The Coral and Lily Allen will be among those taking to the main stage on the first day. |
The acts playing across the various stages on Saturday include, Arcade Fire, Razorlight, The Killers, The View, Brian Wilson, CSS, Dizzee Rascal and The Kooks. | |
Sunday will see performances from Paolo Nutini, The Fratellis, Scissor Sisters, Snow Patrol, Queens of the Stone Age and Wu-Tang Clan, among many others. |