1994
SATURDAY
30th JULY
STRATHCLYDE
COUNTRY PARK
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MAIN STAGE
.KING TUT'S TENT
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Rage Against the Machine
Bjork
Levellers
Cypress Hill
Crash Test Dummies
Chumbawamba
Yothu Yindi
Consolidated
Honkey
DJ Paul Oakenfold
Blur
Manic Street Preachers
Pulp
James Taylor Quartet
Smash
Headswim
Oasis
The Grid
Kerbdog
AC Acoustics

1994
SUNDAY
31st JULY
STRATHCLYDE
COUNTRY PARK
. . . .
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Del Amitri
Primal Scream
Crowded House
Teenage Fanclub
The Saw Doctors
Gun
Mike Peters
Grant Lee Buffalo
Baby Chaos
D:Ream
House of Pain
One Dove
Whiteout
Aimee Mann
Thrum
Tiny Monroe

This year will always be special for us as it was the inaugural T in the Park at Strathclyde Park near Glasgow. Looking back we had a fantastic line up and great support from all of the artists playing at, what was then, an unheard of event. Many people laughed at our concept of a two-day festival with camping in Scotland and never thought that it would work. Whilst the first year was not a sell out it was certainly successful in that everyone attending the event had a fantastic time and it set the scene for future years, ensuring that the event a major fixture in the music calendar.

The King Tut's Tent was a real highlight and on the same day featured Blur, Manic Street Preachers, Pulp and Oasis; all bands who had played at King Tut's and subsequently went on to arena level and beyond.

The artist that attracted most interest back stage was a certain Robbie Williams who turned up to hang out at the festival and spent a considerable amount of time playing football with various bands and crew.

One of the most pleasing bookings was Oasis, as few people knew who they were at the time we confirmed them but when they took to the stage we had to close the tent because it was so busy, even although it was mid afternoon. At one time Oasis reflected upon this performance being their best ever.

Another memorable moment was Cypress Hill being very late on site and having to have a police escort from the airport. They had had such a bad time getting through customs at Heathrow that they were not initially in the mood to play the event and it took some "behind closed doors" persuasion, including paying them up front, before they took to the stage. However, the reshuffling of the line up on the day meant that Cypress Hill and Rage Against The Machine ended up playing back-to-back and this resulted in both artists doing one song together on stage, which was a phenomenal experience for all who saw it.

A band called Glass Onion played what was then known as the Caledonia Stage, that stage was renamed the Talent Tent, Glass Onion changed their name to Travis and the rest is history.

1995
SATURDAY
5th AUGUST
STRATHCLYDE
COUNTRY PARK
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Paul Weller
Therapy
Terrorvision
The Prodigy
Black Grape
Gene
Dodgy
The Wildhearts
Skunk Anansie
Elastica
Supergrass
Echobelly
Menswear
The Bluetones
Ash
Powder
Corduroy
Cast

1995
SUNDAY
6th AUGUST
STRATHCLYDE
COUNTRY PARK
. . . .
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M People
The Beautiful South
Kylie Minogue
Tricky
The Charlatans
Shed Seven
Marion
The Boo Radleys
Sleeper
Salad
The Verve
Deus
The Shaman
Underworld
Dreadzone
Fluke
Republica

This was the first year that we had a sell out on one of the days.

The artist that perhaps created most excitement prior to her appearance was Kylie Minogue. Also, when she appeared in the signing tent she had one of the longest queues of the weekend.

Noel Gallagher was at the event and joined Paul Weller on stage.

Prodigy arguably stole the show.

Other highlights lower down the bill that year were The Verve, Ash, Bluetones, Cast and The Delgados.

Black Grapes' performance was memorable, with Kermit having broken his ankle earlier in the day but refusing to go to hospital and performed with the rest of the band whilst sitting down on the stage!

This was also the first year that a Dance Tent was introduced.

1996
SATURDAY
13th JULY
STRATHCLYDE
COUNTRY PARK
MAIN STAGE
NME STAGE
DANCE TENT
KING TUT'S TENT
Radiohead
Alanis Morissette
Prodigy
Foo Fighters
Space
The Jesus Lizard
Honeycrack
The Supernaturals
Cecil
Bluetones
Beck
Frank Black
Mazzy Star
The Gyres
Northern Uproar
60 Ft Dolls
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Geneva
Leftfield
DJ: David Holmes
Chemical Brothers
Dave Clarke
The Aloof
Definition Of Sound
Rub-A-Dub DJ's Wilba & Martin
Lamb
DJ: Harri
Audioweb
DJ: Scott Gibson
4th Dimension
DJ's: Tony Kean & Murray Scott
The Divine Comedy
The Cardigans
Lush
Heavy Stereo
Drugstore
Rare
Compulsion
Crazy Gods Of Endless Noise
Mundy
The Daisies

1996
SUNDAY
14th JULY
STRATHCLYDE
COUNTRY PARK
MAIN STAGE
NME STAGE
DANCE TENT
KING TUT'S TENT
Pulp
Black Grape
Cast
Manic Street Preachers
Ricky Ross
Saw Doctors
Barenaked Ladies
Shakespear's Sister
Bobbie Bluebell
Whipping Boy
Placebo
Cocteau Twins
Teenage Fanclub
Dogstar
Bis
The Wannadies
Mansun
Super Furry Animals
Fluffy
Urusei Yatsura
LTI Bukem
Goldie
Lionrock
Paul Oakenfold
BT
Nicolette
Earthling
DJ: KMC
Suga Bullit
DJ: KMC
J-Pac
Afghan Whigs
Dubstar
Longpigs
Ian Mcnabb & The Afterlife
Nowaysis
No Doubt
Kula Shaker
Octopus
Nut
Nilon Bombers

This was the final year at Strathclyde Park and was a complete sell out in advance, with Radiohead being phenomenal closing the Main Stage on Saturday night and Pulp playing a very entertaining set on the Sunday.

Some of the highlights across the weekend included Leftfield, LTJ Bukem, Mazzy Star, Super Furry Animals and Prodigy again making a major impact on the Main Stage.

Other points of interest were Placebo opening the Main Stage, Keanu Reeves playing with his band Dogstar and turning up via one of the shuttle buses after having a curry in Glasgow the night before! Kula Shaker filling the King Tut's tent at 3pm and Joe Strummer creating his own area in the campsite and generally hanging out for the vibe.

When we thanked Radiohead for playing the festival they turned round and thanked us for going into the kitchen at King Tut's and making them soup and baked potatoes when they were playing as a support act and had not been served anything but curled up sandwiches on the rest of the tour.

1997
SATURDAY
12th JULY
BALADO
MAIN STAGE
NME STAGE
SLAM MUZIK TENT
RADIO 1 EVE SESH
The Charlatans
Kula Shaker
Dodgy
Reef
G.U.N.
The Divine Comedy
Republica
Apollo 440
Martin Bennett
Shed Seven
Placebo
Longpigs
Geneva
Sneaker Pimps
Travis
Jimi Tenor
Superstar
Arab Strap
Feeder
Laurent Garnier
Daft Punk
DJ Sneak
Slam (Live)
Andrew Weatherall
Nightmares On Wax
Paul Cawley
Olive
Jon Carter
The Delgados
Symposium
Monaco
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Subcircus
Stereophonics
Grass - Show
Mogwai
Arnold
Radish

1997
SUNDAY
13th JULY
BALADO
MAIN STAGE
NME STAGE
SLAM MUZIK TENT
RADIO 1 EVE SESH
Paul Weller
Ocean Colour Scene
Texas
Bush
Echobelly
Bjorn Again
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Neneh Cherry
The Sirenes
The Sea Horses
Mansun
Gene
Dreadzone
The Supernaturals
Catatonia
Hurricane # 1
Toaster
Rachel Stamp
Cake Like
Carl Cox
Bandulu
Slam DJ's: Stuart McMillan & Orde Meikle
Green Velvet
DJ Deep
Death In Vegas
Global Communications
Gilles Peterson
Beth Orton
Spearhead
Urusei Yatsura
Embrace
Kenickie
AC Acoustics
Speedy
Bennet
Hardbody
Snug
Delta

This was the first year at the new site in Balado with a much larger capacity. We chose the site after investigating a number of options in Scotland. We received a very warm and friendly welcome from the local landowners, council, police and residents and "Balado" & Kinross have now well and truly been put on the map for anyone not already familiar with the area’s natural beauty. Simultaneously, T in the Park very much became the Scottish Festival with audiences starting to come from throughout the country aided by the excellent transport links to Kinross.

The campsite itself has grown from around 2,000 people in 1994 to over 25,0000 – effectively the population of a small city decamping to a field near Perth!

Musically, highlights were Texas, Spearhead, Jimi Tenor, Travis and Fun Lovin' Criminals making their first of many T in the Park appearances. This was the first year of the Slam Tent, where the Slam boys took over the programming of the Dance Tent, making it a more focused entity in itself. Highlights in the tent included Daft Punk, Green Velvet, Death in Vegas, Andy Weatherall and Nightmares in Wax. Bands early in the King Tut's Tent included Stereophonics and Mogwai.

1998
SATURDAY
11th JULY
BALADO
MAIN STAGE
NME STAGE
SLAM TENT
RADIO 1 EVE SESH
Prodigy
The Seahorses
Robbie Williams
Space
Travis
Catatonia
JTQ
Headswim
Ash
Spritualized
Super Furry Animals
Audioweb
Ultrasound
Rialto
Theaudience
Young Offenders
Annie Christian
Darren Emerson
Plastikman
Slam DJ's
Laurent Garnier (Live)
Harri
Carl Craig's
Innerzone Orchestra
DJ Crush
DJ Q
Bentley Rhythm Ace
Lo Fidelity Allstars
Warm Jets
Arab Strap
Montrose Ave
Idlewild
Campag Velocet
Dandys

1998
SUNDAY
12th JULY
BALADO
MAIN STAGE
NME STAGE
SLAM TENT
RADIO 1 EVE SESH
Pulp
Beastie Boys
Garbage
Finley Quaye
James
Stereophonics
Chumbawamba
Alabama 3
Portishead
Ian Brown
Natalie Imbruglia
Bernard Butler
The Aloof
Asian Dub Foundation
The Smiles
Scott 4
Medal
A Tribe Called Quest
Fabio & Grooverider
Propellerheads
DJ Touche
Red Snapper
Monkey Mafia
Phar Out DJ's
Invisible Armies
Cornershop
Fatboy Slim
Symposium
Unbelievable Truth
Money Mark
60ft Dolls
Gomez
Carrie
Regular Fries

The year of the World Cup final saw the advent of a large screen at T in the Park, where fans could watch France's surprising victory, however, the activity on the stages was of more interest to most.

Robbie Williams stole the show with his first official appearance at the event, but other names included Prodigy, Pulp, Beastie Boys, Ian Brown, Portishead, another Australian soap star, Natalie Imbruglia, A Tribe Called Quest, Idlewild and appearances again from Travis and Stereophonics. Fans saw two complete extremes in weather with the Saturday being scorching hot and the Sunday seeing rain for most of the day, however, when Pulp played Common People it certainly lifted everyone's spirits for the finale.

1999
SATURDAY
10th JULY
BALADO
MAIN STAGE
STAGE 2
SLAM TENT
RADIO 1 EVE SESH
Blur
Stereophonics
The Beautiful South
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Faithless
3 Colours Red
The Amphetameanies
Gomez
Shed Seven
Travis
Rae & Christian
Lamb
Regular Fries
Ooberman
The Jengaheads (DJ's)
Boom Boom Mancini
Jeff Mills
Richie Hawtin Aka
Plastikman (Dex, Fx
And A 909)
Luke Slater (Live)
Slam's "Pressure Funk"
Basement Jaxx
DJ Sneak
Stuart Mcmillan
& Orde Meikle
Silicone Soul
Mogwai
Death In Vegas
Bis
The High Fidelity
Chicks
Surreal Madrid
Doves
Rico
Witness

1999
SUNDAY
11th JULY
BALADO
MAIN STAGE
STAGE 2
SLAM TENT
RADIO 1 EVE SESH
Manic Street Preachers
Massive Attack
James
Placebo
Reef
Barenaked Ladies
Eagle Eye Cherry
Remy Zero
Happy Mondays
Bjorn Again
Gay Dad
Everlast
The Saw Doctors
Dot Allison
Younger Younger 28's
Muse
Merz
Fat Boy Slim (DJ)
Carl Cox
Green Velvet (Live)
Cassius (Mix)
Marco Carola
Ian Pooley (Live)
Harri
Roots
Freddy Fresh
Paul Cawley (Fenetik)
Mercury Rev
Idlewild
Delgados
Deus
Darkstar
Indian Ropeman
Stroke
Bellatrix
One Lady Owner

Backstage a furor was caused by the appearance of Robert Carlisle and a posse of photographers and journalists seemed to be constantly following him around, but on the stages the interest revolved around the likes of Blur, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, James, Placebo, Travis, Happy Mondays, Gomez, Jeff Mills, Carl Cox, Fat Boy Slim, Faithless, Fun Lovin' Criminals and some of the acts lower down on the bill included a very colourful and dramatic performance from Basement Jaxx and acts such as Doves and Muse.

The Manic Street Preachers, during what was a memorable and exciting set, thanked King Tut's from the Main Stage for being the first venue that give them hot food on tour.

2000
SATURDAY
8th JULY
BALADO
MAIN STAGE
STAGE 2
SLAM TENT
KING TUT'S TENT
Moby
Ocean Colour Scene
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Gomez
The Blue Tones
All Saints
Feeder
Lynden David Hall
David Gray
Beth Orton
Morcheeba
The Wannadies
Doves
My Vitriol
At the Drive In
Aereogramme
LSK
DJ Sneak & Gene Farris
Vs Roger Sanchez
& Junior Sanchez
Derrick May
Tom Middleton
Funk D'Void
Rolando (UR)
Kevin Saunderson
Moloko
Badly Drawn Boy
Toploader
Dum Dums
Looper
Crashland
Hobotalk
King Adora
It's Jo and Danny

2000
SUNDAY
9th JULY
BALADO
MAIN STAGE
STAGE 2
SLAM TENT
KING TUT'S TENT
Travis
Macy Gray
Supergrass
Iggy Pop
Idlewild
Lulu
Bootleg Beatles
The Clint Boon Experience
David Holmes (DJ)
Embrace
Muse
Groove Armada
Dark Star
JJ72
Day One
Manchild
Dara
Carl Cox & Jim Masters vs Slam (Stuart McMillan
& Orde Meikle)
Leftfield
Darren Emerson
Andrew Weatherall
Death In Vegas
James Lavelle
Universal Principles
(feat. Stuart McMillan / Nick Peacock / Glen Gibbons)
Flaming Lips
Les Rythmes
Digitales
Blackalicious
A
Coldplay
Urusei Yatsura
Soulwax
Justin Lewis
Orchestra
The Boho Sub Band

This was the year Travis closed the event and a chapter of the ultimate success story - having played the first event without a record deal then going on to subsequently headline the Main Stage.

Moby's appearance was breathtaking being booked to headline Stage 2 and ultimately closing the Main Stage. There was strength and depth across all of the stages with an until recently unknown guy opening the Main Stage called David Gray, who by July last year had already started becoming a household name. Iggy Pop rocked the Main Stage preceded by the young pretenders to his crown - the very lively and impressive Idlewild.

In the Slam Tent, in addition to Leftfield and Death In Vegas, there were the unique introduction of the four deck challenges of Carl Cox and Jim Morrison vs. Slam, and DJ Sneak and Gene Farris vs. the S Men - Roger Sanchez and Junior Sanchez.

Additional glamour was provided courtesy of Macy Gray and Glasgow's favourite grandmother, Lulu, and the last Scottish appearance of All Saints – watched from the side of the stage by Huey & Fast of FLC.

Two other relatively unknown acts at the time in the King Tut's Tent were Coldplay and Toploader, which shows that you really should pay attention to the bands in the tents early in the day, as they often become the headliners of future years. Stage Two for instance at 3pm on each day had At The Drive In and JJ72 respectively.