Colplay take T in the park

Pictures from the festival

Coldplay will be bringing the curtain down on Scotland's biggest music festival which was celebrating its 10th anniversary.

The Grammy award winners will take to the main stage of T in the Park as the headline act, three years after they made their debut at Balado, near Kinross.

US supergroup REM were the main attraction yesterday as 55,000 fans converged on a disused air field.

The rock giants took to the main stage as the sun was setting on the country's biggest music bash.

Singer Michael Stipe told the 55,000 crowd: "We are REM. This is what we do," before launching into Finest Work Song, from one of their early albums, Document.

Rousing reception

The group then played another two songs from their back catalogue, Get Up and Begin The Begin, before playing Imitation of Life from their most recent album Reveal.

The revellers gave the band a rousing reception and waved saltire flags and a variety of inflatables during the performance.

The band last appeared north of the border when they played at Stirling Castle in 1999.

The event sold out in record time

More than 120 acts will perform across nine stages over the weekend before Coldplay close the festival.

The band played in one of the festival tents in 2000 and appeared on the main stage the following year.

Speculation has been mounting as to whether Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's fiancée, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, will attend T in the Park.

But while Holywood glamour is not guaranteed, Holyrood will be represented with Scotland's First Minister Jack McConnell expected to attend.

Pop favourites the Sugababes, Liverpudlian newcomers The Coral, Welsh band Feeder and indie veterans The Charlatans were also appearing on the main stage today.

Tayside Police yesterday praised the crowd for their good behaviour and said there had only been nine arrests for minor offences since fans started arriving at the campsite on Friday.

The 110,000 sell-out event was first held at Strathclyde Country Park, Lanarkshire in 1994 and moved to its current home three years later.