T in the Park line up announced

by Kev Geoghegan
Radio 1 music reporter

The Verve, Rage Against The Machine and REM have all been announced to headline this year's T in the Park in Scotland.

The line-up so far

The festival is being held at Balado in Kinross-shire between 11-13 July.

Other bands who will play over the three days include Kings of Leon, The Fratellis, Kaiser Chiefs, and Stereophonics.

The Verve and KOL have already been confirmed to headline Glastonbury, alongside Jay-Z in June.

It's a return to T for Rage Against The Machine - who played the very first event in Strathclyde Park in 1994.

A host of Scottish talent will be on show, including The Fratellis, KT Tunstall, newcomers Sergeant and Biffy Clyro. James from the band told Newsbeat the band are looking farward to it.

He said: "It's really exciting to be involved again. We've played there loads of times and it's great to be back again.

"I love Rage Against The Machine. The organisers have done really well, they've got some great bands."

Tickets for sale

Compared with just 2000 campers 15 years ago, 60,000 music fans are expected to create Scotland's 5th largest temporary town.

For the first time, a limited number of campers have permission to pitch tents a day early on 10 July.

The first batch of around 40,000 'early bird' tickets sold out in less than 70 minutes.

The rest go on sale 16 February at 9am.