Top 8 Acts to see on Friday at T In The Park 2015

The Cribs – Main Stage One of the most surprising placements on the Friday this year sees Wakefield heroes The Cribs take to the Main Stage for the first time. As the finest band playing all day this is no doubt deserved but surprising nonetheless. The band recently brought out their sixth album ‘For All My Sisters’, playing some riotous intimate shows and in-store appearances which I was lucky to be able to attend. They may not have a had a big hit single in a few years but they’re bound to put in one of the performances of the weekend. Key Tracks: Be Safe, Mirror Kissers, Our Bovine Public The Wombats – Main Stage On after The Cribs on Main Stage this has the potential to be one of the best back-to-back pairings of the weekend. The Liverpudlians’ first time to T In The Park in 7 years sees them touring their third album ‘Glitterbug’ which continues the strong form set by their earlier work. Having seen them in the Barrowlands in April its safe to say the band will put on an entertaining show to a deserved Main Stage crowd. Key Tracks: Techno Fan, The English Summer, Kill The Director Kasabian – Main Stage Kasabian need no introduction, it will be their third time headlining T In The Park in the last five years. But that shouldn’t take away from the fact that they will put on one of the performances of the weekend. Their fifth album ’48:13′ included some of their best ever work such as ‘Eez-Eh’ and ‘Bumblebee’, which should be an explosive opener for their headline set. Their set at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Glasgow last year was the best I saw all weekend so I’m looking forward to seeing them do it again this year. Key Tracks: Eez-Eh, Bumblebee, Re-Wired The War On Drugs – Radio 1 Stage The most surprising booking of the weekend, surpassing even The Cribs on Main Stage, is seeing The War On Drugs sub headlining the Radio 1 Stage to David Guetta. It’s hard to imagine two acts further apart on the bill in terms of their ethos. The War On Drugs’ ‘Lost In The Dream’ album gained them huge critical respect last year and for a lot of people, myself included, this will be the first chance to see the band as they bring their National-esque style to T In The Park Key Tracks: Eyes To The Wind, Under The Pressure, Red Eyes Lonely The Brave – T Break Stage One of the smallest bands playing on the Friday this year are also one of the most exciting. There’s a lack of real rock music on this year’s line up but Lonely The Brave will deliver that to the T Break Stage. Having just released last year’s ‘The Day’s War’ the band have an expanded repertoire to draw from now and I will be doing my best to get along to the tent to see them for the first time before they really take off. Grant Nicholas – T Break Stage It’s hard to believe the frontman of Feeder is stuck down in the bottom half of the T Break Stage but Grant Nicholas should be well worth checking out if his solo music so far is anything to judge by. Feeder were due to play T In The Park in 2012 but unfortunately pulled out so it would be great to see Grant in action in such an intimate setting this year. Key Tracks: Soul Mates, Black Clouds, Everyday Society Hozier – Main Stage Hozier had one of the biggest hits of 2014 with ‘Take Me To Church’, a song that was so unavoidable that it put me off him for a long time. Then I heard ‘Someone New’ and was brought back around, he’s bound to have some huge sing-along for these on the Main Stage and will be looking to impress live as he did on his breakthrough appearance on ‘Later With Jools Holland’ last year. Key Tracks: Someone New, Angel Of Small Death & The Codeine Scene, Take Me To Church The Twilight Sad – King Tut’s Wah Wah Tent There are relatively few Scottish bands on the Friday this year but I would say The Twilight Sad are the pick of the bunch. The band released their fourth album ‘Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants to Leave’ last year and are still riding high on the reception this received. Sadly the band are likely to clash with The Cribs but if you’d rather check out the tent rather than the Main Stage I would recommend them. Key Tracks: That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy, Cold Days From The Birdhouse, I Became A Prostitute