A very busy weekend festivals wise. The flagship event of the weekend here in the UK was, of course, T in the Park that once gain took over the Balado site in Kinross. Lots of positive words flowing out of the T in the Park site all weekend, with the Darkness reportedly putting on a very fine performance having taken over the Saturday headline slot from the recuperating David Bowie. The Libertines (back on stage, albeit without Pete Doherty), Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes and the Scissor Sisters all put on storming sets, the latter providing some extra entertainment when frontman Jake Shears' homemade tartan toga fell off during his curtain call - having already removed his pants that left him a little exposed in the Scottish sunshine.
Also onsite this year was the NME Signing Tent, giving fans the opportunity to get their programmes, wellies, clothes, bodies, whatever, signed by the bands performing at the festival. NME marketing man Nick New reports: "It's been awesome, we have had queues of up to 3,000 people waiting to meet the bands. The most popular band has been the Libertines, they had some very emotional fans. Many of them were screaming, they were all getting things signed - wellies, flags, clothes, faces - and lots of other body parts. The local crowd went nuts for Snow Patrol, there was around 2,000 people here for them."