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T In The Park headliners confirmed

Snow Patrol, Kasabian and The Stone Roses have been named as this year's T In The Park headliners.

Thousands of music fans are expected to flock to Balado, near Kinross, for the 18th annual festival in July.

Twenty more acts have been added to the line-up, including New Order, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Twin Atlantic, Jessie J and Brits Critics' Choice winner Emeli Sande, with more still to be named.

The announcement comes less than a week before the event's final batch of tickets are sold, at 9am next Wednesday.

With a capacity of 85,000 people a day, T In The Park is said to be more populated than any city centre in Scotland.

Geoff Ellis, festival director, said: "It's one of the strongest launches we've had and it's a very diverse line-up. It's important to have something for everyone because we're a very small country, and to sell 85,000 tickets has us on a par with the biggest festivals worldwide.

"If we were too one-dimensional we wouldn't be selling 85,000 tickets but if you're not a fan of pop you don't need to go and see any pop acts. If you're not a fan of dance music you can go and see guitar bands. I think because we have so many stages it does give us the ability to have lots of different bands playing over the weekend."

The "unique spirit" of the T In The Park audience sets it aside from any other festival in the UK, he insisted.

"The passion and the excitement of the audience is not something that's seen elsewhere, and I mean that worldwide. I've been to festivals in loads of different countries and they don't have the energy and the passion that the T In The Park audience has every year."

Source: music.uk.msn.com
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