TRNSMT music festival off to sizzling start – MASHAHER

It was sunshine and blue skies for the opening day of Scotland’s biggest music festival.

About 50,000 attended TRNSMT festival on Friday, headlined by Liam Gallacher.

Music fans basked in the sunshine at Glasgow Green and watch artists such as Garbage, Sugababes and even a secret set by Scottish rockers Travis.

Acts such as Calvin Harris, Natasha Bedingfield and Gerry Cinnamon will also perform in the coming days.

Fans were not the only ones enamoured with the clear skies and high energy of the crowds.

Sugababes told BBC News their TRNSMT experience had been “just as much fun” as their recent stint at Glastonbury.

Performing in their original line-up, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy were in such high demand at the Somerset festival that organisers had to shut off their stage.

Keisha said the reunited band were “immensely grateful” to get such a positive reaction in Glasgow.

Later in the day, Garbage were left bemused at the end of their set after someone appeared to wander onstage from behind the scenes.

A visibly annoyed Shirley Manson was heard repeatedly asking – using a number of expletives – who the man was after noticing him apparently setting up gear during the band’s closing number of Push It.

The singer, draped in tartan, then loudly exclaimed over the microphone before thanking the group’s fans, who had watched a set that included hits like Stupid Girl and I’m Only Happy When It Rains.