Scotland’s biggest musical festival starts on the same day as Scotland play their second match of the World Cup – the first they have qualified for in 28 years.
TRNSMT could change its stage times at next year’s festival so people can watch Scotland at the World Cup. The country’s most popular music festival opens on June 19 – the same day Scotland play at the huge competition in North America.
The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft is set to headline the first day of the weekend music extravaganza. However, the Scotland national team play Morocco in their second match of the much-anticipated tournament at 11pm that night, UK time.
That time is TRNSMT’s normal curfew, with the headliner typically taking to the stage from around 9.30pm-11pm. DF Concerts boss Geoff Ellis has now said all options are being considered to give fans time to watch the match.
The tournament is the first time Scotland have played at the World Cup in 28 years. Mr Ellis, the festival director, told the BBC: “Obviously it’s very early days as the World Cup and TRNSMT are still over six months away.
“As you would expect there is flexibility in timings and we will be ensuring that music fans can enjoy the TRNSMT line up as well as watching Scotland’s second game on the road to bringing the World Cup home to the birthplace of football.”
It is believed festival promoters are exploring the possibility of showing the game at Glasgow Green once the music has finished for the day, with a source close to TRNSMT saying organisers were thinking hard about the prospect.
TRNSMT is taking place earlier than usual next year, having been brought forward by a few weeks from its normal mid-July slot. Other acts playing on the Friday include Wolf Alice, Nile Rodgers and the Beta Band.
Scotland scored two dramatic stoppage-time goals to beat 10-man Denmark 4-2 at Hampden Park in November to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1998. They were drawn against Brazil, Morocco and Haiti.
They will kick off their tournament against Haiti on June 14 before playing Morocco five days later. The final group game for manager Steve Clarke and his team will be against Brazil on June 24.
An estimated 20,000 Scotland fans are expected to travel to the States next summer and thousands have already booked their travel plans, despite the potentially sky-high prices.
