T in the Park 2014


T in the Park 2014 was a three-day music festival which took place between 10–13 July 2014 in Balado, Kinross, the 21st festival since it was founded in 1994. It was the last T in the Park festival to be held in Balado as it will be moved to Strathallan Castle for T in the Park 2015. Arctic Monkeys were the first to be announced on 19 November 2013 as a headliner act. For the first time the Saturday night entertainment was extended by an hour to finish at 1 am.
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Tickets

A limited number of 'Early Bird' tickets for T in the Park went on sale at 9AM Friday 19 July at 2013 prices, with a £50 deposit required to secure a ticket. The tickets were priced as follows:
  • Full weekend camping ticket – Cost: £194
  • Full weekend access ticket with Thursday camping – Cost: £205
  • Weekend access ticket with no camping – Cost: £184
The £50 deposit scheme gave the customer the option to break up the ticket payment into three instalments. The payment break up depended on which ticket type is chosen. The breakups for the tickets were as follows:
Weekend Camping Ticket
  • Initial payment – £50
  • Payment due before 1 November – £72
  • Payment due before 1 February – £72
Thursday Weekend Camping Ticket
  • Initial payment – £50
  • Payment due before 1 November – £77.50
  • Payment due before 1 February – £77.50
Non-camping Weekend Ticket
  • Initial payment – £50
  • Payment due before 1 November – £62
  • Payment due before 1 February – £62
If the second or third instalments were not paid the £50 deposit was lost along with the booking fee and the reservation of the ticket.
In addition to the aforementioned offers, there were also combined ticket and bus options available.

Line-up

The headliner acts for 2014 were announced as Biffy Clyro, Calvin Harris and Arctic Monkeys.

Incidents

The number of arrests in 2014 fell to 52, which was significantly less than 2013 where there was 91 arrests.

Reception

Most festival-goers were happy with conditions at the festival, and remarked positively on the strength and variety of the headliners.

New location

In 2015, the festival was relocated to Strathallan Castle.
This was due to a section of the festival grounds being situated over the Fortes Pipeline, causing the Health and Safety Executive to request for the festival to be relocated away from its current site at Balado. According to HSE, an accident could result in a large number of casualties and people receiving ''a dangerous dose of thermal radiation.''