T in the Park T in the Park festival was a major Scottish music festival that was held annually from 1994 to 2016. It was named after its main sponsor, Tennents. The event was held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire, until 1996. It then moved to the disused B ...

2011 was a three-day music festival which took place from 8–10 July 2011 in Balado,

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, The total crowd for this gig was 59,674. The eighteenth event to take place. The full line up was revealed in February 2011:

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, Beyoncé and Foo Fighters were revealed as the headliners.

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were confirmed but cancelled as they were unable to produce their new album in time for their European tour. Christmas 'early bird' tickets were released on 3 December 2010, selling out in under 24 hours. A previous 'early bird' batch was released on 15 July.

Tickets

Similar to previous years, early-bird tickets were released within days of the conclusion of the 2010 event, on 15 July 2010. Tickets remained on sale until the following Sunday. A further '

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sale' took place from 3 December 2010, with tickets made available at 2010 festival ticket prices. It was confirmed on 3 December 2010 that early-bird tickets had sold out. The final batch of tickets went on sale on Friday 25 February 2011 and sold out in under an hour.

Line-up

The line-up was billed to include 180 artists across eleven stages.

References

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