T in the park will never come back

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The organizer of T in the Park told Newsbeat that the event would never come back.

"It was an amazing festival, but it was going on," Geoff Ellis said.

T in the Park, which was the largest festival in Scotland, last rolled out in 2016 before being suspended the following year due to difficulties encountered on a new site.

"Everyone liked T and we all had a lot of fun doing it," says Geoff.

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Geoff Ellis spoke before this year's TRNSMT festival, which is now in its third year and is hosted by its company, DF Concerts.

It has long been speculated that TRNSMT was replacing T in the park, but the long-term future of the event has never been confirmed.

"You can always look carefully at the past," says Geoff Ellis.

"It was really the third major festival in the UK We have great memories … we will always have them, as well as everyone who grew up with them."

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The first three editions of T in the Park took place at Strathclyde Park, near Hamilton in Lanarkshire, before settling in Balado, Perth and Kinross.

He stayed there until 2015, when the festival was transferred to Strathallan after "substantial" concerns were voiced about an oil pipeline located under the site.

The promoters stated that this led to the "persistence of restrictions", which had a "negative impact" on festival-goers.

The 2015 event drew the largest number of complaints and negative comments in the history of the park, with "significant traffic congestion" highlighted.

Two teenagers died at the 2016 festival in separate incidents, while witnesses reported fights and drug use in the campground.

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After putting the event to rest, Geoff Ellis said: "For us, it's all about TRNSMT".

"Things are moving forward and we continue to create.

"The festival scene is really healthy these days and it's good to stay among them."