Radiohead and Kasabian announced as first headliners for new Glasgow festival TRNSMT

Radiohead and Kasabian have been announced as the first headliners for the brand new TRNSMT festival.

The British bands will both perform at the first edition of the Glasgow festival in July, alongside Biffy Clyro and The 1975.

Radiohead, who are also headlining this year’s Glastonbury, will take to the main stage on Friday July 7, with Kasabian on July 8 and Biffy Clyro on July 9.

Other acts on the line-up include Belle & Sebastian, Rag N’ Bone Man, Blossoms, Two Door Cinema Club, Geroge Ezra, London Grammar and The Kooks.

The new festival has been launched by T In The Park festival organisers, taking over its slot during its hiatus.

In November last year is was announced that T in the Park would be ‘taking a break’ after it was dogged with problems following its move to Strathallan Castle from Balado in 2015.

The news was announced in a statement addressed to "the best audience in the world” and informed fans that organisers will take a year out to “try to resolve the issues so that we can once again deliver the kind of camping festival you are used to and deserve”.

But organisers have now said that TRNSMT is ‘no replacement’ for T, telling NME:

“We’re not a camping festival, it’s a city-centre event, that’s how we wanted to position it,” said DF Concerts boss Geoff Ellis.

“It will be a huge economic boost to Glasgow. People will be taking in Glasgow bars and restaurants, hotels and nightclubs as well.”

If the first festival proves successful, organisers say that they are keen to make it an annual event.

“It would be wonderful to come back on an annual basis, not necessarily on this specific weekend, because traditionally it is the T In The Park weekend, so we’d probably look at changing the dates going forward,” said Ellis.