Music fans set to rock on

the three-day event got going, Scots star KT Tunstall and Welsh rockers Stereophonics both played storming sets on the main stage.[>

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More than 85,000 revellers defied the looming rain clouds, arriving in sunglasses, sunhats and wearing brightly coloured wellies.[>

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Others dressed up in outlandish outfits, including one man dressed as Elvis with a ’high vis’ jacket and cowboy boots. [>

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And the jubilant fans were rewarded with a spectacular night of music, as Wigan rockers the Verve had the massive crowd chanting as they rounded off the first night finale.[>

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Earlier the narrow country roads around the festival site at Balado, Kinrosshire, were filled with a massive convoy of cars, buses and campervans.[>

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They turned 14 fields into giant car parks as the main area filled with revellers.[>

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The queue of revellers to enter the tented city, snaked for over a mile around the site.[>

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Music fans pulled sledges, golf buggies, shopping trollies, wheel, barrows and one even wrestled with a wheelie bin, as, laden with tents, sleeping bags and beer they prepared to pitch camp.[>

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Whole families carried camping chairs, tents and inflatable lilos ready to make the festival their home for a the weeekend.[>

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And, as the sun went down, the fans danced the night away, with bars serving around 700 pints of lager each minute.[>

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Abbie Lesley, 20, a student from Aberdeen, was looking forward to headline act and T in the Park veterans REM on Sunday.[>

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She said: “The weather doesn’t matter, it’s going to be a great weekend. We just want to see the Pidgeon Detectives, Kaiser Chiefs and REM.”[>

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Forecasters had warned campers faced a muddy weekend when they arrived yesterday morning.[>

But as the day wore on, and the crowds built, the weather held and there was a carnival atmosphere across the srawling site.[>

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Dance music masters the Chemical Brothers kept the Radio 1 NME Stage crowd warm, despite the chilly temperatures of 13 degrees.[>

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And indie favourites the Futureheads turned in a storming set in King Tut’s Wah Wah Tent. [>

Today, US band Rage Against the Macine, Scots favourites the Fratellis and the Kooks will take to the main stage.[>

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The Kaiser Chiefs, Raconteurs and former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown are among the eagerly awaited acts for Saturday. [>

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Yesterday, organisers’ DF Concerts’ new traffic plans appeared to have solved many of the problems that marred last year’s pop festival.[>

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The Glasgow airport terror attack and torrential rain combined to create 12-mile tailbacks for festival-goers.[>

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Around 6,000 campers arrived early on Thursday, easing congestion yesterday morning.[>

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Police said there were few arrests, with the party atmosphere being enjoyed by the crowds.[>

A spokeswoman for Tayside Police said at teatime: “There have only been two arrests since the gates opened on Thursday.[>

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“We had one theft from the campsite and a drunk and disorderly arrest.[>

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“There are no problems with the traffic, and everyone seems to having a great time.”[>