THE finishing touches to the TRNSMT site were being made today.

Glasgow Green was coming together as organisers were prepping the Main Stage, where some of the biggest names in music will be playing over the weekend.

Festival boss Geoff Ellis said 50,000 people were expected to walk through the gates.

“We’re pretty much sold out now for Friday and Saturday and completely sold out on Sunday”, said Geoff.

“It’ll be easier to get a ticket for the Wimbledon final than it will be for the Sunday of TRNSMT”.

Gearing up to host headline acts in front of the People’s Palace, hundreds were working to assemble the festival site for its third year in the legendary Glasgow Green.

Opening TRNSMT’s Main Stage Friday is Gus Dapperton and Mabel, with Years & Years, Gerry Cinnamon and Glastonbury favourite, Stormzy.

Saturday will see Catfish & the Bottlemen, Bastille and Sam Fender and headlining on Sunday is George Ezra, Emeli Sande and Glasgow favourite, Lewis Capaldi.

TRNSMT boss Geoff said it would be hard to pick a highlight.

He said: “It’s hard to pick one because there are so many great acts.

“Stormzy and Gerry Cinnamon are arguably two of the most important people’s poets of the current generation, they’re going to be fantastic.

“Stormzy was amazing at Glastonbury. It’s really going to kick off when they’re on stage. What’s not to like, really?”

Accompanying the main TRNSMT stage is the King Tut’s Stage and Smirnoff Stage, as well as a new addition, Queen Tut’s.

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The site represents the new initiatives that TRNSMT are striving for this year, including addressing the gender imbalance in the music industry, making the festival as eco-friendly as possible and encouraging young people in Glasgow to engage with music.

In a move to better showcase new female artists and bands that are at a grassroots level like Lauren Spiteri and ST MARTiiNS, the new Queen Tut’s stage is TRNSMT’s vow to reduce the ‘gender gap’ in the music industry.

“For us, that’s our way of giving a bit of a platform to some fledgeling female acts, who probably wouldn’t be playing the festival otherwise,” Geoff said.

“It’s unashamedly for female artists or artists who are female in their make-up. Hopefully, it’ll encourage more acts to keep together when they see they have a festival opportunity.

“There are far less female bands and artists than are males, that’s a fact.

“How do we change that? Encourage more young females to pick up a guitar, start writing songs and become DJs. If we can do that, we’ve done our little bit.”

This year the festival will be doing their charitable bit too, by working with local schools and the Glasgow City Council to encourage young people to start playing music.

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“We’ve donated some guitars to local schools, and the council are going to match that with music teachers. That will benefit all young people, boys and girls.

“If we can get young people at a young age playing music, then hopefully we’ll have more of the future Emeli Sande’s, Lewis Capaldi’s and Paolo Nutini’s”, said Geoff.

Alongside the four stages, festival goers will be spoilt for choice with reams of different food stands and bar tents.

Onsite there are charging points and cash machines, as well as the new ‘Cup Deposit’ to encourage revellers to keep our dear green place as green as possible.

Committing to Live Nation’s Green Nation charter this year and aiming to completely remove single-use plastics at the event by 2021, all cups, food containers and cutlery onsite will be made of paper, wood or biodegradable materials.

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TRNSMT goers can bring empty 500ml bottles to top up via the water taps on site and can even make money from collecting cups to be recycled.

For Geoff, however, the audience and their arrival through the main gates is what it’s all about.

“The audience is the most important people of the day tomorrow”, he said.

“The team have done a fantastic job, putting the finishing touches on.

“At the end of the night, the after-party is Glasgow city centre. Last year after TRNSMT, the city was buzzing and this year we can expect to see that too.

“The weather is looking good too – it’s all stacking up to be a very memorable TRSNMT.”