Babyshambles join T in the Park line-up

Echo & The Bunnymen, Julian Casablancas, Ash, Airbourne, Babyshambles, Chapel Club, Example, General Fiasco, Hurts, Laura Marling, Mystery Jets, The Drums and Tricky join the 2010 bill.

T in the Park has lined up three special "guests of honour" to headline the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Futures Stage this year. These much admired and accomplished acts have no doubt inspired many of the acts that share the bill with them this year.

Headlining the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Futures Stage on Friday 9th July is Echo & The Bunnymen. Lead by iconic and sharp-witted frontman Ian McCulloch, the band released their debut album three decades ago. Their last album, 'The Fountain', was released in 2009 and confirmed the genius edge so loved by critics and fans alike hasn't diminished in the slightest. Headlining on Saturday 10th July is Julian Casablancas who returns to T in the Park on a solo mission this time. Expectation was high when Casablancas released his debut offering on his own but 'Phrazes For The Young' did not disappoint and proved yet again that this songwriter is one of the most influential of his generation. Currently at letter N in their 'A-Z Series' of songs when a single is released every fortnight for 12 months from October 2009, Ash will headline the stage on Sunday 11th July. This punk-pop trio began bombarding the charts when they were still at secondary school and have an enviable canon of work to draw on for their set in Balado this July.

Alongside this illustrious hat-trick of honorary performers, DF Concerts and Tennent's Lager are pleased to reveal the following array of gems for the 2010 bill:

Aussie rebels Airbourne are planning to rock the Radio 1/NME Stage crowd hard on the Sunday at T in the Park this year with their unadulterated and very loud straight-up rock and roll. Also gracing the same stage on the Sunday, fronted by the inimitable Peter Doherty, is Babyshambles who return to Balado for the second time.

Chapel Club spent most of March holed up in the studio alongside producer with the Midas touch, Paul Epworth. Releasing just their second single, and the first fruits of their work with Epworth, in May, Chapel Club make their T in the Park debut this July. British rap artist Example will release his second album this summer. Razor sharp raps still intact, but now with a strong stream of high-end pop running through it, this artist is intent in bringing massive tunes to Balado.

General Fiasco made their T in the Park debut on the T Break Stage in 2009 and return this year to play the King Tuts Wah Wah Tent on Saturday 10th July. The young indie rock outfit from Northern Ireland exude infectious adolescent rock brilliance. Enigmatic Manchester electro duo Hurts found their name scribbled on many tips for 2010 lists. About to take their stylish aesthetic and melancholic electro-indie-pop on the road for the NME Radar Tour 2010, they will make their T in the Park debut this summer.

The remarkable songwriting talent Laura Marling is currently on tour in the UK in support of her recently released second album 'I Speak Because I Can'. Also making her T in the Park debut, the singer's beautiful voice will no doubt ring clear and bright over the crowds of Balado. Such fans of Marling's singing they invited her to guest on the outstanding single 'Young Love' from their second album 'Twenty One', Mystery Jets cut a quirky line in original, jangly indie-pop and join their peer on the T in the Park bill for the first time.

NYC-based quartet The Drums are one of the most talked about new bands around and look set to make good on their promise and make 2010 their own. Crowned winners of the Philip Hall Radar Award at the NME Awards in February, their summer-infused debut album will be released this June. 15 years since he released one of the most significant albums of the 1990's, 'Maxinquaye', Tricky returns to T in the Park for the fifth time. In 2010 the multi-talented artist will take to the stage in the Slam Tent to blow the audience away with his unique lyrical style.

T in the Park takes place in Balado, Kinross-shire from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th July. The cheers of 85,000 of the greatest music fans in the world generate the passionate heart beat of Scotland's leading festival while the world's greatest music artists bring the soul…and the rock and the roll!

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