Live At Loch Lomond 2008
Live At Loch Lomond 2008

Colours for Loch & Roll presented the first ever Live at Loch Lomond event, which was a huge success. It was our intention to introduce a new festival to the West coast of Scotland, with Loch Lomond an ideal location being situated15 minutes from Glasgow City Centre, and only 1 hours drive from 90% of Scotland’s population.

Over 30,000 revellers over 2 days attended, this was the biggest audience out of the 4 new festivals that launched in Scotland in 2007.

The picturesque site on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond and inside Scotland first National Park hosted the following stages:

Main Stage headlined by Faithless, Feeder, Dirty Pretty Things, Calvin Harris, Supergrass The Bluetones, and Aim.

Dance Tent with a 3,000 capacity headlined by Carl Cox, David Guetta, Pete Tong and Darren Emerson.

New Band Tent with a 1,500 capacity showcasing Tiny Dancers, New York Fund, The Law, Cosmic Rough Riders and The Hedrons.

Rock DJ Tent with a 1,500 capacity hosted by Wasted Little DJ’s with exclusive DJ sets by The View, Bez, Ocean Colour Scene, Babyshambles and Embrace.

Hacidena Classics/Death Disco Tent with a capacity of 1,500 headlined by Erol Alkan, Shit Disco (Live), Peter Hook, Manni and A Guy Called Gerald (live).

VIP Tent/Area with a capacity of 800 which looked onto the picturesque Loch Lomond Shore

Sponsors of the event: WKD, Carlsberg, Malibu, Irn Bru32, Herlunji Cider.

Media/Broadcast Partners: Sunday Mail, Clyde 1, M8 Magazine, XFM, STV, Channel 4’s T4.

Live At Loch Lomond' 07 Artists / Media Quotes

"Live at Loch Lomond was fantastic. We were delighted when we were asked to headline on the Sunday and as usual the Scottish crowd were superb"
Sister Bliss from Faithless

"We had such a great time at the event. Travelling by speed boat from our hotel to the site was great fun and was a good way to arrive. Once we were on stage it was amazing, the crowd were brilliant and there was a fantastic atmosphere. We're delighted to have played the first ever Live at Loch Lomond and hope to return again soon."
Grant from Feeder

"It's a wonderful scenic location, with great production and set up with a fantastic crowd"
Paul Oakenfold

"Alexa and Rick from T4 had a great time at the inaugural Live at Loch
Lomond music festival and will definitely be looking at returning next year. The production team are planning next year's summer festival filming schedule in Spring and will confirm if they will return then".
T4

Live At Loch Lomond was the most exciting addition to the UK's festival calendar in 2007 and shows incredible promise for the future.
With a wonderful location and great compact, welcoming feel the event won rave reviews from fans and press alike.

Pulling together an incredible line-up for a debut, untested event, LALL was a huge hit with all the acts – many of whom pledged to return.
Personally I found it the best festival of the summer for a number of
reasons: the location was perfect, the intimacy was great and there was a real sense of excitement at such a major new event coming to the area.”
Mickey McMonagle from Sunday Mail

“The Loch Lomond festival was a great addition to the festival season,
presenting one of the most dynamic, fresh and exciting bills of the summer. The mix of dance and rock whipped the crowd u, creating a feel good atmosphere. If you're a music fan you'll have to be at the next one.”
Stuart Barrie from Xfm

"The first festival of hopefully many at Loch Lomond. Really had a great time. Great work"
Paul Saunders from Radio Clyde

"Loch Lomond was one of the highlights of my summer. It might not be the biggest festival, but the tent I played in was definitely one of the best! Scottish people really love their music and sure know how to have a good time!"
David Guetta

"We had a great day out, Great new festival"
Dirty Pretty Things

"Live at Loch Lomond – undoubtedly the phattest new multi-genre music festival in Scotland! Showcasing the industry’s finest live acts and DJs in one of the world’s most stunning locations, this festival was always destined to rock! Excellent promoter, wicked weekend, M8 will be on the grassy dance-floor championing Live at Loch Lomond every single year that it runs!"
Euan MacLeod from M8 magazine

“Possibly the best weekend we have ever had! Thank you so much to everyone behind the scenes it is an amazing new festival. We made some new friends and have a load of new crazy Scottish fans, hopefully see you next year!”
Devils Gun

"Fucking loved it. The tent was steaming...I'd do it again in a heartbeat"
Danny McNamara from Embrace

"A great new festival, that feels a lot bigger than it is! Thanks to the
awesome Scottish crowd, you gave us a great time, and we'd love to come again!"
Thirteen Senses

It’s easy to see from the above that Live At Loch Lomond 2007 was a rip roaring success and it couldn’t have gone any better. Roll on Live At Loch Lomond 08!

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