TRNSMT headliner Gerry Cinnamon hails ‘beautiful chaos’ as he performs to 50,000 Glasgow fans

GERRY Cinnamon ensured TRNSMT was an absolute hit for 50,000 local fans with a blistering headline set.

The 39-year-old local hero told music lovers attending the second day of the festival: “Beautiful chaos, that’s how we do it in Glasgow.

“We look out for each other.”

And his blistering show on the town green – five years after his last appearance at Scotland’s top festival – sent the crowd into a frenzy.

The down-to-earth singer-songwriter from Castlemilk — famous for his independence after rejecting a record seal — took the stage wearing a Peaky Blinders-style cap.

Fans had already seen his protégé Dylan John Thomas, 27 — hailed as an inspiration after growing up in foster care before releasing a Top 40 album — take the spotlight on the main stage.

Superfan Kelly Ross was left emotional two years after attending one of Cinnamon’s record-breaking back-to-back shows at Hampden Park.

NHS Worker Kelly, 38, from Leven, Fife, attended with her carpet fitter son Conner, 18. She said: “We saw Gerry at Hampden and he was amazing.

“It was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Dylan has been a huge inspiration to my son who is going through a tough time. We were looking forward to seeing him together.”

“We have many other fantastic national acts.

“It’s all enjoyable music that represents Scottish culture brilliantly.”

Fan Courtney Doyle, 25, couldn’t wait to see her hero perform live for the first time yesterday. She admitted: “I love Gerry Cinnamon. I’ve never seen him before, although I know all his songs and one in particular — Belter — as my ex used to say, that reminded him of me.”

O star — real name Gerard Crosbie — put in the kind of performance that showed why he has amassed a £4.5m fortune in the past year.

The Courteeners had the unenviable task of taking the stage before him.

They did history last year, when a re-released version of debut album St Jude finally reached number one 15 years later — beating the likes of Taylor Swift and SZA to the top spot.

And the Manchester indie trio’s enduring popularity remained clear as the crowd sang along to their hits.

The lads, led by singer Liam Fray, swapped places with headliner Cinnamon six years after he was their support act at the city’s OVO Hydro.

And Glasgowian protégé Dylan delighted festival-goers by performing a surprise Abba cover Mamma Mia. Glasgow’s Dylan also had to ignore technical difficulties – admitting he couldn’t hear himself for much of the show.

There were no such problems for singer Rick Astley, who went back in time with a set packed with hits.

The 57-year-old hero of Never Gonna Give You Up has caused widespread outrage.

Liam Gallagher thrilled Britpop fans on Friday night with a set packed with pop anthems. Oasis premiere Definitely Maybe.

And there was another dose of nostalgia from 2000s favourite Natasha Bedingfield, 42, who treated the crowd to a cover of Coldplay’s The Scientist – and demanded Lewis Capaldi write a song for her.

She saluted the beloved Scottish star, who has taken a break from performing due to mental health issues. health questions, before a version of their big hit Someone You Loved.

Natasha, whose popularity was reignited last year after her hit Unwritten was featured in Sydney Sweeney’s romantic comedy Anyone But You, revealed: “I opened for Lewis Capaldi two years ago at the O2 and it was amazing.

“I think we should sing one of his hits and I’ll tell him to write a song with me.

“I want him to write a hit for me, write a new Unwritten.”

She also covered Prince’s classic Purple Rain. Watching were her 16-year-old friends Lana McDougall, Ellie Macdonald, Haley Keicher, Caidy Nelson and Summer Guild — everyone in their first TRNSMT.

Lana, from Cowdenbeath, admitted: “Liam Gallagher was amazing on Friday night and we couldn’t wait to see Gerry Cinnamon yesterday too.”

Festival-goers April Campbell and Niamh MacKinnon, 17, travelled from Perth.

April said: “We were absolutely thrilled to see Gerry. He’s such a crowd pleaser.

“His music relates to many people.”

Scottish superstar DJ Calvin Harris it was flight at his residence in Ibiza to close the festival tonight.