One of Cumbria's largest open-air concerts was also abandoned before the weekend when bosses at Carlisle Racecourse scrapped a headline performance by Madness, part of the Stobart Summer Festival, due to a waterlogged course. Whilst Cumbria escaped the worst of the rain that hit the UK, organisers said that Cumbria "had the wettest June since records began more than a century ago and this first week in July has brought more heavy and persistent rain to compound the problem" saying that "The track is not raceable and would remain so even if the weather was dry for the rest of today and tomorrow. "The forecast is for more rain, which means there is no prospect of holding the concert either, with both the course and car park already out of use". More than 7,500 ticket holders will be entitled to a refund and the event will be re-staged later in the year.
T-in-the-Park, Scotland's 85000 capacity festival returned to something approaching normal service on the final day (Sunday) after torrential rain on Saturday threatened to turn the festival into a wash-out. The site had been transformed into a quagmire as rain fell almost continuously from the early hours of Saturday until the evening, forcing the temporary closure of the Slam Tent during the day, which normally hosts dance acts, which had become flooded, while parts of the site were reduced to lakes of sludge. Festival organiser, Geoff Ellis said site staff had worked overnight, laying wood chip and gravel in areas, including the main stage, while drainage trenches were dug in the King Tut’s Wah Wah tent to remove some of the worst flooding. The rain finally abated as legendary Manchester band The Stone Roses took the main stage on Saturday evening for their first ever Scottish performance, and it remained dry overnight and into Sunday although the mud remained steadfastly in place meaning wellies and shorts was a popular combination.
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