Rising Edinburgh star Brooke Combe wowed audiences at TRNSM T with her passionate and spellbinding performance on Saturday July 8.
The capital musician graduated to the main stage this year after playing on the King Tut stage at last year’s festival and she did not disappoint.
Her soul and rock vibes reverberated through the crowd who gathered to watch her perform with much gusto and energy as she showed why she is an up-and-coming sensation on the UK music scene.
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After her performance, where she sang Are You With Me, Impress You, A-Game and Miss Me Now, she caught up with our very own Sean Murphy to share her thoughts on her second year at Glasgow Green.
Sporting a Scotland top and a beaming smile, she commented on how Scottish crowds emanate support and love, whilst also commending the energy of the festival.
“This is my second year at TRNSMT having played King Tut’s last year but being on the main stage this year had me absolutely buzzing - it was class and it went really well,” the 23-year-old said.
“The crowd came together and they gathered up - I’m made up. You know when you come home to Scotland that you are safe and that the crowd has your back.
“They are not looking to hurt you or make an a**e of you. They just have your back.
“They are always as rowdy as anything and at times that can take people aback but with me being Scottish myself, I’m more like ‘inject it.’”
Brooke says that she does not have any immediate future plans but she will be touring at the end of the year with a new extended set.
“I’ve got no gigs now unfortunately until the end of the year but then I have a little headline tour coming up if people want to get on that and come and boogie with me,” she told Sean.
“I’m working a lot on my set now, my first tour was only an hour but this second one is going to be closer to an hour - it is going to be boss this time, it will be ten times better.”
On representing Edinburgh in Glasgow, she that she was excited to showing what the East Coast has to offer.
“It is class, I love to gig a wee bit more in Edinburgh just because that is my proper hometown but I love coming to Glasgow. I just feel we are all in the same boat and we are all the same people supporting each other,” she added.
“And I like showing that not all the music comes from Glasgow, we are out here doing our own thing in Edinburgh as well, so don’t just write us off.
“I love TRNSMT, I love the fact that there is no camping because I hate camping and I love how close knit the festival is. I’ve just come back from Glasto and I looked at my steps and it was something ridiculous - so many miles a day.
“You come to TRNSMT and one stage is right there next to the other. I love how close it is and how you can just bounce between all the stages and hear different stuff.
“It is Scotland and the people are always G’ing up for a good time.”
Brooke recommended that festival goers check out the new acts performing at the King Tut’s stage as she celebrated organisers for giving up and coming performers visibility.
“I loved King Tut's stage. There are loads of new acts and even the main stage has some.
“King Tut’s has weirdly the same energy that the venue has. Everybody knows it and knows the name and it is a stage you want to play as a musician.
“So if you are there definitely take it all in and make the most of it - I didn’t do that and I watched the videos from last year and I’m like was my crowd that big?! It was class.
“You should check it out as it is a boss stage.”
She continued to say that she received amazing energy from the crowd this year and that she was blown away by those in attendance.
“It has been good. The response has been really good. It is one of those things that when you are so early on you don't expect much, and then you come out and say please let there be people by the stage.
“By the second song everyone was cheering and you could see folk running in - it cheered me right up and G’d me up on stage.”
