Snow Patrol and Kasabian are to headline Scotland's biggest music festival. The bands will join The Stone Roses at the top of the bill at this year's T in the Park in July. They will play for tens of thousands of fans during the festival staged at Balado in Kinross on July 6-8.

Kasabian said it was an "honour" to be invited back to play at the Scottish festival. They said: "It’s always been one of our favourite UK festivals and after having such a blast in 2010, we can’t wait to do it all over again."

The Coronas, Dot Rotten and Meek Mill are among several new acts added to this year's T in the Park line up. Other additions include Teengirl Fantasy and Dry the River, who will be performing at Balado for the event.

This year's festival takes between 6 and 8 July and is expected to draw more than 85,000 music fans. Snow Patrol and Kasabian will join The Stones Roses as the main stage headliners. Other acts performing include Beck and Tinie Tempah.

Coronas vocalist Danny O'Reilly, said: "The reception we get in Scotland has always been amazing and to play at such a historic festival is going to be a highlight of our summer. "We promise to give every ounce of energy we have."

SCOTTISH violinist Nicola Benedetti will add a new string to her bow when she appears at the T in the Park music festival in Balado next month. The 25-year-old will be the first classical artist to open the main stage event in the festival’s history, when she appears on 8 July. Benedetti’s inclusion in the festival line-up was organised after a meeting at Buckingham Palace between the Ayrshire-born musician and T in the Park founder Geoff Ellis.

“Nicola and I spoke a couple of years ago and she said she would love to play as she’s a big fan of the festival,” Ellis said. “She’s been travelling the world and now the time is right, so we’ve seized the opportunity. Featuring classical music on the main stage at T in the Park hasn’t been a conscious decision or part of future plans – this really is about Nicola. She is a true Scottish talent with huge crossover appeal and I’m delighted to have her open on the Sunday.”

Benedetti will also perform in the Creative Scotland Kaleidoscope Club which hosts a diverse range of performances across the weekend, from ceilidh and classical music to dance and entertainment. The Darkness will open the festival on Friday with Saturday’s special guests still to be announced. Other bands appearing at Scotland’s biggest music festival include Snow Patrol, The Stone Roses and Kasabian. Benedetti began violin lessons at the age of five and later studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School.

Thousands of people have arrived in Perth and Kinross for Scotland's largest music festival, T in the Park. This year's event takes place between 6 and 8 July and is expected to draw over 85,000 music fans to the Balado site. Snow Patrol and Kasabian will join The Stones Roses as the main stage headliners.

About 30,000 campers arrived on Thursday night ahead of the first day, despite warnings of heavy rain. The Met Office issued an amber warning for Tayside, Central and Fife on Thursday, the second highest alert. The forecasters predicted scattered heavy showers or thunderstorms with the potential for some torrential downpours in places.