T in the Park star Be Charlotte boosted by 1D celebrity fan Louis Tomlinson

T in the Park performer Be Charlotte said things went “a little bit crazy” after One Direction's Louis Tomlinson gave the group a shout-out to his 22 million Twitter followers.

Published 10th Jul 2016

T in the Park performer Be Charlotte said things went “a little bit crazy” after One Direction's Louis Tomlinson gave the group a shout-out to his 22 million Twitter followers.

The Dundee musician made her debut at the festival on the BBC Introducing stage on Saturday.

They were given a boost by celebrity fan Tomlinson who got Be Charlotte trending on Twitter before they even took to the stage.

He said: “Today at T in the Park on BBC Intro stage. 645pm @iambecharlotte will be performing! Really cool vibe!”

His Tweet has now been liked 51,000 times and retweeted 27,000 times.

Charlotte Brimner, 18, said: “So last week Louis Tomlinson followed me on Twitter and that kind of sparked a bit of a frenzy thing going on. It just made me realise how insane all this is.

“And today before I went on stage he shared our BBC Introducing session and it's just gone a little bit crazy. I don't really know what to say.”

Speaking about their performance, the singer said: “I think there's always a fear of playing festivals because you never know if anyone's going to turn up or what's going to happen.

“But I really like that element to it as well, it makes it even more exciting when it comes right. It was a really nice audience and it really felt like everyone got what we were up to.”

The group's James Smith said he used to come to T in the Park as a regular festival-goer when he was younger.

He said: “The last one I went to was in 2006, which was The Who and I was maybe 11 or 12 at the time, so to come back and play it seven or eight years later is quite spiritual.

“For Scottish musicians to play it - it's like the holy grail, festival-wise.”