The mod rockers are set to wow 45,000 revellers at Stirling’s City Park over two days on Friday August 17 and Saturday August 18 to bring the curtain down on 45 years in the music industry.
The sold-out gigs are expected to help generate £7.25million to the local economy.
Runrig will go out with a bang with a spectacular seven-minute firework display lighting up the sky just before 11pm on the Saturday night to celebrate the band’s last ever performance.
Organisers are doing all they can to limit the impact on local residents, with minimal road closures in place and alternative access routes available:
1) A811 Raploch Road from its junction with A84 Back O’Hill Road to its junction with B8051 Dumbarton Road will be closed from 10am on Friday 17th August until 8am on Sunday 19th August. Residents of Ballengeich Road will be unable to turn left onto A811 Raploch Road during the period of the closure.
2) Raploch Road from its junction with Huntly Crescent to its junction with A84 Back O’Hill Road, will be closed from 10am on Friday 17th August until 1am on Saturday 18th August and 10am Saturday 18th August until 1am Sunday 19th August.
3) A 720 metre stretch of Dumbarton Road from its junction with the A811 will be closed to vehicles for a maximum period of 20 minutes between 11pm and midnight each night.
4) The pedestrian footway immediately adjacent to A84 Millennium Way/A811 Raploch Road roundabout will also be shut.
Residents can be assured that pedestrians and emergency vehicles on blue lights will still have access to these roads throughout.
A map detailing the road closures is available here.
Event organisers LCC Live appointed specialist events firm RSS Events to work with Stirling Council traffic management officers to minimise the event’s impact on road networks and local communities, while ensuring a safe route into the site for Runrig fans.
Concert goers have been advised:
• All motorway traffic heading to Stirling for the Runrig concerts is directed to come off at M9 Junction 10 Craigforth;
• The A84 is the only road that accesses the concert site at City Park and temporary trackway is in place to help motorists if it is raining;
• The main car park provides parking for approximately 3,500 vehicles while the campsite car park has capacity for around a further 1,300 cars;
• Access to the concert car parks is by pre-paid tickets only for all vehicles;
• The main car park is open from 1pm each day and closes at 1am;
• A drop-off/collection point is available in the Castleview park and ride car park off the roundabout on the A84;
• The campsite will be open from 10am on Friday until 12pm on Sunday
Runrig’s The Last Dance is shaping up to be a busy weekend with thousands of revellers from all over the world flocking to Stirling.
Nine per cent of tickets sold are from outside the UK with people travelling from Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, Germany and Scandinavia for the event.
The band’s popularity was underlined by the fact that a second date had to be added to the final farewell after all 25,000 tickets for the Saturday night show sold out within just four minutes of going on sale.
The Friday night concert is also a sell-out, and entrance to both gigs is by pre-purchased ticket only. No further tickets are being offered for sale.
For more info, including a FAQ on the event, go to: www.lcclive.co.uk.