Live music cuts crime, or at least that is the conclusion reached by one member of the House Of Lords. Speaking in a debate on the UK's cultural industries, Baroness Buscombe commented on just how little crime there was at major music events like the Glastonbury Festival, despite there being so many people in one place at one time.
She observed that more crimes took place in the small city of Bath than at the 2004 Glastonbury Festival over the weekend the music event took place. This was despite the fact, she noted, that between them Glastonbury festival-goers consumed "most of the cider Somerset can produce".
The Barnoness concluded: "More music equals less trouble. Music can act as an effective catalyst for improving the quality of life at a very local level."