After news earlier this week that Mean Fiddler had secured a licence for a contingency site for their Leeds Festival, local authorities elsewhere in town have now given permission for them to use their usual site at Temple Newsam Park. The promoter had put a contingency site in place because there was strong opposition from locals in the Temple Newsam area after rioting last year and many expected a licence to be denied.
Mean Fiddler's Melvin Benn is now deciding which of the two sites to use. He told NME: "I have told the council I will make a decision within 24 hours. It's a case of weighing up the different options - the familiarity and beauty of Temple Newsam or the chance of a fresh start at Bramham."
Either way there is likely to be ban on bottles and glasses at this years Leeds Festival, and non-combustible toilets will be used and increased security hired, in a bid to stop the rioting that marred the end of last year's festival..