Talking of the Edinburgh Festival, news about this year's T On The Fringe or, rather, not. Lager brand Tennent's and concert promoters DF Concerts have announced that they will not be repeating their partnership at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, though the latter will be relaunching its high profile Fringe music programme under a new name, tbc, and the two companies will continue to collaborate on the seminal music festival that is T In The Park.
Confirming the move, Tennent's sponsorship chief George Kyle told CMU: "T On The Fringe has been a fantastic event that Tennent's has co-created and shaped over the past 8 years, and has seen huge successes with many landmark gigs taking place as part of the festival. Our thanks go to DF Concerts, and all the audiences who have made the event the success that it is. Tennent's investment in music will continue at the same level, and we are working on plans to delight music fans with genuinely innovative activity in the year ahead. We look forward to carrying on our productive relationship with our long term partners DF Concerts on T in the Park, and with 2008 being the festival's 15th year, we hope to deliver a memorable and exciting event to mark this special occasion".
DF's Dave Corbet added: "Over the last eight years, T on the Fringe has been hugely successful bringing some incredible performances to more than 130,000 music fans each year. Our thanks go to Tennent's Lager for helping us to build the event to its current level. We are excited about taking the music strand of the Edinburgh Festival forward in 2008 under a new name and can confirm that more details for 2008 will be announced soon. Furthermore, we look forward to continuing our fantastic working relationship with Tennent's Lager on T In The Park and we wish them all the best with their new initiatives in 2008".