Staying with festivals news, and following unprecedented demand for tickets for this year's T in the Park, the event's organisers are giving festival-goers the chance to get their tickets early for T in the Park 2005.
Promoters Big Day Out announced yesterday, as T in the Park 2004 reached its climax, that a limited amount of tickets for next year's event will go on sale this week. The early-bird tickets will be on sale, while stocks last, for up to a month, retailing at 2004 prices. Of course the people who buy those tickets will have no idea of who will be on the bill at the 2005 event - although they can be assured the festival will go ahead following the news last month that Big Day Out had won a three year licence from the Kinross local authority allowing them to stage a festival at the Balado site until at least 2006.
Commenting on the early sale of tickets the festival's promoter, Geoff Ellis, told reporters: "As we head into our twelfth year, music fans know that T in the Park guarantees a fantastic festival experience, mixing one of the best line-ups of any festival in Europe with a great party atmosphere. Although there are 365 days to go, we know that demand for next year's event is already growing, particularly since so many thousands of people were left disappointed this year, despite our advice to buy early. It's testament to T in the Park's great reputation that we can now put the event on sale without unveiling the line up - it's become one of the highlights of the summer and music fans don't want to miss out."