Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 1:52:26 GMT 7
The authorities have shot the golden goose............
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T in the Park, the huge music shindig that has been Scotland’s answer to the Reading and Leeds festivals, is to take a year off, its first break since being founded in 1994.
The organisers say the move was forced by increasing pressure from the authorities. In 2015, the festival was forced to change sites from Balado airfield to Strathallan Castle, and since that move, it has been subject to greater planning regulations.
“The constraints – logistically and financially – that the resulting planning conditions put upon us are simply not workable,” said DF Concerts.
However, it was reported yesterday that the team behind T in the Park may be planning a new festival in Glasgow Green, in conjunction with the city’s council. Scottish politicians had asked the T organisers to confirm the original festival would still go ahead, because of the financial benefits it brings to Perthshire.
“Every year, the local economy benefits from millions of pounds of income generated by the event organisers, businesses and the tens of thousands of music-lovers who attend the festival,” John Swinney MSP told the Daily Record.
“It is bitterly disappointing to find out secondhand, via reports from ‘industry insiders’ and ‘sources close to DF Concerts’ that the two events cannot run simultaneously and T in the Park may be called off,” he added. “Geoff Ellis [head of DF Concerts] now needs to make a full and urgent official statement explaining what DF Concerts’ plans are for next year and the future.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/24/t-in-the-park-festival-to-take-a-year-off
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T in the Park, the huge music shindig that has been Scotland’s answer to the Reading and Leeds festivals, is to take a year off, its first break since being founded in 1994.
The organisers say the move was forced by increasing pressure from the authorities. In 2015, the festival was forced to change sites from Balado airfield to Strathallan Castle, and since that move, it has been subject to greater planning regulations.
“The constraints – logistically and financially – that the resulting planning conditions put upon us are simply not workable,” said DF Concerts.
However, it was reported yesterday that the team behind T in the Park may be planning a new festival in Glasgow Green, in conjunction with the city’s council. Scottish politicians had asked the T organisers to confirm the original festival would still go ahead, because of the financial benefits it brings to Perthshire.
“Every year, the local economy benefits from millions of pounds of income generated by the event organisers, businesses and the tens of thousands of music-lovers who attend the festival,” John Swinney MSP told the Daily Record.
“It is bitterly disappointing to find out secondhand, via reports from ‘industry insiders’ and ‘sources close to DF Concerts’ that the two events cannot run simultaneously and T in the Park may be called off,” he added. “Geoff Ellis [head of DF Concerts] now needs to make a full and urgent official statement explaining what DF Concerts’ plans are for next year and the future.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/24/t-in-the-park-festival-to-take-a-year-off