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Economic concerns don’t stop the music lovers
- Christopher Glasgow
- Scottish Music Centre
- 29 Jun 2009
Music festivals have been hailed as one of the few "recession-proof" industries, guaranteed to pull in the punters regardless of torrential rain or even stormier economic times.
As some 35,000 revellers descended on the banks of Loch Ness for the fourth annual RockNess festival and another 50,000 crowded on to the Isle of Wight for the "Bestival", many are hoping that it marks the start of a long hot summer of festivals. Paving the way for ‘headliners’ such as T in The Park and Glastonbury.
Jim King, director of Rock Ness stated: "If you look at how much it costs to go camping, it's actually a lot cheaper to camp at a festival", he said. "If you then put in the three-day concert ticket and actually start adding up all
