From Giok....

to the extent that people who can do so move out of town for the duration

Well, I know people in Edinburgh who leave for the duration of the festival. By a strange coincidence they also rent their house out for large sums of money. Happened in Sidmouth too........

I was really just making the point at the start of this thread that people have complained for years that ".........Festival" is not what it used to be..... . Good IMHO it is nice to see festivals changing.

I like to see the big stars and I most certainly like to see them making a decent living. Not the easiest thing in the world of music. Again IMHO they deserve every penny they get.

And I would have hated to have missed......well, the list is too long.

Dave