Summer's Back On ; Last Year Music Festivals Struggled with Poor Line-Ups and Horrible Weather -- But 2009 Is Already Looking Like a Great Excuse for a Party

Evening Standard - London › February 13, 2009

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GLASTONBURY has sold out, and, with headliners currently being announced at other summer events on a daily basis, all would seem to be well in festival land after the problems of 2008. Jugglers can keep on juggling, naked men can resume their nudity with impunity and sales of novelty jester hats will be unaffected by the credit crunch.

However, the problems that led to several high-profile disappointments last year have not disappeared completely. With the market at saturation point, events such as Wild in the Country, Leeds's Wax:On Live and the Portsmouth and Southsea Music Festival were all cancelled last summer -- and the principle problem of putting on a festival is still that there simply aren't enough decent bill-toppers to go around. Kings of Leon were so ubiquitous in 2008, headlining at V, T in the Park and Glastonbury, that they were probably sleeping in the tent next to yours.

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Summer's Back On ; Last Year Music Festivals Struggled with Poor Line-Ups and Horrible Weather -- But 2009 Is Already Looking Like a Great Excuse for a Party

In a year when music lovers are likely to be choosier about where to spend their cash, it's not enough to have a big name, a big marquee and a couple of burger vans. The little things are going ...

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