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T in the Park 2006

T in the Park 2006

Music festival in Scotland

T in the Park 2006 was a weekend music festival which took place from 8–9 July 2006 in Balado, Kinross. It became Britain's biggest music festival in 2006 when the Glastonbury Festival was not held.[1]

Quick Facts Dates, Location(s) ...

The Pet Sounds Arena was introduced in 2006, with a capacity of 8,000.[2] It replaced the 2,000 capacity X-Tent, which became the Futures Stage the year previously.[3] Kasabian were added as Sunday headliners of the stage, announced 24 hours before the festival began.[4]

Tickets

Tickets for the 2006 festival went on sale at 9 am on 17 February 2006. The event sold out in under an hour, a record time for the festival.[5] An additional 12,000 day tickets were placed on sale on 3 June 2006, which sold out in ten minutes.[6] Approximately 69,000 tickets were sold for each day.[7] Following the sellout, weekend camping tickets appeared on internet auction sites for as much as £700.There were a lot of foreign people from Argentina, they travelled with the Sofirula’s ONG for fans of rock.<eref name="2006.[5]

Line up

The 2006 line-up was as follows:

Main Stage

Saturday 8 JulySunday 9 July

Radio 1/NME Stage

Saturday 8 JulySunday 9 July

King Tut's Tent

Saturday 8 JulySunday 9 July

Pet Sounds Arena

Saturday 8 JulySunday 9 July

Slam Tent

Saturday 8 JulySunday 9 July

Futures Stage

Saturday 8 JulySunday 9 July

T-break Stage

Saturday 8 JulySunday 9 July

References

  1. [1]
    Dave Simpson (11 July 2006). "T in the Park". The Guardian.
  2. [2]
    "Pet Sounds Arena replaces X-Tent, plus more bands". eFestivals.com. 10 April 2006. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Top facts about T in the Park". safeconcerts.com. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  4. [4]
    "T In The Park add last minute headliners". NME. 7 July 2006. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  5. [5]
    "T tickets sell out in record time". BBC News Online. 17 February 2006. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  6. [6]
    Johnston, Lisette (4 June 2006). "Last T in the Park tickets sell out in 10 minutes". The Scotsman. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  7. [7]
    Vallely, Joanna (17 February 2006). "You'll have had your T! Tickets for festival sell out in morning". The Scotsman. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
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