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| September 04, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 UBM Information Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The summer festival season reached its climax as last weekend's August bank holiday saw the Carling Weekend, Creamfields and the Notting Hill Carnival contributing to the biggest weekend of the year for live music.

Unprecedented demand for premium-priced events such as Glastonbury, Red Hot Chili Peppers' UK stadium tour and Madonna's Reinvention arena tour this summer has underlined that fans are willing to pay top prices to see their favourite acts in the flesh. "Everyone has done well this year," says Metropolis managing director Bob Angus. "V, Glastonbury and Reading and Leeds all sold out quickly and the Big Chill had its biggest attendance ever."

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