T in the Park 2006
Music festival in Scotland
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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]
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| Dates | 8–9 July 2006 |
| Locations | Balado, Scotland, UK |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Website | http://tinthepark.com/ |
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 July | Sunday 9 July |
Radio 1/NME Stage
| Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July |
King Tut's Tent
| Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July |
Pet Sounds Arena
| Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July |
Slam Tent
| Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July |
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Futures Stage
| Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July |
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T-break Stage
| Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July |
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