Arctic Monkeys for T in the Park

Updated 17.22 Sun Feb 25 2007
Keywords: Snow Patrol, Arctic Monkeys

One of the UK's biggest music festivals will now become a three-day event.

Brit Award winners Arctic Monkeys will headline the main stage alongside The Killers and Snow Patrol at Balado, near Kinross, in Perthshire from July 6 to 8.

Brit Award winners Arctic Monkeys will headline the main stage alongside The Killers and Snow Patrol at Balado, near Kinross, in Perthshire from July 6 to 8

Other acts set to appear include Lily Allen, The Coral and Bloc Party.

Glasgow ensemble The Fratellis will also entertain the crowd along with another Scots favourite, Paulo Nutini.

In total 35,000 tickets for the July event have already been sold, and another 40,000 will go on sale this Saturday.

In a bid to cut down on touting, festival organiser Geoff Ellis said ticket purchases would again be limited to two per person.

He added that it was hoped licensing would allow organisers to extend the festival site and up to 5,000 additional tickets may be available at a later date.

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