Music tourism adds plenty of notes to British economy

UK Music report estimates nearly 8 million people spent £1.4bn on festivals and visits to sites featured on album coversSummer festivals and concerts may mostly be about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, but they also inject millions of pounds into the economy, employ thousands of people and make the UK a hot destination despite the weather, a report reveals.Around 7.7 million people spent £1.4bn in Britain last year on everything from fairy wings and face paints to pints of beer and bacon butties, ...

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