If you have missed out on getting tickets to your favourite music festival this means you either have to pay the ridiculous prices on ticket re-selling websites or face the fact that you won’t get to hear your rock heroes live this year.

This may now be all set to change thanks to a new iPhone ‘Headliners’ app by Australian designer Andrew Karpiel who wanted to find a way that festival goers could listen to their favourite bands performing at past events. You can also use the app to make a playlist from your music collection as well as giving you the chance to buy the performances on iTunes.

Now, all we need is an app where you can listen to the music live from your phone without having to be there. But, wouldn’t that just spoil all the fun?

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I never thought I’d say this; but I agree with Johnny Rotten. The controversial punk legend has recently been mouthing off about music festivals and it appears as if he is no longer a fan.

The former Sex Pistols front man has explained how the music festivals have changed. He says that there has been a ‘loss of free will’ and that the events are all about the money now.

Johnny is still booked to play several festivals next year with Public Image Ltd, but he says: ‘Forty years ago, festivals were stunning and now it is just people with cash in hand, which is a little tough. It is all about headlining and half the bands are miming anyway’.

It’s true. Take a look at the crowds heading to the festivals these days compared to even ten years ago and you will see that people are now going to festivals for completely different reasons; and none of them are to do with music.

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There are certain performers that are just must-sees and music festivals are the perfect opportunities to tick some of these off your list.

This year, the one to tick off your list is Mr Tom Jones. The silver haired fox will be appearing at the Celtic Connections festival which is set to take place in Glasgow and it’s going to be a one-off show so it really is a must-see.

The legend has just released his 39th album and this show is the perfect music festival to see him in action. The music festival will run from January 13th – 30th. So wrap up warm and enjoy the deep soothing tones of the legend himself.

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Muddy fields, broken tents and cold baked beans. What more could you want at summer? Well, quite a lot more actually, if recent music festival sales are anything to go by.

In fact, there are predictions that music festivals could be on the way out and some are saying that even the big names could struggle in the coming years.

There was a time when going to festivals was just the done thing in the summer, but as they start to become more about the drinking and partying and less about the music, it seems that they have lost their way. People who go to music festivals now are not the people you would have seen there ten years ago. But perhaps even they will become sick of the mud and baked beans in the next few years.

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Rob da Bank is the guy who organises the Bestival festival which is quickly becoming one of the most talked about festivals around. He eats sleeps and breeaths festivals and now he is writing a book about it! The book is called The A-Z of festivals and it will contain drawings an illustrations from. Rob said

I spend approximately 12 hours a day 365 days a year thinking about festivals – when I wake up, while I’m changing nappies, if I’m watching the box and before I go to bed. It’s got beyond a joke but I can’t leave the blasted things alone

The book will be available to buy from the 1st of may and im sure it will be a greta [resent for anyone who loves festivals.

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So far there have been two clear casualties on the festival circuit which to me are giving off signs of things to come and its not looking good. The Wax:On festival in Leeds was pulled with a couple of weeks to go with the organisers having money problems when a backer pulled out. Secondly Glastonbury having to sell their tickets in HMV. Now don’t get me wrong, Glastonbury is still going to be rocking and you wont be able to tell that its not sold out so in a way its no casualty at all but the fact tickets did not sell out is a sign that people just aint going to festivals like they have done in the past.

With the price of everything going sky high over the last 12 / 18 moths people cant justify spending so much money in a field. The average person at glastonbury spends just under £300 each, this is a very large figure compared to what it used to be ion the past. and its sky high prices that are charged at festivals for drinks and food that are pushing people’s festival spends up so high. At some point something is going to break and festivals will be one of the first things people give up because of how much it cost.

I feel that for festivals to keep going and selling all the tickets prices need to be dropped.

Lets hope Global Gathering are trying to pioneer this this year with an announcement that they will be strictly monitoring prices in the event and they will also be publishing a price list on the website for the stuff they are selling at the festival. They recognise festivals already this year have been charging a ridiculous price (i think they were digging at the Summer Sound System!)

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