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Fri 08 Aug 2010Festivals? A waste of a good field
As the hordes prepare to descend on Stradbally for the Electric Picnic, one man who won’t be pitching his tent and pulling on his wellies is Seán Kenny
I DON’T WISH to denigrate fields. No setting is better for the cultivation of crops or keeping of livestock. And where would team sports be without a patch of grass to serve as a playing surface? However, as a venue for a music festival, a field is singularly unsuitable.
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