The festival will be returning to Balado, by Kinross, on July 7 and 8.

Tickets will be available by telephone and Internet only, and will not be available to buy from outlets in person.

Prices are £97.50 for the weekend, £115 for camping.

The 24-hour hotline is 0870 169 0100 and the websites are:

www.tinthepark.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk

There will be a maximum of two tickets per person.

This will be the third year in the event’s history that tickets for the following year’s festival have been put on sale immediately after the current year’s event, ahead of any artists being announced.

Last year, 20,000 festival tickets were put on sale and were bought by music fans in under four hours.

Geoff Ellis, of festival organisers Big Day Out Ltd, said, “What better way to celebrate another fantastic year of T, than making sure you are booked up for 2007? This year’s festival has seen some incredible performances and enjoyed yet another unrivalled Balado atmosphere, and we are already looking forward to doing it all over again next year.

“Tickets for this year’s event sold out in record time, so our only advice to avoid disappointment is to get in early. If you don’t manage to get tickets this time, then make sure you visit www.tinthepark.com for news and updates on the next batch of tickets going on sale early next year.”

In the wake of this weekend’s festival, the 150,000 music fans who attended have been praised for their behaviour by the emergency services.

Tayside Police Chief Superintendent Matt Hamilton said, “Despite the rain on Saturday the spirits of the crowd did not seem to be dampened.

“This has been another fantastic event, and there have been few problems.”

The success of the policing operation was reflected in the low number of arrests made and the number of people appearing at Perth Sheriff Court today.

Chief Superintendent Hamilton revealed there had been 70 arrests at the event over the course of the weekend, down from 73 last year.

He pointed out, however, that the number of people being held in custody — 16 as opposed to 30 last year — indicated most of the offences had been of a more minor nature.

Councillor Alexander Stewart, a member of the licensing board and Tayside Joint Police Board, congratulated all involved in the event.

He said, “I attended on Saturday, and was able to view at first hand the outstanding work carried out by the staff of Perth and Kinross Council. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for their dedication and commit-ment. I am delighted that this year the number of arrests was down on previous years.”