Edinburgh Festival Fringe smashes attendance record
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world&#39;s biggest arts festival, this year broke its attendance record by selling 1.7 million tickets, organisers said Tuesday.
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Horror film Cloverfield goes straight to the top of the North American box office, with takings of $41m (Â£21m).
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A British comic unknown three weeks ago could be set for stardom after he won Britain&#39;s most prestigious comedy award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, organisers said on Sunday.
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Suspensions and fines hit a record high, even as some defend a culture of 'experimentation.'
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Tens of thousands of people flocked to Glastonbury for the world's biggest green field arts and music festival on Thursday and with rain falling and more forecast to come mud-lovers might not be disappointed.
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The number of people living beyond 100 years has reached a record high in England and Wales, official figures show.
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The number of people detained in secure psychiatric wards in England has reached a record high, figures show.
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The Rolling Stones performed at a British music festival for the first time in more than 30 years as they played in front 60,000 fans to close out the Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday.
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Comedian Richard Pryor judges an award aimed at attracting more ethnic minority comedians to the Fringe Festival.
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Glastonbury, the world's biggest green field arts and music festival, opened on Friday with a record 177,500 people braving rain to hear British rockers Arctic Monkeys, Icelander Bjork and the haunting sound of Canadian band Arcade Fire.
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The Great British Beer Festival served the first of an estimated 300,000 weird and wonderful pints from across the globe as a London exhibition hall was transformed into the biggest pub in the world.
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The Edinburgh Fringe, the world's  largest and most irreverent arts festival, celebrated its 60th  birthday on Sunday with religion the big theme being tackled  this year by playwrights and comedians.
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IN A CITY that has made its name for giving talent a chance, Tommy Burns was harshly punished for looking beyond the fringe as his callow side was ruthlessly punished in Edinburgh.
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By Anna Jeys  TAKE That tickets were up for sale on eBay today for up to 8 TIMES their actual price - moments after the NEC completely sold out in just 30 minutes.
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A record 21,000 tickets are sold for the forthcoming Turner Whistler Monet exhibition at Tate Britain.
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Five comedians, including one woman, are nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Perrier Comedy Award.
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With an assist from Julia Roberts, a few bumbling knights, and some   witches from Oz, Broadway had a banner 2005-2006 season as theatergoers   snapped up a record-breaking 12 million-plus tickets.