By John Glenday

The Scottish economy received a £295m boost over the past year from music tourism according to a UK Music report, with 928,000 people attending festivals, concerts and other music related events.

Wish You Were Here found that there was growing demand for live music in the country with a 16 per cent increase in overseas music tourism helping to raise attendance at British music events to 27.7m people in 2015.

Perth & Perthshire MP Pete Wishart, himself a professional musician, said: “Scotland attracts almost a million music tourists each year.

“People come to our nation to enjoy our festivals and gigs, generating £105m Read full story ›

Source: The Drum