Eye-watering accommodation prices during the Edinburgh Fringe have long been a challenge for performers and audiences alike – but this year, a new faction has entered the fight for affordable lodgings: Oasis fans.
The Britpop band’s hotly anticipated reunion gigs at Murrayfield Stadium will draw more than 200,000 people to the Scottish capital this weekend – clashing directly with the opening days of the world’s largest performing arts festival. The result? A city-wide scramble for beds, with prices soaring to unprecedented levels.
