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Another record year as Fringe ticket sales nudge 2 million mark

The world’s biggest arts festival has got even bigger after it was revealed last night that a record 1.95 million tickets were sold for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Organisers of the event, which is in its 64th year, said the total for tickets sold had risen by more than 5% since last year, which was itself a record year.