How much Edinburgh Military Tattoo familiar in now-a-days

Officially Edinburgh Military Tattoo starts in 1950 in which eight items included in the program and it attracted 6,000 views which was seated around the path of north, south and east sides of Edinburgh Castle on simple benches with supported structures. In 1952, Edinburgh Military Tattoo successfully fetched 7,700 viewers night by night and accommodated 160,000 viewers to watch live performance every year. Later the 1970s, viewers increased over 217,000 to see the live performances on the public walk of Edinburgh Castle every year and from the last decade it sold out on early payment(advance). Approximately 30% viewers belong to Scotland and 35% belongs to Great Britain. The left behind 35% viewers belongs to foreign countries in which 70,000 viewers came to watch. The temporary grandstands of 8,600 capacity which were used 1975 to 2010 on the castle public walk is changed into new viewersstands included corporate hospitality boxes of £16 million and these new facilities uses from 2011.

The Tattoo performances features on every evening of weekend and two times on Saturdays all the way through August and it never cancelled until the weather is change into storm or harsh conditions. In second Saturday’s nigh performances display of fireworks included even though every performance uses pyrotechnics and later 2005, son et lumière also merged on the top of the smokescreen of the castle. In 2000, Edinburgh Military Tattoo visits New Zealand as part of the Tattoo’s 50^th anniversary ceremony and from then, Edinburgh Military Tattoo toured to foreign countries included tour of Australia in 2005 and in 2010 at Sydney Football Stadium for its 60^th anniversary ceremony celebrations. In 2016 Edinburgh Military Tattoo toured Wellington, city of New Zealand after 16 years and Melbourne, city of Australia after 6 years. Many bands within country and overseas participated in Edinburgh Military Tattoo. One of the most popular band, The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie also performed in 2007 at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. It broadcasted in 30 countries and over 100 million people see the event live on television worldwide.

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