COUNCIL bosses gave the green light for a ‘disruptive’ music festival to be held in the city without deciding how much to charge organisers.

Glasgow City Council gave the go-ahead to DF concerts for this year’s Summer Sessions gig, however it has now emerged the local authority has yet to put a figure on how much to charge for use of Bellahouston Park.

Last year the council came under fire after it was revealed in Parliament they paid the concert firm £200,000 to hold the events between 2013 and 2015.

Organisers were also allowed to use the park rent free.

At the time council bosses insisted they would earn the money back through future rental charges.

DF Concerts have already been advertising the gig, which is taking place on August 27, and have even started selling tickets at a cost of £49.50 without knowing what they will be charged.

Using Freedom of Information legislation, the Evening Times asked the council how much DF concerts would be paying to hold the event this year, only to be told the fees were “subject to negotiation and are yet to be determined”.

The local authority also said the details, when confirmed, would be “commercially sensitive” so would be unlikely to be revealed despite past assurances over funding.

Craigton SNP councillor Alex Wilson has criticised the failure to set a price for the event prior to agreeing to let it take place, and has called for more transparency from council officials.

Mr Wilson said: "With the council saying they would be claiming this money back through future events, they should be telling us how much they are getting per year.

"It will let us know how many years it will them to reclaim this money.

"The council should be more transparent and more upfront about it and we need to see what benefits the city is getting from holding these events. How do we know there are any benefits?

"They need to show they are balancing out the effects of the £200,000 that was paid previously to DF.

"I'm looking for them also to take into account the concerns of residents in my constituency.

"I'm not saying Glasgow should not have events, and have income being brought in but the council have not taken on board what the residents are saying.

"They use the argument of details being commercially sensitive every so often and I don't think this is acceptable.

"We should know exactly how much Glasgow City Council will be bringing in from this event."

As previously reported, the concerts have caused havoc for residents living near the park with concert-goers urinating in gardens and creating alcohol-fuelled disorder.

Locals have complained of noise, fighting and vandalism in their streets during the two-day event, which has taken place for the last three years.

It was announced yesterday that Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds would be headlining the event on August 26. Tickets for that night go on sale on Friday.

Tickets for Biffy Clyro, among others, on August 27 are already on sale.

A council spokeswoman said: "There is no intention to allow Bellahouston Park to be hired free of charge.

"As with all major events, we charge organisers for the use and hire of a park, based on capacity, which in this case is still to be finalised."

DF concerts refused to comment.