After receiving such positive feedback when the scheme was first introduced in March, Oxegen organisers MCD have agreed to re-introduce the scheme, allowing strapped-for-cash fans the chance to spread their payments.

The new recession-proof initiative will allow music fans to spread the cost of their festival ticket purchase over a number of weeks rather than forking out the full ticket price at once.

The concept is open to those who have yet to purchase tickets for the rock-and-roll weekend. It allows a deposit payment of €120 to secure a weekend ticket, with the remaining balance to be paid by June 19.

Tickets for Oxegen 2009 are priced €224.50 for three days (including camping) and are available from Ticketmaster and usual outlets nationwide.