The public could have gained free access to the site

They feared recent legislation giving ramblers the right to roam could have been used by revellers to demand entry to the venue at Balado.

All 150,000 tickets for the July event sold out in record time.

Perth and Kinross council has now issued an order closing the site to the public for 28 days.

The closure order, made on safety and security grounds, follows concerns that the Land Reform Act could allow those without tickets to demand access to the site at Balado.

The council's order states: "The effect of the order is to exempt all of the land at the Balado Activity Centre... from the access rights which would otherwise be exercisable in respect of that land."

The two-day festival is this year being headlined by The Who and American supergroup The Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

The 28-day period, from 19 June to 16 July, was granted to allow organisers time to set up and then dismantle the site after the festival ends on 9 July.