I was quite impressed with some of the developments that are happening overseas in terms of major musical festivals and how one pays.  They are going much more towards a cashless society and what they are doing now is that, like most concerts, you get your wrist band, but overseas they are beginning to use chip-enabled wrist bands that basically not only provide you access to the concert, but you activate it with your credit card so that, by presenting your wrist band, you can pay for anything – whether it is merchandise that the various pop stars are selling, food, drinks, etc and you don’t have to pull out cash.  If you lose your wrist band, it is not the end of the world because it is still activated by you with a pin code, so the person who takes your wrist band, which is not an easy thing to steal off your wrist in the first place, is not going to be able to do anything with it without your pin code.  Of course, the benefits include not only that you don’t have to carry cash and run the risk of having it stolen or lost, but more importantly it speeds up the payment process and allows the vendors to serve more people more quickly – something that is a common complaint at concerts in South Africa.