Strathclyde Park, no more. Balado, no more. Strathallan Castle, no more. T in the Park, no more.

At least for the time being, as the organisers of the festival confirmed in a statement on Thursday they "need to take a break".

Scotland's biggest music event has not gone without its controversies in the past 23 editions but now, for the first time since it began in 1994, fans will be left looking for something else to do on the second weekend in July.

Criticisms over repetitive line-ups have lingered over T in recent years, as well as the ill-fated fight against a nest of ospreys at the latest location.

Here we have a look at some of the big hitters over the years, both on and off stage, and summarise some of the numbers behind Scotland's biggest music festival.

In 1994, the festival welcomed more than 17,000 revellers to Strathclyde Park on each of the two days it was held, although only 2000 of those decided to camp.

It's a stark contrast to recent festivals. In 2014, there were 85,000 festival-goers on each of the three days, with organisers estimating 70,000 pitching up.

Over the years other options have been made available including "glamping" for those wanting a VIP experience.

Spare a thought for this unfortunate chap though, who may be stuck at Strathallan Castle until 2018 if he hasn't already been found yet.

That many people in one place requires a large-scale operation to ensure everyone had somewhere to go.

In 2010, the festival had 85,000 revellers on each of its three days.

Supplier Portakabin Events states on its website it supplied "1600 plastic toilet units, 40 large toilet blocks, 30 disabled persons' units and 90 waste tanks" for the event held in Balado.

Based on those figures, T in the Park has required more than 30,000 toilets over its 23 years.

Although it won the much sought-after Best Event Toilets accolade in 2009 and 2010, hardened veterans of huge gatherings of people enjoying themselves are often keen to share their own festival loo horror stories.

T in the Park organisers unwittingly opened up a detailed and insightful Facebook discourse on this in 2012, when appealing for advice for those attending for the first time.

Some guidance for surviving the loos included "bleach wipes", a "clothes peg for your nose" and this from Laura Smith: "Never go into the toilet after a bloke has been in there - won't be making that mistake again."

Over the years the event has mostly been a sell out with the following ticket sales each year:

That means over the years, and over the course of time when day tickets have been sold individually, the festival has sold around 2,944,000 tickets.

There was a lot of disappointment surrounding the decision to take a break. Some still blame the ospreys.

The festival's main sponsor Tennent's took great pride in ensuring that all beer sold at the festival was brewed 36 hours before the event.

In 2011, the sponsor estimated more than three million pints of 'T' had been consumed at the event over the years.

What is not know though, is whether the lager played any part in one of the festival's greatest mysteries in its 23 years - the stolen cash machine.

Last year, the boldest of thieves managed to make away with an ATM from inside the main arena at the festival.

To this day no arrest was made over the heist of what was only described as "a significant amount of cash".

The fabled stolen cash machine even prompted its own limited but short-lived parody Twitter account, which was worth it for this one post alone: