Reading/ Leeds festival

[Gerbil]

Anyone been before or going this year?
Look's a pretty good line-up with The Foo's, The Cure & Kasabian headlining.

BBC - Reading and Leeds - 2012 - Line Up - Reading

 

[Bean]

It's all about Wireless !

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

With no Glasto I'm struggling to think of where to go this year.

 

[Pantani]

Reading is a festival for annoying teenagers imo. Even if the line up is good I just can't stand all the annoying little bastards running around, ruins the whole thing for me.

The Reading head honcho has promised everyone a free burger and a beer for every day of the festival this year, which should offset the scandalous £197.50 for a ticket in no way whatsoever. Festivals really are in danger of killing themselves with prices like these.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

My mate thought he had brought two tickets for Sunday, but he purchased two for Saturday instead!
Sunday is the best day and only day I'd go.

 

[arkan]

Dour festival for me. Atleast that festival will be diluted from all the awful indie music unlike reading

 

[tinx]

Yeah the Sunday is the only day I would go, purely for the Black Keys and the Foos really. But £200 for two tickets for the day has put me off somewhat.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Reading is a festival for annoying teenagers imo. Even if the line up is good I just can't stand all the annoying little bastards running around, ruins the whole thing for me.

The Reading head honcho has promised everyone a free burger and a beer for every day of the festival this year, which should offset the scandalous £197.50 for a ticket in no way whatsoever. Festivals really are in danger of killing themselves with prices like these.

You're not wrong. It's full of truculent male teens staring at their feet and posh girls boasting about their "straight As." V is full of chavs. Big Chill is dull and full of clapped out ex-clubbers who want to spend a weekend bloody relaxing. Hyde Park is like a very big post-work beer garden drink session.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

And I have to say the idea of standing in a field in Reading watching Kasabian fills me with total horror.

 

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I AM GOING.

 

[Tomnorthi]

The football season has started then, f*** that.

 

[Lush]

Perhaps you're all too old for festivals? Just sayin.

 

[tinx]

Perhaps you're all too old for festivals? Just sayin.

Exactly, When I was between the age of 16 and 24 I went to Reading every year and it was the highlight of my year, more so than Glasto as well, Now the idea of spending a week in a field full of teenagers and slumming it sounds bloody awful.

 

[Driver 8]

You're not wrong. It's full of truculent male teens staring at their feet and posh girls boasting about their "straight As." V is full of chavs. Big Chill is dull and full of clapped out ex-clubbers who want to spend a weekend bloody relaxing. Hyde Park is like a very big post-work beer garden drink session.

Which is why I'm going to Download/Donington for the umpteenth time!! First went in 1982.....

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Which is why I'm going to Download/Donington for the umpteenth time!! First went in 1982.....

Ha. I'm hopefully going as well, on Metallica day only though. I first went in 1985 on my 17th birthday and the last one was 1988.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Dont think its the best line up myself - good headliners though. Not going as i cant afford it - might go to the IOW Festival next year, went last year and was pretty good.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Exactly, When I was between the age of 16 and 24 I went to Reading every year and it was the highlight of my year, more so than Glasto as well, Now the idea of spending a week in a field full of teenagers and slumming it sounds bloody awful.

The 6 days I spend at Glastonbury are still the highlight of my year.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Perhaps you're all too old for festivals? Just sayin.

Charming.

 

[mikeyross]

I'll be at Download, where the mens music is to be found ... If there's a NSC camp, let me know, because I'll be a loner ...

 

[El Presidente]

Not seen The Cure for about 7 years so will be at Leeds on the Saturday, unless the Albion are playing at The Emirates that day.