Reading & Leeds 2013

Just got home and had the best shower ever. I feel sooooo clean after being at Reading

People on the thread seem to prefer the more original rock side of R&L but I was just wondering if anyone saw any of the dance acts. This was my first festival and I found out I go a bit crazy in crowds - at Skrillex I managed to get to the front and at Knife Party I was very near the front and was elbowed and kicked (and have some bite marks on my hands!) but I loved it - worth noting I'm a 5 foot 2 19 year old girl, everyone around me was just a tank

Also thought it was decent for Chase and Status to stop their set to get people to push back. Me and my friends were about 30 seconds walk from the stage and it was quite scary, lots of people passed out being carried out from being crushed.

All in all, a bloody good weekend. Eminem's encore of Lose Yourself was quite emotional, even if some parts of his set looked like it was mimed it was overall very good just for the aspect of a lot of the R&L crowd were kids, grew up and came of age with Eminem. Was something different and special. Major Lazer was also unexpectedly very, VERY good. Mashups were very good. Will definitely be back next year but for now, I'm basking n the fact I'm showered and had a nutritious meal in me now

Hope everyone had an equally great time!!

I really wish I would have watched all of Tomahawks performance instead of leaving halfway for Eminem. It was probably the most underwhelming headline performance I have seen at a festival. He barely performed any of his songs in full, did a really short set and relied too much on backing tracks. Every time I noticed that it was the backing track and not him it took me out of the performance. I was actually really excited and happy with the booking but it was a huge letdown.

Biffy gave by far the best headline performance at Leeds. Not only did they have the best production but they were by far the tightest live act. Considering they were following Nine Inch Nails there was a possibility they could have underwhelmed, instead they gave it everything and it paid off.

I Caught 10 minutes of the Tomahawk performances before Eminem and It was the worst thing i've seen all weekend. Love Mike Patton, but the sound [?] was awful

I must say, I went to see BMTH hating them, returned loving them! Thought they were brilliant.

I thought it sounded great. They captured everything Mike was doing vocally which I thought might have been an issue in Lock-Up. There were a few bands over the weekend in which the vocals just weren't right in the mix but I didn't notice that with Tomahawk.

I really wish I would have watched all of Tomahawks performance instead of leaving halfway for Eminem. It was probably the most underwhelming headline performance I have seen at a festival. He barely performed any of his songs in full, did a really short set and relied too much on backing tracks. Every time I noticed that it was the backing track and not him it took me out of the performance. I was actually really excited and happy with the booking but it was a huge letdown.

Biffy gave by far the best headline performance at Leeds. Not only did they have the best production but they were by far the tightest live act. Considering they were following Nine Inch Nails there was a possibility they could have underwhelmed, instead they gave it everything and it paid off.

Also, Leeds People..

Was anyone else really disappointed with C&S?

Since I wasn't camping, I was staying in Leeds centre, me and my friend left a bit early to beat the rush because the performance really wasn't doing it for us.

SO LUCKY!! Me and my friend had to wait in a line (even though we had tickets) for like 3 hours!

Agree completely here. I was a bit underwhelmed about Eminem. I understand sometimes that they do sing over backing tracks when they have to rap as it takes a lot of effort but still, I paid a lot of money for that festival and I'd like to the see the acts entirely live, not singing over one of their songs. Since I wasn't camping, I was staying in Leeds centre, me and my friend left a bit early to beat the rush because the performance really wasn't doing it for us.

I agree about Biffy too, which really surprised me. I've never been a very big Biffy fan, but I've come out of the weekend wanting to buy all their records. Green Day have been one of my favourite bands for years, yet I enjoyed the Biffy performance more. Their set was incredible and words can't describe how awesome they sound live. Green day were amazing - but Biffy were something else.

Seeing lots of people raving about Biffy... Was anyone else disappointed they only played 1 old song (57)? I was a huge fan back in the day and saw them live about 6 times 10 years ago so I was really disappointed they only played one song from their first few albums.

Green Day on the other hand were absolutely brilliant, Dookie in full made my weekend

Also, Leeds People..

Was anyone else really disappointed with C&S?

I was interviewing bands all weekend but I have to say Eminem's performance shouldn't of closed the weekend. Hype man? Mimed the entire thing to backing vocal track? Absolute joke.

Chase and status absolutely killed it however and a better order would have been Eminem then chase and status IMHO.