The Reading/Leeds Festival Thread 2011

aha I was quite far forward for them and I got so many kicks to the face I was so bruised all over by the end of the weekend, especially my poor toesies haha all part of the experience I guess. lol, I am normally the terrified girl who somehow ends up in the middle of the pit standing there with my hands round my face sobbing! I am used to them now, I go to a fair amount of pretty violent concerts you coming to Reading this year?

i remember everyone moaning about 2010 and telling me not to go.

Went, and had one of the best times of my life...

... so i'm going again this year.

If the rest of the bands they announce aren't that great, I'll seriously consider selling my ticket.

Whether or not anybody will buy it is another matter...

Yup. Exact same thing happens every year.

I am gutted Mumford & Sons aren't playing .

been for the last 2 years and tbh the lineup just keeps getting worse...it's sad that such a big festival such as reading don't want to spend the big cash to reel in top notch acts in... ok think of the strokes etc...yeah they're class but they're also playing at other less known festivals such as oxegen and wireless festival also looks amazing.
When I went in 2009 it was great, the acts were big and it was a general all round great time.
When I went in 2010, the acts weren't as good, piss poor infact, and it seemed that the majority of people were just 16 year old indie tosspots who were only going just so they can have the wristband and say "yeah I went to Reading festival" It seems that every year less and less people go for the primary reason to why'd you'd go to a festival... for the music!! admittedly the atmosphere is awesome at Reading and it is what you make of it, but every year it seems to get more and more diluted.

Line up looks shocking (to my taste anyway) so i'd consider selling my ticket.

They played last year...

I'm really struggling with the notion of MCR as headliners :-/ can't see how they've earnt it tbh xx

Tickets are still really easy to get and apparently neither festival is close to selling out... compare this with V which sold out in 15 minutes. Bad times.

So predictions for next year?

Foo Fighters - Nirvana Anniversary (Basically already confirmed), Blur and RHCP/Metallica.

Hopefully Melvin will make up for this years line up.

I sadly doubt that... Dave Grohl a few years back had a secret appearance at Reading and did an interview with one of the BBC guys. He stated he loved Reading and Leeds more than any other festival, yet since that interview, every year they've been doing summer festivals... Reading and Leeds have not featured. They have a new album out and still do not play Reading and Leeds. I'm working on the whole assumption that they were asked. Perhaps they were and festival republic's "exclusivity" business model made MCR a more attractive option Melvin and FR will be breathe a sigh of relief when they eventually sell all the tickets

I can't say I'm surprised that it hasn't sold out yet. You have to go back probably to around 2003/2004 when it didn't last sell out on the opening night. The whole leaked poster probably didn't help either. And its for exactly this reason that Reading and Leeds are probably one of the last festivals that don't announce the lineup before ticket sales.