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last added: 02/09/04



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NASTY Reading success
(added Thursday 2 September 2004)
ActionAid’s ‘Brand Nasty’ campaign was a huge success at the Reading Music Festival. Droves of celebrities and artists lent their support to get UK companies to behave ethically in poor countries. Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand, Sadie Frost, Pelle Almqvist from Th...
50 Cent bottled off stage!
(added Sunday 29 August 2004)
50 Cent was bottled off stage, 15 minutes into his set at Reading Festival. More news to follow in our reviews online tomorrow....
Reading Festival : park & ride
Richfield Ave too muddy for vehicles
(added Wednesday 25 August 2004)
2,000 parking spaces which were planned to be used for this weekend's Reading Festival at the Richfield Avenue site are out of use, as the torrential rain has made it too muddy for vehicles. Drivers will be now be redirected to Madejski Stadium, the home of Reading Foo...
Reading Festival sets to be available for download
(added Tuesday 24 August 2004)
Reading and Leeds festivals organisers Mean Fiddler have just announced a deal with Universal Records, which enables them to offer downloads of live performances of Universal artists from any Mean Fiddler music venue or festival. The agreement, which is subject to arti...
Reading Festival - weather warning!
(added Monday 23 August 2004)
As I'm sure you've noticed, it's been nice weather for ducks. It's stating the obvious - actually, perhaps not so obvious, as the number of people who think flip-flops adequate for such conditions continues to astound - but it's of course essential that festival goers bring suffi...
New Found Glory out of Reading/Leeds
with a poor, poor excuse!
(added Friday 20 August 2004)
New Found Glory have pulled out of Reading and Leeds festivals, so that they can attend the Video & Music Awards in the USA. A spokesman for Reading and Leeds festivals said "We are disappointed they feel this is more important than playing the festivals." P...
Squarepusher pulls out of Reading/Leeds
(added Tuesday 17 August 2004)
Squarepusher - one of the headline acts for the Dance Arena at the Reading & Leeds festivals - has pulled out. No reason has been given, and there are no plans for any replacement. The stage will now be closed on this day (Friday at Leeds, and Sunday at Reading) by Mike Patton & ...
ActionAid gets NASTY at Reading Festival
(added Friday 13 August 2004)
International development charity ActionAid will be giving the Reading Festival a NASTY twist, together with the almighty DJ duo Queens of Noize and eclectic DJs Del Gazeebo and Peepshow Paddy. The new ActionAid ‘Brand Nasty’ campaign will call on the UK government to ...
more Reading Festival weekend tickets available!!!
all gone, again.
(added Monday 9 August 2004)
Despite being officially sold out, again, there's some weekend (which include camping) tickets for Reading Festival available for sale - click here to buy - now sold out, sorry. We're unsure how many there are, but suspect it's only a handful. The ...
some Reading Festival weekend tickets available!!!
all gone, sorry
(added Wednesday 4 August 2004)
Despite being officially sold out, there's some weekend (which include camping) & day tickets for Reading Festival available for sale - click here to buy all gone, sorry. We're unsure how many there are, but suspect it's only a handful. The Readin...
Reading tickets all sold out - definitely!
Leeds tickets still available ... but not for long!
(added Tuesday 20 July 2004)
Organisers Mean Fiddler have now announced that all day and weekend tickets for Reading Festival have sold out. Tickets (both day and weekend) for the Leeds Festival - with the same bands on different days - are still available in limited numbers, and it's also expecte...
Reading & Leeds : SuicideGirls
(added Tuesday 20 July 2004)
SuicideGirls come to The Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals for the first time with their unique brand of burlesque that is sure to add a touch of glamour and not a little sleaze to the late night entertainment. Having swept the US with their combination of forthright f...
Reading tickets all sold out ... we think!
if you can still find any, snap 'em up!
(added Wednesday 14 July 2004)
As far as eFestivals has been able to establish, all tickets (both day and weekend) for Reading Festival have now sold out ... but if you can still find any for sale, we suggest that you snap them up quick! We're hoping to have official confirmation that all tickets have gone jus...
Reading & Leeds : comedy & cabaret
(added Tuesday 13 July 2004)
The acts for the Comedy Stage and the after-hours cabaret have been announced for the Reading and Leeds festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. ...
changes for Reading & Leeds music line-ups
plus a few new acts
(added Tuesday 13 July 2004)
There's been a few changes to the music line-ups for the Reading and Leeds festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. Following the cancellations b...
The Vines pull Reading & Leeds
(added Wednesday 7 July 2004)
The Vines have cancelled their appearance at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, "due to lead singer Craig Nicholls’ needing to rest and recuperate following a mentally and physically demanding period." Bit of a shame, eh? Seems the poor luv has found not working an eight...
limited number of weekend tickets for Reading
... plus Leeds, from Orange
(added Monday 21 June 2004)
If you have access to an Orange WAP phone you can still catch the likes of The White Stripes, The Darkness and 50 Cent at this year’s Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festival. Orange, the festival’s official digital communications partner, is releasing 1000 weekend ...
Dance Arena for Reading & Leeds
plus one other
(added Monday 14 June 2004)
The line-ups for the Dance Arena has been announced for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. At Reading on Friday, and ...
Carling Stage for Reading & Leeds
plus one other
(added Tuesday 8 June 2004)
The full line-up for the Carling Stage has been announced (although who plays on what day has yet to be finalised) for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both fr...
more confirmed for Reading & Leeds
including The Distillers
(added Monday 7 June 2004)
Three more bands have been confirmed for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. Newly confirmed for the Main Stage - in t...
more Reading & Leeds Concrete Jungle bands confirmed
(added Thursday 3 June 2004)
More bands have been confirmed for the Concrete Jugle Stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. Already confirmed w...
more for Reading & Leeds
for Radio One Stage & Concrete Jungle
(added Tuesday 25 May 2004)
More bands have been confirmed for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. New for the Radio One Stage are The (Internati...
loads more for Reading & Leeds
the Radio One Stage line-ups
(added Tuesday 11 May 2004)
Loads more bands have been confirmed for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. Added to the Main Stage are New Found Glo...
more for Reading & Leeds
... including Goldie Lookin’ Chain
(added Monday 26 April 2004)
More bands have been confirmed for the Main Stage at Reading and Leeds Festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. Added to Leeds only are My Mornin...
The Roots and Dizzee Rascal for Reading & Leeds
(added Friday 23 April 2004)
The Roots and Dizzee Rascal are the latest names confirmed for Reading and Leeds Festivals, which take place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, nr Leeds, West Yorkshire, both from 27th-29th August 2004. Both acts play on the d...
Reading weekend tickets sold out!
(added Friday 16 April 2004)
All weekend tickets for Reading Festival have now sold out ... though not in the "under three weeks from being placed on sale" as the organisers claim, as tickets have been available to buy from early February. However, it's still quicker than before, proving Reading F...
Radio 1 Stage headliners for Reading & Leeds
plus more for Main Stage
(added Tuesday 13 April 2004)
The headliners for the Radio 1 Stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals have been announced. The bands are Graham Coxon (Reading: Friday, Leeds: Saturday), Funeral For A Friend (Reading: Saturday, Leeds: Sunday), Supergrass, and the Von Bondies (Reading: Sunday, Leeds:...
Reading & Leeds announced
with The Darkness, White Stripes & Green Day
(added Monday 29 March 2004)
The Reading and Leeds festivals have been announced. The headliners are The Darkness (only English/Welsh show this year)(Reading: Friday, Leeds: Saturday), The White Stripes (only UK shows this year) (Reading: Saturday, Leeds: Sunday), and Green Day (Reading: Sunday, L...
The Hives for Reading & Leeds?
(added Thursday 25 March 2004)
According to The Hives' website, they're to play at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. It doesn't give full details, but has in their tourdates "Reading / Leeds Festival" for all three days of the festivals. The first major announcement of bands for this years festivals ...
Chas 'n' Dave for Reading / Leeds ???
with The Libertines
(added Thursday 26 February 2004)
According to Teletext's PS:News, cockney duo Chas 'n' Dave say they'll be appearing at the Reading and Leeds festivals just before the The Libertines. Chas told PS:News "Our manager phoned last week to say The Libertines had offered us to play just before their show. I...
The Darkness to join White Stripes?
as Reading / Leeds headliners
(added Thursday 19 February 2004)
According to Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis - who spoke last night at the Oxford Union - the headliners for this years Reading and Leeds Festivals include The Darkness and The White Stripes. Although of course Michael isn't involved with Reading and Leeds Festival...
limited weekend Reading / Leeds tickets available NOW
get them quick!!!!
(added Thursday 5 February 2004)
A strictly limited number of weekend tickets for this years Reading and Leeds festivals are now available to buy via a special "pre-release". The tickets for this year's events, to be held from Friday 27th - Sunday 29th August at Richfield Avenue, Reading and Bramham P...
no ordinary debut
one for Reading and Leeds, and more
(added Thursday 29 January 2004)
The Ordinary Boys have told John Earls of Teletext that they're already lined up to play at this years Reading and Leeds Festivals, before even their debut single "Maybe Someday"" has hit the shops (which it does on Monday 2nd February). Singer Preston told him: "I wen...




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Reading Festival 2004

Friday 27th - Sunday 29th August 04

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Cost: any day £45, £105 for weekend - SOLD OUT

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