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...
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 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...
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 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 - 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 & ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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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 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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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...
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...
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:...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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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