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last added: 25/08/05



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no on-the-door tickets at Reading & Leeds
(added Thursday 25 August 2005)
Contrary to some reports, there are NO tickets available on the door for either Reading Festival or Leeds Festival. People should not travel with the aim of buying tickets as they will not be able to get in. If you don't have a ticket, you can ...
webcast info for if you're not at Reading/Leeds
and a 'secret' if you are
(added Thursday 25 August 2005)
If you're not at the Reading or Leeds festivals this weekend, you don't have to miss out entirely. Sets from the Main Stage will be available as webcasts from here. They'll also be some 'intimate backstage ...
Leeds "3 day package" tickets available
they include camping
(added Friday 19 August 2005)
Some Leeds festival 3-day tickets have become available. Called a "3 day package", the tickets - costing £140 (plus fees) - gets the buyer three day tickets (for rthe Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), plus a campsite voucher that gives access to the campsite from 8am on the Friday (...
Transplants out of Reading and Leeds
(added Wednesday 17 August 2005)
According to their website, the Transplants have cancelled all their tour dates. No reason is given, but from other reports it's due to illness. This means they now won't be playing the Main Stage at Reading festival on the Saturday, and the Radio 1 Lock-Up Stage at Le...
Oxfam to make Leeds dance
and ActionAid says "bollocks" at Reading
(added Thursday 11 August 2005)
Oxfam is to host a late-night dance tent at Leeds, so that those there can shake their booty until 2am - this is one of the only venues on site with a late music license. The Oxfam tent is located at Leeds festival on Traders Alley, opposite the wristband exchange, and...
Reading and Leeds are havin' a laugh
the comedy & cabaret line-up
(added Tuesday 9 August 2005)
The line-up for the Comedy and Cabaret Stage at Reading and Leeds festivals has been announced. The stage will be host to some of the biggest names and rising stars in the comedy world, a host of classic cult films and some unique musical collaborations, while at the L...
My Chemical Romance's double-date
and GLC revealed as 'special guests'
(added Monday 8 August 2005)
My Chemical Romance have had to re-arrange their preformance slots at the Reading & Leeds festivals so that they can attend the MTV VMA Awards in the USA on the Sunday, where they've been nominated for four awards. They'll now open the Main Stage at Leeds on the Friday...
more dance for Reading & Leeds
some tickets still available
(added Tuesday 26 July 2005)
More acts have been confirmed for the Dance Stagefor Reading and Leeds festivals, which both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. ...
Biffy Clyro for Reading & Leeds?
(added Tuesday 26 July 2005)
According to their website, Biffy Clyro are to join the line-up for Reading and Leeds festivals, which both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshi...
dance headliners for Reading & Leeds
and more
(added Tuesday 14 June 2005)
More acts have been announced for this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals, which both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. For t...
Reading increases capacity
5,500 extra tickets for Saturday and Sunday
(added Friday 10 June 2005)
Reading festival has succeeded in getting the capacity of the event increased, with an extra 5,500 day tickets to be made available for the Saturday and Sunday. This takes the capacity to 60,500 for the Saturday and Sunday, while staying at 55,000 for the Friday. Readi...
more tickets for Reading & Leeds
get 'em quick!
(added Wednesday 1 June 2005)
There's some more tickets available to buy online for both the Reading & Leeds festivals. Reading - weekend, and days (all) - ...
Carling Stage at Reading & Leeds
Ladytron, The Go! Team, Echo & the Bunnymen, and more
(added Tuesday 24 May 2005)
The Carling Stage has been announced for this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals. At Reading on the Friday, and Leeds on the Saturday are Ladytron, Charlotte Hatherley, Saul Williams, The National, Mando Diao, The Paddingtons, We Are Scientists, The Blood Arm, Cherub...
The Lock-Up at Reading & Leeds
(added Wednesday 18 May 2005)
The Radio 1 Lock-Up Stage has been announced for this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals. Replacing (or perhaps just a rename for) the Concrete Jungle Stage, the Lock-Up Stage is at Reading on the Saturday, and at Leeds on the Sunday. At Leeds, The Transplants headli...
Jimmy Eat World out of Reading & Leeds
(added Friday 13 May 2005)
Jimmy Eat Woirld have cancelled their appearance at this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals, so that they can tour as the support at for Green Day in the USA. Another act is expected to be booked to fill the Main Stage slot they've vacated - details will be announced...
three more for Reading & Leeds
Finch, Wedding Present, All-American Rejects
(added Wednesday 11 May 2005)
Three more bands have been announced for the Main Stage for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire....
Death From Above 1979 and more for Reading & Leeds
(added Monday 2 May 2005)
More bands have been announced for the NME Radio 1 Stage across all three days at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, L...
loads more for Reading & Leeds
including CTC, Subways, Fightstar, Willy Mason ...
(added Monday 18 April 2005)
More bands have been announced for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Added to the N...
more tickets for Reading?
maybe an extra 10,000 tickets!
(added Thursday 7 April 2005)
Reading Festival organisers Mean Fiddler are trying to get an increase in capacity of 10,000 for this year's festival. An application has been made to Reading Council to increase the number of attendees from 55,000 to 65,000, to try to satisfy demand for tickets, which...
more for Reading & Leeds
(added Monday 4 April 2005)
More bands have been announced for the Reading and Leeds Festivals, which both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Added to the M...
Reading Festival weekend tickets now SOLD OUT!
day tickets still available
(added Wednesday 30 March 2005)
Weekend tickets for Reading Festival are now all officially sold out, in record time! With headliners Pixies, Foo Fighters, and Iron Maiden, as well the other acts announced so far, the longest running large contemporary music festival in the UK retains and gains its a...
Reading Festival weekend tickets almost SOLD OUT!
looks like a mega year for festivals
(added Thursday 24 March 2005)
Weekend tickets available to buy via the 24 hour CC booking line and the internet for this year's Reading Festival have sold out in record time! However, a limited number of weekend tickets are still available from these branches of HMV Stores: Bath, Bracknell, Bristol...
day tickets now available for Reading & Leeds
buy 'em here!
(added Tuesday 22 March 2005)
Day tickets for Reading & Leeds festival are now available, priced at £60 for any day. Reading Festival Click ...
first acts for Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds
(added Monday 21 March 2005)
The first announcement has been made for the Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds festivals, which take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire and at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The Friday at Reading, and the Saturd...
tickets on sale for Reading & Leeds
a chance to buy early
(added Monday 7 March 2005)
Weekend tickets are now available for both the Reading and Leeds festivals, which take place at the end of the summer, from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August. The tickets are on sale prior to any bands being confirmed - the first bands will be announced on Monday 21...
Reading/Leeds headliners?
(added Wednesday 2 February 2005)
nme.com has published who it says are the headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals - The Foo Fighters, Pixies, and Iron Maiden. And they might be right. And they might not. Early each year they publish rumours, and each summer they prove to not all be cor...
last chance for Reading/Leeds tickets at 2004 prices!
(added Tuesday 30 November 2004)
Straight after this year's Reading and Leeds festivals, organisers Mean Fiddler announced that weekend tickets for the 2005 festivals would be on sale until 28th September at the 2004 price of £105. And indeed, they were on sale .... and still are right now! ...
Reading / Leeds 2005 tickets on sale!
(added Tuesday 31 August 2004)
In a move mirroring what T in the Park and V Festival have done this summer, organisers Mean Fiddler hav put tickets for the 2005 Reading and Leeds festival on sale today. Only weekend tickets are available, at the 2004 price of £105. The tickets will only be available...




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Reading Festival 2005

Friday 26th - Sunday 28th August 05

Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire - MAP

Cost: £125 for weekend (including camping) - SOLD OUT, £60 any day

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