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[Mega Ross]

No lets go drink and meet some randomers, then go see some bands.
f**king wierdos with their piss obsession.

[knivesout]

oh come on, i'm not saying i haven't had some great times at reading but in no way does it attract "music savvy" people, demonstrable in the relatively small crowds arcade fire and radiohead have received in the past, and that the national will no doubt unfortunately receive.  most of my friends going really couldn't give two shits about the lineup and are just going to get drunk with 85000 other 16 year olds fresh from doing gcses, most of whom either listen to generic indie or whiny scene bollocks. it's hard to deny that it attracts a hell of a lot of utter tools.

[Banana Co]

At a lot of festivals that I have been to in the past there has always been some idiots; Glastonbury, Reading, Bestival, Hop Farm, 2000 Trees, WOMAD and even Wychwood. Yo get a lot of different people at festivals, whereas, at artists own gigs you have more in common with the other people their.

[wellytastic]

It depends on which neighbours you prefer - swans or cows