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[VCK]

I thought Leeds Friday/Reading Saturday in 2010 looked pretty amazing, with Arcade Fire, The Libertines and The Gaslight Anthem all playing, three of the best bands of the past decade IMO.

The Manics day in 2001 looked a beast too, as it had the Manics, Supergrass, Feeder, Rancid and Frank Black. Likewise The Strokes playing the same day in 2002 as Pulp and Weezer was quite Godly looking.

Then going further back, the Saturday at Reading in 1994 with Pulp, Radiohead and Manics back to back looks breathtaking, with Primal Scream headlining later. The Saturday in 1992 had Public Enemy headline and the Manics and the Pumpkins shared the bill, a dream for me! Sunday that year was quite good too, Nirvana, Pavement and the Beasties.

The Pulp/Strokes double bill last year made the Sunday at Leeds look the best day out of the three. If the Manics played 3rd under RATM and QOTSA in 2008 that would have probably won the accolade for me

What do you think?

[thetime]

reading 2000 sunday(stereophonics day, although never saw them).

my vitriol who im still pretty obsessed over, one album but one great album.
cay
supersuckers
blink 182
rage against the machine
slipknot

and then over to evening session stage to see ian brown..

[Dukeeyyy]

Unfortunately it was before is started going to Leeds but 2000
Stereophonics
Placebo
Slipknot
Eminem
Rage
Blink 182

I think Eminem pulled out, but what a set of bands!
Also Friday 2008
Metallica
Tencaious D
Slipknot
Feeder
Avenged Sevenfold
Dropkicks
Is pretty amazing

[Couchy]

For the amount of bands I like... Saturday 2010 for me:

Pendulum
Enter Shikari
Dizzee Rascal
Mystery Jets
The Futureheads

Reading's more than just music to me (drinking & socialising) so I don't mind if there aren't that many bands to see in a day as long as there's a decent band to round the night off before heading back to camp.

[rexclark]

For me at had to be the Saturday at Leeds in 02. Mercury Rev, The Dandy Warhols, The White Stripes, Weezer, The Breeders, Pulp, Feeder, The Strokes and 2 Many DJs. Just fantastic.

[Hart Attack]

Friday 2011
Sunday 2010
Sunday 2008
Sunday 2007
Sunday 2006
Sunday 2003
Sunday 2002

Gotta love those Sundays...

[BTK1609]

My best day at a festival was the Friday at Reading 2000. Oasis, Primal Scream, Foo Figters and Limp Bizkit (the latter are a bit of a guilty pleasure). The Sunday was not bad either just for Rage and the Phonics although Blink were the most disappointing live act I have ever seen.

[rfc_478]

In terms of the most fun I've had in one day at Reading it would definitely be Saturday 2010 - Futureheads, Mystery Jets, Gaslight Anthem, Maccabees, Cribs, Libertines & Arcade Fire. Didn't move from the main stage all day which is rare for me!

[VCK]

Ah yeah, the Oasis day in 2000 deserves a mention.

Oasis
Primal Scream
Foo Fighters

In that order. The whole line-up that year was stellar to be honest.

[BTK1609]

VCK, on 06 February 2012 - 04:01 PM, said:

Ah yeah, the Oasis day in 2000 deserves a mention.

Oasis
Primal Scream
Foo Fighters

In that order. The whole line-up that year was stellar to be honest.

It was my first festival on the day I got my GCSE results, cost me about £75 for the ticket, got a free lift down there and the line up was brilliant! If only it was that easy still!

[Sarge009]

My favourite ever was the Arcade Fire/Libertines day in 2010, but I think the Reading Saturday in 04 looked amazing - The White Stripes, Morrissey and The Libertines back-to-back.

[Declan]

Friday 1991

Babes in Toyland.

Nirvana play mid afternoon and go from grunge also-rans to band on brink of superstardom in an afternoon.

Chapterhouse a good band on the rise playing their home town have follow and suddenly seem old hat.

Then Dinosaur Jnr, PWEI, Sonic Youth and Iggy headlining. And that's just the mainstage.

[gooner1990]

The whole of the line up in 2000

[circlepit]

gooner1990, on 06 February 2012 - 05:43 PM, said:

The whole of the line up in 2000

Agreed!

I saw get up kids, at the drive-in and QOTSA (all in the tents), Slipknot, Rage and Blink on the main.

Wish I could relive that weekend again

[Poppington]

Thought Sunday 2001 was pretty good, QOTSA, System, The Cult, Marilyn Manson, Papa Roach, Eminem plus The Leeds leg in 2002, the Friday was immense,Dillinger Escape Plan, Hundred Reasons, NOFX,Incubus, Slipknot,Offspring, Prodigy and G'N'R.

[5co77ie]

The day The Jam did a Who and smashed their kit up on stage, and I spent the whole set dancing on the roof of a car, and Sham 69 played, and Tom Robinson came out days later and told everyone it was a really naughty thing to do and started to cry!


The Jam
Automatics
Losers
New Hearts
Penetration
Pirates
Radio Stars
Sham 69
Ultravox

1978 had a decent line-up Spirit, and Status Quo played the next day, and Foreigner, After The Fire, Patti Smith, John Otway, and Squeeze played on Sunday (but i don't remember any of sunday.