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Reading Festival will now be available to enjoy in print form, with 'The Reading Festival: Music, Mud and Mayhem', a book covering the festival year by year, through the eyes of the artists, attendees and staff.

The book, published by Reynolds & Hearn, will contain almost 200 pages of stories and photos surrounding Reading Festival, and will feature a forward by festival organiser Melvin Benn, as well as contributions from Alice Cooper, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Goldie Lookin' Chain, The Ordinary Boys, The Subways, BRMC, Zodiac Mindwarp, Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, Maximo Park, The Others, The Cult, Suzi Quatro, Yes, Whitesnake, The Stranglers, and many more.

The book will get its first release on the 24th of August at Reading Festival, with an official press launch in the press area. Then it will receive it's general release in the UK on 31st August. It's currently available on pre-order from Amazon, Virgin, WH Smith, Waterstones, Play.com, Blackstones, Tesco and many other smaller stores all over the world.

'The Reading Festival: Music, Mud and Mayhem' is written by Ian Carroll, and costs £10.99. To pre-order your copy, click here.


Reading Festival takes place next weekend at Richfield Avenue, Reading, at the same time as Leeds Festival which takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, with the bands swapping venues over the course of the weekend.

The line-up includes headliners Razorlight, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Smashing Pumpkins, as well as many more acts on the bill - click here for the line-up details for Reading, and here for Leeds.

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