Absolutely stoked with today announcement. Its a zeightgeist a festival it moves with the times. So the big tent is gone, get over it life moves on. Last year there were three tents and two non clashing main stages. Moaning about the tik tok generation just says you've out grown the fest, saying people are only interested in one song, well that's how festivals actually work u go and see an act out of curiosity and stick around.
Personally a great announcement today and unlike the Rose tinted days there's actually festivals like victorious and y not that fil the gap readings fine, it's not failing and the big tops not coming back, always remember being in empty tents in the old days. Get over it.
The futures of festivals is bright and reading will have its place but understand it might not be your but reading and Leeds will never die it wil always survive.
Was at a greener conference earlier and discovered do many more festivals and innovations if the memory of the reading upsets u that much discover something new and leave a zightfeist festival alone