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Agree that Feeder were the shit; disagree that Saves the Day were mediocre. Prob was, Saves the Day would have pleased a LOT of fans (like me) and newbies would have hated them.
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Agree. I did Reading 2003 - 2008 then stopped cos it was getting a bit shit. First year since and bloody hell, it was ace. Everyone friendly, didn't encounter any dickheads, Brown campsite nice and chilled but still had a fun atmosphere, marvellous bands and mostly great crowds.
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Did she get invited onstage or something to sing?
Have you ever seen Avenged do it for Pantera's Walk, the guy nails it!
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Charlie doing nothing on stage with Hayley Williams
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Here are a few in a random order. Reading.
Saves the Day - 11. Band of the weekend. Cannot even describe how brilliant it was, on the barrier and singing along to every song. The band put 100% into the whole set and it was just magic. When they played Holly Hox and bloody UNDRESS ME I swear I might have died. Even admit to getting a bit teary during Undress Me, because that song is so beautiful anyway but it's also quite special to me, so the whole thing was just a dream.
Feeder - 9. What a cracking atmosphere in that tent! I was just before the circle pit and right in the middle. Couldn't even see the band for most of it but all the songs were singalong classics and everyone was jumping and going mad, but looking out for each other. Brilliant.
Kasabian - 8. Would have been higher if I'd managed to get further in, but I came scampering over after Feeder, missed my favourite Kasabian song, and the crowd was so tight that I was stuck back where there wasn't much atmosphere and I didn't want to be one of those dick crowd pushers. Had a good old solo dance looking like a twit though, and it was good enough.
Foos - 8. Pretty much same as above, though I somehow managed to get separated from my friends after spending the whole day by the mainstage with them, which was a shame.
Spector - 6. All right, bit trendy for me
Kaiser Chiefs - 7, nice singalong, bit too far back though, but being really drunk helped
Eagles of Death Metal - 7, cracking old dance to Boys Bad News!
Coheed - 7. Ruined by shit atmosphere. Was dead near the front but surrounded by loads of kids who didn't know who they were and talked/stood still throughout. DON'T COME TO THE FRONT THEN, w*nkERS
Two Door on BBC Introducing - n/a can't give too much of a rating as only caught the end. Nice little surprise, but again I feel like I'm too old for them.
Gaslight - 7. Pretty fucking awesome, happy with that
Deaf Havana - 8. Didn't know them before this weekend, have come home and bought a couple of albums
Vaccines - 8. Much better than I thought they'd be, but was with some new camping friends and we were all fucked, so I think part of my enjoyment was getting swept along with it all
Florence - 2. Absolute poo
Black Keys - 9. Bloody excellent. They didn't play much of their old stuff tho, but I love El Camino so it's all good
Twin Atlantic - n/a. Got my times wrong and was in the toilet when someone in the next cubicle said, "I can't believe I'm missing Twin Atlantic trying to shit" and thought, "oh, bollocks". Caught the end and it looked bloody awesome. Pretty pissed off with that.
Band of Skulls - 7. Enjoyed them but didn't know enough of their stuff. Might give em a listen now tho.
Paramore - 7. If I were more of a fan I reckon I'd have been delighted. As it were, they're a bit meh for me as I'll give their songs a listen, but don't go nuts for them
Silent Disco on the Friday - 11. Got there instead of the Cure (yes I know, heathen etc) and was front of the queue. Skipped right in and danced the night away til it ended. Memory loss for pretty much the last couple of hours but there was a legend of a guy at the bar (TOBY!) who was serving, and some pilled up bellend trying to sell us MDMA. Go away. But the disco was ace. Often found myself singing along to the exact opposite as everybody else, though!!
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Ahh, remembered some more.
Mike, who we were camped next to, accidentally lied to his employers that his granddad had died so he could get time off. We were appalled until he said "it's ok, I don't have a granddad!"
Same guy was a total hero throughout the whole weekend...got absolutely fucked on the Sunday and was dancing it up for Gaslight Anthem before passing out on the ground. We "accidentally" put some stones in his shorts and up he woke. Then some girls doing neon handprints arrived and he unhooked one of their bras with ONE HAND...so she grabbed him in the balls with her neon hand and he spent the next half an hour holding his groin, lumping out one ball and saying, "it's never been that far forward compared to the other one before. I think she's damaged it."
Absolutely marvellous.
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I'd also read it was Skol so when they tried to give it to me, I said, "could I have the Pepsi instead, please?" I was met with a blank look and told they had some Relentless instead? I fucking hate Relentless so said no...
...but where was the Pepsi? This was only about 11am on the Thursday at Reading...
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I walked past the "we will rate your looks for free" sign just as one of them was saying, "take your glasses off, let's see those pretty eyes..." then, "ugh!"
Haha
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The one in the village opposite the arena entrance/exit was great, I must have gone there about five times across the weekend.
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I found I didn't have to queue for anything other than Friday's breakfast bap, and even then despite the queue looking horrendous it moved pretty fast. The staff doing the breakfast bap stall were heroes, though...really friendly, nice, cheerful despite getting a fair old bit of abuse. When I was there everybody wanted sausage, and every so often someone would come out holding about four baps whilst all the people waiting would just scream "SAUSAGE! SAUSAGE!" at them in an effort to get one of the prized sausage baps. Some idiot of a girl got dead stroppy next to me and yelled at one of the staff members, "I've been waiting 30 minutes for a fucking sausage so the next time one comes out you'd better bring it to me, you c**t." Bollocks was she waiting 30 mins; 10 at most.
I was pleased that I'd been there 5 mins and I got a sausage before her, rude twat.
As for the children, well...I was in the first section of Brown under the B1 fire tower and it was fine. I'm 28 and around me were people who were early 20s, a few Welsh 30 year olds and a big camp next to us who were about 18...and who didn't talk to us all weekend at all but one of them did shit on the corner of our tent (then one came to apologise as I was putting the tent down at about 2am. Too late: shit had already made friends with my hand).
I think the rule is, fewer kids the furthest away you get. Noticeable age drop as you get into yellow. And if I hear "YOLO" one more time, it'll be ME doing the shit.
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Saves the Day on the Friday at Reading literally made my festival. Absolutely loved every second of it, was right at the front and they played pretty much all my favourite songs. Went out of there buzzing, bit emotional!!
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So many I can't even remember them all...
- Chap in full on Iron Man suit made from coke cans. Bloody hell.
- Really fat girl stack it down the steps on the longdrops in Brown
- Some dude in the Silent Disco off his face on MDMA trying to "see his own hands"
- Nicking a kid's guitar in Orange, playing MMM Bop and attracting an instant crowd of about 50, then giving it back and walking away like a boss. I enjoyed that.
- Newly made camping friend taking my other friend's camera, going "get in the picture!" to everyone near the toilets in the arena, and about 100 people bundling over. A hero of a photo
- Dance off in the silent disco. So much fun
- HEAPS of overheard conversations and some brilliant ones in the toilet, including "this might be the best wee I've ever done" and "I can't believe I'm missing Twin Atlantic cos I'm trying to shit"
- Singing "Whooooooaaaaa! You're tower's for fire!" a la Kings of Leon at some poor bored girl in a fire tower
- The legend that was Andy, and his friend Nathan, from Essex. They were absolutely off their faces on something and arrived in our campsite. I had to help Andy to the toilet and then he went to the supermarket in Brown, where he entertained the crowds for a bit longer and then tried to pay a £31 supermarket bill with £20. Back at camp, Nathan was absolutely alarmed to learn we weren't at Leeds, but at Reading. "But...this morning I was at Leeds. I'm sure I was at Leeds. I've walked all the way to Reading from fucking Leeds. OH FUCK, man, I'm gonna have to walk all the way back to fucking Leeds to find my tent!"
- Andy's stories included some brilliant ones about how he was fishing, found a frying pan in a bush, and to cut a long story short did a poo in it and cooked it in his mate's tent. And how he did a poo in a pizza box and gave it to the workers in Dominos. Absolutely ridiculous individual but so so funny...and I have the whole frying pan story on video, so that's going on Youtube!
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I was fairly near the back of the tent, but it was overflowing a lot, the outside near it was packed as well. There were a lot of people wanting to see them.
Previous times they've been early afternoon on the mainstage and I thought that suited them, nice, feel-good pop tunes for a bit of a crowd singalong, but it was absolutely electric in that tent. Really surprised they played High as well, and Just The Way I'm Feeling was magnificent.
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Was anyone else in that MASSIVE photo of about 100 people by the arena toilets in Reading? It was taken on my friend's camera so as soon as I get hold of it I'll post it up here and you can see if you can spot yourself!
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Bloody amazing. I am destroyed.
Feeder were absolutely brilliant; the atmosphere in there was incredible. Glad I stayed until the end and missed the beginning of Kasabian, who were also brilliant. Saves the Day made my ACTUAL festival, however; I know they're quite a small band etc, but I was right at the front and they played my favourite songs...ahhhh, came out of there absolutely buzzing.
Foos were obviously brilliant. Also quite impressed with Deaf Havana, who I didn't really know before Reading but I'm gonna check them out now. The atmosphere was a bit shit for Coheed which disappointed me a bit, because all the other times I've seen them it's been wonderful. I think playing early on the mainstage rather than late in a tent made them suffer a bit. I was dead near the front, yet surrounded by children going "Who is this band?" and not dancing, singing or anything. Which was a shame.
Campsite atmosphere pretty good as always; camped next to some absolute heroes from Gloucester and some of the maddest Welsh people I've ever met in my life. Absolutely brilliant.
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Fun little tip: wash out a suncream bottle with a wide twisty lid and whack some valuables in there if you're worried. Thieves won't want suncream...particularly if the weather goes the way the BBC is predicting!
Also...you will not have a single, single problem drinking in the campsite. You will need ID for the arena though, so drinking there will be out. But drinking in the campsite will be fine. As for weed...it tends to smell, so generally the worst that might happen, provided your friends have a small enough amount for personal consumption rather than dealing to the masses, you'll get a warning or a quick word. They might get searched though, so they should be prepared to be pissed off if a dog catches them and they get their weed taken off them. Again, nothing will happen really other than it being taken away, as long as there isn't loads of it.
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Also, there is that huuuuuge camping shop on the way to the site from the train station.
Additionally, you get loads of street vendors setting up selling camping stuff along that walk too, but I don't know how dodgy they are.
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Resolve.
Yes yes. yes.
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No worries buddy.
If I see you, I will give you a hi-five! I'm a 28 y o lady who looks about 12 with short brown hair, probs in shorts and wellies (I LOVE THEM, DON'T JUDGE ME), hoiking a huge rucksack and carrying a camping chair. -
Hmm...tricksy one. I'd say about 11. Avoid: legions who get there for 8/9. Avoid: post-exam results children at 1ish. Used this trick from 2003 - 2008 and it never failed me. That said, I've not been since 2008 so all may have changed. Personally, I'm getting in to Reading station at 10.30 then doing the walk, so I will soon discover if 11am is a good shout or not!
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Well, a "no cans" rule would be a nice little way to backpedal on the three free beers plannage....!!
Nah, jokes. There's also some can recycling scheme thingy where you get monies for handing in cans, or something. At least there'll be a bit of variety from the cup-stackers this year. The can-gatherers...
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Ahhh, stinky flapbags. GUTTED about the Feeder change of time. Like someone said up above, I was hoping to watch all Feeder then shoot on over to Kasabian. As it stands, it looks like I'm gonna do all of Kasabian as I've not seen them before and I've seen Feeder a few times....but Feeder would have been an ace nostalgia trip.
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Sorry man, this was mean't as a separate post, not a clicked one. Nothing at you
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Reading have a band doing 3 new pretty awful songs and before anyone says it's jealousy. Seen them twice, I've heard Kill the DJ, there is certainly not any.
Who else thinks this year was actually outstanding?
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A boy did a poo on the corner of my tent, but he did come and apologise.
Only after I'd de-pegged it and got his shit in my hand, that was.
NOT HAPPY GUVNOR