I will only go back if...

[mooseman]

Eminem headlines.

I enjoyed it this year but with the crazy prices for food and drink, the amount of ques, the gridlock between some bands, the idiots and the shit crowd I just can't be bothered with it.

[Vieuphoria]

You are aware Eminem just mimes now right?

On a personal level i will only go back if Soundgarden & Pixies are booked as headliners or subs next year.

[oohaahcantona88]

Eminem headlines.

I enjoyed it this year but with the crazy prices for food and drink, the amount of ques, the gridlock between some bands, the idiots and the shit crowd I just can't be bothered with it.

[oohaahcantona88]

You are aware Eminem just mimes now right?

On a personal level i will only go back if Soundgarden & Pixies are booked as headliners or subs next year.

[Electricityscape]

Please not Eminem, his new stuff is terrible.

The Strokes

Foo Fighters

Gorillaz

Something along the lines of that and I'll be running to get my ticket.

[Role Model]

I was all hoping for Eminem, but yeah his new album is the worst of his career.

I've already got my ticket, so I guess I'm going back even if Jedward headline (hopefully)

[Englishdragon]

I loved it this year but purely based on the fact the festival is mainly for the 16-20 crowd and ill be 24 at the next festival Im looking at going to something different.

Glastonbury or Bestival are the ones in my head at the minute.

However if I dont find an alternative I shall be going back to leeds

[Megahurtz400]

I feel the same, just seems Festival Republic are just cashing in on the whole ordeal now.

Going to have to be a pretty special line up to bring me back, im considering Pink Pop, Rock Werchter or Rock am Ring next year, depending on line ups

[angrymammal]

Pixies, Soundgarden, Greenday or Radiohead. Even then I'll probably go for the day rather than the weekend. I really enjoyed this years festival, I think some things have improved on the last time I went in '08, but I can't help but think the music is becoming secondary to the commerciality and hedonism, and that's just not why I go to Reading.

Other than that, I'm headed for a couple of smaller festivals like 2000trees and Truck

Edited September 5, 2010 by angrymammal

[Bradders]

We've been looking at European festivals and are shocked out how cheap they are. About half of what you'd pay here. I think basically it comes from Glastonbury being huge and well worth £200 so the rest can get away with copying their price.

[jimmyd93]

I was all hoping for Eminem, but yeah his new album is the worst of his career.

I've already got my ticket, so I guess I'm going back even if Jedward headline (hopefully)

[Electricityscape]

It's about 300* better than Encore, a lot better than Relapse too.

[Vieuphoria]

Get Mos Def to headline... The FR Stage.

[pickitoutlandreau]

It'll take something out of this world to get me back next year. Like a Smiths reunion, for example.

[kev1664]

I'm going to download next year for a stag do, I'm quite looking forward to a different festival experience. I've heard its meant to be much more chilled out to R&L. I for one think that can only be a good thing.

However the line up for R&L is right up my street and with the bands being spoken of already I can imagine it being a very good line up. If I go next year it will be on the back of a good line-up announcement and/or a clamp down of some sort on the trouble again.

I didn't have as much fun this year due to a smaller group going but it was still a good festival all in all.

[lucastang]

It'll take something out of this world to get me back next year. Like a Smiths reunion, for example.

[mooseman]

Food and drink- bring your own

Queues- Plan ahead and you'll be able to negate most of the queues

Idiots- you get them at every festival

Shit crowd- Only one way to improve upon this, sing louder and dance harder!

And I'm sorry but the crowd for Eminem would be a lot more idiot filled than for the average headliner!

[stylishkids]

I'll complain about the line up and the way FR operates but still end up going! The fact is all my mates will be there and I couldn't stomach been at home the bank holiday weekend by myself. If they were interested in better festivals I'd be at the likes of Pukkelpop or Roskilde in an instant, but the only one they are talking about is Exit which had a dreadful line up last year and I wouldn't want to travel to Serbia for nine days for a similar line up with only a few of the Leeds lot. I'll still make sure I'll finally be at Glasto next year though, but looks like I'll be going by myself and meet a few others when I'm down there. If they had similar tastes I'd possibly try Bonaroo tbh and the states.

Edited September 6, 2010 by stylishkids

[pickitoutlandreau]

I just feel completely underwhelmed with festivals in general really. I'm only in my early twenties but I just can't be bothered with all the knobs that seem to make up most of the audience. Even since 2004, when I went to my first festival, the whole thing's become more commercialised and more full of pricks. I absolutely loved the music at Leeds this year, saw some great bands, and some bands who otherwise I'd never waste my time to go and see, but everything else just was an annoyance to me.

If I don't do Glastonbury next year I can see it being my first festival free summer since 2003, with maybe just a day ticket for TITP if there's a particularly appealing day.

I will admit, I did say the same about Leeds this time last year, so who knows.

[googlebrain]

I just feel completely underwhelmed with festivals in general really. I'm only in my early twenties but I just can't be bothered with all the knobs that seem to make up most of the audience. Even since 2004, when I went to my first festival, the whole thing's become more commercialised and more full of pricks. I absolutely loved the music at Leeds this year, saw some great bands, and some bands who otherwise I'd never waste my time to go and see, but everything else just was an annoyance to me.

If I don't do Glastonbury next year I can see it being my first festival free summer since 2003, with maybe just a day ticket for TITP if there's a particularly appealing day.

I will admit, I did say the same about Leeds this time last year, so who knows.

[Bradders]

Can I just ask if you two have been to Glastonbury? Because in my opinion it's exactly what you're looking for!

[rexclark]

Unless the line up is f**king awful (hello Eminem) I'll probably be back. I still always have a great weekend and see some cracking acts.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Well said, the cost of the festivals (and i mean all british festivals) has become a joke, i understand that prices will increase but the value for money doesn't. The standards have dropped dramatically and yet they still put up ticket prices, early entry and food. It's a absolute p***take. 6 Pound for a burger or baguette is enough to make you sick evan if the burger doesn't. Then they make it evan harder to enjoy yourself, (my mate was told he is not allowed to wear high vis trousers as they are a health and sfaety risk, and we were told to put out a CANDLE yeas a CANDLE because we are not allowed naked flame as that too is dangerous) now i do see there point but lets not be silly about it it's hardly gonna start the Great fire of london, and it was under control after all it was a CANDLE. THe bands that are booked have gone downhill as well, who would ever book Razorlight or Kings Of Leon as a READING Headliner, or Blink as main headliner for that matter. It is all part of the bubble of live music that has monopolised the modern world over the past few years. Too many INDY kiddies thinkin its cool to go to a festival or see live bands so they can take pictures of themselves and put them on Facebook. Well that bubble will soon burst and all that will be left are expensive tickets to festivals people no longer want to go to, and before anyone jumps down my throat about this, back in the late 90's when good bands played, you could turn up at the festival and get tickets on the door without fail.

The music 'scene'/industry is just another victim of the markets, hyper-commercialised till all the life and soul is sucked out, and you get bland morons in 'mosh' pits telling you not to push them (this actually happened to me). So I invite you all to my brand new honest festival "Capitalist fest"- where you are invited to spend £200 on a ticket, to sh1t in your own pants (nappies provided for £2), but of course wi fi is now available around the festival sight so you can all post on facebook what a fun time you are having whilst there. Rock and fu*king roll.

And to quote the person who said about Eminem's new album

"It's awful. He's done exactly what Jay Z has done and moved into the RnB scene with Rihanna and all them.

White America, Mosh, Till I Collapse etc. That was when Eminem was good. I can't do with that "Not Afraid" I die a little inside every time I hear it.

You are sooo wrong his new able is actually pretty good but if you want to see the Best eminem you might want to look at SLIM SHADY LP AND MARSHALL MATHERS not Encore.

[Musesetlist]

Dear Melvin,

In order for me to return for the weekend, I require one of the following as exclusive headliners:

The Cure

Tool

Nine Inch Nails (Good Luck)

Black Sabbath (Again, good luck)

Refused in the Lock Up ^

And/or 6 of the following bands

Muse

Porcupine Tree

The Smashing Pumpkins

Rancid

Biffy Clyro (again)

Weezer (again)

Thrice (in the Lock Up)

Dillinger Escape Plan

Deftones

Pixies

Alice in Chains

Sublime With Rome

Faith No More

Rx Bandits

A Perfect Circle

Glassjaw

Misfits

Bloodhound Gang

Megadeth

Disturbed

And I guess a load more metal bands. That's my wishlist. That's the kind of line up it will take to bring me back where all the twats are. Get on it Melvin!

[Vieuphoria]

I thought Sublime with Rome were a good shout for this year. I think next year it's got to be a definite possibility for lowish main or high lockup?