2013 Lineup

[Dead throne]

Neva gonna give you up, neva gonna let you down

[Mouseboy11]

beg to differ

[Asdaprice]

This is just something I want to throw out there...

there are a group of 20 girls from my school going to reading this year, and some said to me today they hardly know any bands on the lineup, and when I asked about green day they said "Oh that emo band right". They said "who" when I said system of a down, and they only knew one alt-j song.

So I asked them, why are you going to reading?

"they said, because the best act that has ever walked this earth is headlining, eminem!"

Look, you can choose not to believe it if you want, you can choose to argue with me but I know i'm right, there are an awful lot of people going, who don't give a fuck about anyone else but eminem. This girl that's going asked if there was going to be any more hip hop artists...

This is a reason why I'm not going this year, the lineup is good but nothing that grabs me, i'm going to glasto instead. But I have a feeling that the reading crowd is going to be much much different, and I only hate to think what the eminem crowd will be like, not even kidding this girl who I was speaking to didn't know any biffy clyro songs!

Eminem will undoubtedly get the biggest crowd of the weekend, stop trying to trick yourselves otherwise by thinking "you'd be suprised yadadadada".

[Asdaprice]

Generally just the views which are the consensus of most on here and seem to be in general.

[Asdaprice]

beg to differ

[Yellow_Fellow]

HIGH FIVE, SWAN DIVE. NOSE DIVE.

[Mouseboy11]

WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS A DICK

[thetime]

Ok, but I would say all 3 are headliner worthy and you have a pop punk legend, a rap pop legend, and a stadium rock soon to be legend. That's varied, as for the rest of the lineup, it is varied but because there's not 1000 indie bands people are getting their knickers in a twist

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Ok, but I would say all 3 are headliner worthy and you have a pop punk legend, a rap pop legend, and a stadium rock soon to be legend. That's varied, as for the rest of the lineup, it is varied but because there's not 1000 indie bands people are getting their knickers in a twist

[Yellow_Fellow]

I PUNCHED A LION IN THE THROAT. Lyrics that will live on forever!

[Asdaprice]

You were doing so well until you got to biffy playing stadiums and being legends...There decent but geesh.

[Mouseboy11]

I said soon to be ! And they will. Wembley sell outs in a few years I reckon

Edited March 12, 2013 by Mouseboy11

[Andy0808 v3.0]

biffy clyro? more like dicky tiebow

[kaosmark2]

Was looking at Bestival as an alternative but it looks as though If I buy a teen ticket. (17) I can't go without an adult. Any know much about this?

[Asdaprice]

I disagree with all of that, but virtually everything I want to say has been said on here over the past day and further back, and on the facebook pages and twitter, etc. I wrote a really long post, but realised it was virtually the same as everything that been said. Ever. Anywhere.

[the wonderwhy]

Fucking hell. I hope they don't stoop low enough to book this Macklemore idiot. What a crap song.

[Asdaprice]

I wonder if we'll all be complaining of to much album number 8 and not enough Only Revolutions then!

[Andy0808 v3.0]

first time i saw someone tweet/post 'Macklemore is so good' i assumed it was a seafood delicacy

[kaosmark2]

You're not allowed to disagree. Green day are pop punk legends, headline festivals all over, but admittedly past their peak. Still doesn't mean they are probably the biggest pop punk band in modern times. Eminem is the biggest rapper in modern times, most successful ever too, and headlines festivals all over. Biffy are at the top of their game and are being given a fantastic opportunity.

As for the rest, there's dance, dubstep, pop, pop punk, industrial, indie, and harder rock there. Hardcore will come in lock up. Thats pretty varied, and there will be more to come? I've seen some of the posts but I don't think anyone has disagreed with all of this.

Granted though, if you don't like heavier rock, the top 3 on Friday and Sunday will put you off, and if you don't like dance/pop then so will Saturday. Basically if you only like indie, you won't like it, and that's fine.

[the wonderwhy]

I like dance, I don't like anything booked. I like hip hop, I don't like anything booked.

Edited March 12, 2013 by MattDavies__

[sammylee]

Just got back from Foals at Rock City, thought they were incredible. Obviously won't be half as good at R/L but should still be a great performance.

[Buko]

Has anyone else realised that "Baauer" is the act that do "The Harlem Shake".

Never thought I'd see them at Leeds of all places.

[Asdaprice]

I disagree that he's not allowed to disagree.

Also:

I like heavier rock. I only like 4 of the heavier rock mainstage bands. I like dance, I don't like anything booked. I like hip hop, I don't like anything booked.

I think virtually every band booked could be described as 'pop' without stretching the definition too far.

[kaosmark2]

I was talking about variety rather then if people like them or not. Other people that like dance may like the acts booked, other people that like heavier rock might like all the heavy rock bands - don't see your point

[Gucci Piggy]

Finally caught up with this thread. So far there's 10 acts I want to see, but they're almost all main stage so I'll avoid clashes and be busy most of the time. Bought my ticket.

System of a Down

Deftones

Frank Turner

Foals

White Lies

Tame Impala

Biffy Clyro

Nine Inch Nails

Editors

Johnny Marr

opening act maybe?