Author Topic: Reading Festival... (Read 3067 times)

sam · « **on:** August 29, 2005, 22:03 »

...and so it ends for another year, i'm shattered!

For anyone who couldn't go ITV2 have coverage. I missed todays but tomorrow has more including (8pm - 9pm)
Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, Incubus, Iggy & The Stooges, Queens Of The Stone Age and The Charlatans

Simon · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2005, 22:55 »

All those in an hour? Blimey, they've not over stretched themselves with coverage have they! I'd quite like to see Maiden and Manson.

Clive · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2005, 23:13 »

I didn't manage to get there this year Sam. Maybe next year...

sam · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2005, 09:41 »

yeah it is crap that the coverage is only an hour long, maiden were on for over 2 hours themselves.

I have to admit to not seeing as much of maiden as i should have, their were lots of other good bands on at the same time (Echo and the bunnymen, Bloc Party) so did a walk around all the tents. I had the odd experience of eating an ice cream while watching maiden.

I think the Foo Fighters were the best band of the weekend, but then I saw lots of small bands like the Editors and the Subways who were excellent. I think I saw about 40 bands, I havent added it all up yet but at £130 for all of them not bad value for money.

Michelle · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2005, 00:24 »

Sounds like a great time was had! Sounds like great value to me!

I would have loved to have been there to see Maiden, but a whole weekend of kite buggying was good enough for me, I am exhausted now, but happy. And just trying to find some footage of Reading

sam · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2005, 09:21 »

i think tiscali has some more.... but im not sure take a look at the festival pages you might find more. It was a wicked weekend. Well apart from the campsite on the last night. I must have heard 30 gas cansisters explode and see about 10 tents go up in flames. As we left on monday morning it looked like a warzone (the day before looking like a refugee camp)

Michelle · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2005, 10:23 »

Quote from: "sam"

i think tiscali has some more.... but im not sure take a look at the festival pages you might find more. It was a wicked weekend. Well apart from the campsite on the last night. I must have heard 30 gas cansisters explode and see about 10 tents go up in flames. As we left on monday morning it looked like a warzone (the day before looking like a refugee camp)

Gawd! I hope it wasn't innocent peeps who lost their tents! And we thought our campsite was bad!

sam · « **Reply #7 on:** August 31, 2005, 11:46 »

mostly drunk teens who have more money than sense. hey how about i burn my tent!! yeah that sounds fun! luckily we took control of a corner by a fence and a tree line so we were mostly away from the choas!