Off to the Reading Festival...

Northwind
Northwind Posts: 14,675
edited September 2010 in The Crudcatcher
Northwind is out of the office :wink:

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It's all looking a bit 2002 :lol:
Uncompromising extremist
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    that's an awsome line up :lol: both days look good :D
  • TheNorthernTrain
    TheNorthernTrain Posts: 1,049
    I really wish i had got a ticket this year. I just gave up a few years back after it started getting naff.
    MmmBop

    Go big or go home.
  • lawman
    lawman Posts: 6,868
    wish i had a ticket :( , will be an awesome weekend though 8)
  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    I got offered a dirt cheap ticket the other day, such a shame I can't get the weekend off. So many bands I want to see
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    Lock Up stage is my home for the first two days, apart from NoFX and Gogol. Can't wait
  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    I've seen a lot of the bands on the Lock Up, but would gladly see them again. Sick Of It All were truly fantastic last time I saw them
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    Yeah same for me, haven't seen SOIA though and I can't bloody wait
  • TheNorthernTrain
    TheNorthernTrain Posts: 1,049
    Lock up gets some amazing bands. Would love to see Random Hand and Bad Religion. Streetlight are awsome live as well, I would consider buying a day ticket just to see them again. If i wasn't skint i would buy a day ticket for Friday and just camp with friends the rest of the time.

    But damn i'm annoyed with myself now. Ah well at least i know that none of my friends up here are off to Leeds.
    MmmBop

    Go big or go home.
  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    A.Palmer wrote:
    Yeah same for me, haven't seen SOIA though and I can't bloody wait

    If I had the cash and the spare time my Friday would be spent watching Crazy Arm and The Skints, then wander over to the main stage for Gogol Bordello and the back to the Lock Up tent to sing my lungs to death
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    Yeah man I can see Crazy Arm getting quite big in a few years much the same way Gaslight Anthem did, Skints also amazing live and really cool guys [and girl]. I'm reallllly up for Hatebreed and SOIA though
  • trekhead
    trekhead Posts: 626
    You lot make me feel old
    Last time I went to Reading this was the line up 8)

    TenYearsAfter-LiveAtReading1983-FrontER.jpg
    ole ginger b*ll*cks / the ginger ninja
  • Mynameisdann
    Mynameisdann Posts: 665
    Would have loved too go :/
  • TheNorthernTrain
    TheNorthernTrain Posts: 1,049
    trekhead wrote:
    You lot make me feel old
    Last time I went to Reading this was the line up 8)

    TenYearsAfter-LiveAtReading1983-FrontER.jpg

    Now that's what i call a line up! Fantastic special attraction too. Havn't listened to them in years.

    Just searched a couple of the other bands cos i'm one of these youfs. Some fantastic stuff in there. Thats a festival i would pay over the odds for.
    MmmBop

    Go big or go home.
  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    A.Palmer wrote:
    Yeah man I can see Crazy Arm getting quite big in a few years much the same way Gaslight Anthem did, Skints also amazing live and really cool guys [and girl]. I'm reallllly up for Hatebreed and SOIA though

    I loved the previous band Crazy Arm were in, No Comply. They're a good bunch of guys and talented songwriters. I'm off to see them when they support Against Me!. That'll be a great gig.

    The Skints are wonderful, really approachable. Unlike some 'big name' bands. I'm off to see Frank Turner tomorrow night so i'll try and slip a review in this thread for those that wanna see him
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • trekhead
    trekhead Posts: 626
    @ north-sure
    it was a priviledge to see that line up.
    Lizzys` last but one gig - stunning
    Ten Years After - superb
    Stevie Ray Vaughan - what can I say, he wasn`t that big here at that time, but I knew what to expect. I remember leaning on the stage barrier just a few yards away from the great man - AWESOME.

    Don`t make em like that anymore. Good times indeed. More drink than is medically safe - HAHA and more acid in me than in a 12volt car battery :lol:
    ole ginger b*ll*cks / the ginger ninja
  • TheNorthernTrain
    TheNorthernTrain Posts: 1,049
    Would have loved to have seen Thin Lizzy, Steel Pulse, Sabbath, Climax Blues Band and probably most of the others too :D
    MmmBop

    Go big or go home.
  • Beardface
    Beardface Posts: 5,495
    Off to Reading on the Sunday this year, can't wait! (Although gutted Zebrahead are on the Saturday, but seen them more than enough times I guess..)

    "Why hello there Miss Williams, may I have your undercrackers please?" :lol:
    Bird Aeris
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    trekhead wrote:
    You lot make me feel old
    Last time I went to Reading this was the line up 8)

    TenYearsAfter-LiveAtReading1983-FrontER.jpg

    I'll see your 1983 and raise you a 1980:

    Reading-80-advert-350.jpg

    I also went in 78 and 79. I can't remember if I went in 81 (don't recognise the line-up), but I know I missed 82 and 83... :D
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  • tilt
    tilt Posts: 214
    Given the line-up for Reading over the last few years, that is piss poor IMO. Arcade Fire as main stage headliners? lol. Not sure what Paramore are doing 2nd from top either.
  • trekhead
    trekhead Posts: 626
    El Cap

    nice win :wink:
    Do you feel as old as I do when you look at this years Reading.
    I can only see one band I would want to see. The rest of them I wouldn`t cross the road to see them :wink:
    ole ginger b*ll*cks / the ginger ninja
  • mrfmilo
    mrfmilo Posts: 2,250
    edited August 2010
    I'd only see Dizzee Rascal, Phoenix, Pendulum, Two Door Cinema Club - never heard of most of the others :lol:
    Marin
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    trekhead wrote:
    El Cap

    nice win :wink:
    Do you feel as old as I do when you look at this years Reading.
    I can only see one band I would want to see. The rest of them I wouldn`t cross the road to see them :wink:

    Yeah, not much there this year worth seeing IMO. And yes, I feel rather old. Especially when thinking back to paying 50p to enter Walsall Town Hall on a Friday night so see groups like Saxon, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Quartz, Magnum etc etc. For most of them, this was before they'd released their first album... :D
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  • trekhead
    trekhead Posts: 626
    WOW Saxon, there`s a blast from the past - saw them countless times - mega
    ole ginger b*ll*cks / the ginger ninja
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    mrfmilo wrote:
    I'd only see Dizzee Rascal, Phoenix, Pendulum, Two Door Cinema Club and possibly 3Oh3 - never heard of most of the others :lol:

    Pahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaa. That is all.
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    tilt wrote:
    Given the line-up for Reading over the last few years, that is wee-wee poor IMO. Arcade Fire as main stage headliners? lol. Not sure what Paramore are doing 2nd from top either.

    This years line up is so much better than last years. Arcade Fire are a huge band and are definitely deserved of a headline slot.
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    A.Palmer wrote:
    tilt wrote:
    Given the line-up for Reading over the last few years, that is wee-wee poor IMO. Arcade Fire as main stage headliners? lol. Not sure what Paramore are doing 2nd from top either.

    This years line up is so much better than last years. Arcade Fire are a huge band and are definitely deserved of a headline slot.

    Arcade Fire? Seriously, never heard of them...
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  • trekhead
    trekhead Posts: 626
    Nor me :o
    They might be good for all I know, I`ll check them out.
    ole ginger b*ll*cks / the ginger ninja
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    That doesn't mean they're not huge, they're extremely popular and extremely talented. Not that I'm seeing them as I'll be at Bad Religion, heard of them gramps? :lol:
  • mrfmilo
    mrfmilo Posts: 2,250
    A.Palmer wrote:
    mrfmilo wrote:
    I'd only see Dizzee Rascal, Phoenix, Pendulum, Two Door Cinema Club and possibly 3Oh3 - never heard of most of the others :lol:

    Pahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaa. That is all.

    I know most of them in the first 16 lines. But Wot Gorrila? Robin Ince? Darwin Deez? Blood red Shoes? Nope...
    Marin
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    It was more your god awful choice of bands rather than your lack of knowledge I found amusing

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