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Reading Festival 1975. After moving to Reading, the festival's line-up became primarily composed of progressive rock, blues and hard rock during the early and mid 1970s, [9] and then became the first music festival to incorporate punk rock and new wave in the late 1970s, when the Jam, Sham 69, and the Stranglers were among the headline acts. [10]
The festival ran from Friday 28 August 2009 – Sunday 30 August 2009. Weekend tickets cost £175. Day tickets cost £70. Alexisonfire and The Bronx (band) played two sets at both Reading and Leeds – one on the Main Stage and one later in the day on the Lock Up stage. A Day to Remember cancelled their appearance on the Festival Republic stage.
The Reading Festival bridge is a temporary footbridge over the River Thames near Reading, Berkshire. First built in 2008, the bridge is installed annually for the Reading Festival to allow access to the main festival site from camping and parking on the north side of the river. Use of the bridge is restricted to festival attendees. [2]
Reading Festival 2024 review, Sunday: Technical issues abound for Renee Rapp but Liam Gallagher brings the buzz. Mark Beaumont. Updated August 26, 2024 at 6:59 AM.
4/5 On one of Reading’s strongest opening days in years, no one drops the ball Reading Festival 2023 review, day one: Foals give us that Friday fever, with help from Yard Act and Wet Leg Skip to ...
4/5 Reading proves its culture-leading spirit is alive and kicking, even if any subtlety and intimacy conjured by Lana Del Rey’s piano ballad quietude is obliterated by rave thumps
Every year, Reading hosts the Reading Festival, which has been running since 1971. The festival takes place on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. Since 1999, Reading has been twinned with a simultaneous festival in Leeds, with the same acts appearing at both festivals on different days. In 2005, the main ...
It maintained control of the Reading and Leeds festivals and announced a new addition, Latitude Festival. In 2007, the Mean Fiddler Music Group was sold along with several venues to Mama Group Plc in order to allow Festival Republic to concentrate fully on promoting festivals. As part of the sale, Mama Group acquired the rights to the Mean ...