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Avenged Sevenfold performed a shortened set at Leeds and pulled out of the Reading leg due to illness. Due to the short notice, they were not replaced and the schedule was re-arranged. This meant Mindless Self Indulgence playing before Feeder, although this not an official 4th and are still retroactively listed as the second band to play.
Punk band the Hellions, featuring ex-Damned guitarist Brian James, were booked on an otherwise 100% heavy metal line-up on the Friday of the 1980 Festival and left the stage in less than a minute following an assault of cans, bottles and pork pies. "I Canned the Hellions at Reading" T-shirts were on sale at souvenir stands within the hour. [53]
Lead vocalist and guitarist Tommy Longhurst, from Woodley, [1] was a solo artist prior to Only the Poets, and became inspired by bands he saw at Reading and Leeds Festivals to start a band of his own. Andrew "Andy/Roo" Burge was a bassist for another band whom Longhurst linked up with upon its dissolution.
The Race is an English indie rock band formed in 2004 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Likened to bands such as U2 and Arcade Fire by music magazines the NME , Drowned In Sound and The Fly . Buchanan's vocals have a strong, Cure-like quality, [ 1 ] the band released their first long-playing album in 2006 through Shifty Disco Records (home to ...
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The band's first album, Whirlpool, released in 1991, [3] has been cited as one of the genre's high points, but failed to capture a wider market despite reaching No. 23 in the UK Albums Chart. [7] In the same year, Chapterhouse also appeared in their home town Reading Festival immediately following Nirvana 's performance.
Treasure joined the band, and following a short live stint in Reading, Sleep Room were ready with their developed sound, and new progressive material. In 2004 Sleep Room once again stepped into the recording studio, this time opting for the professional services of producer and engineer Lewis Childs and Earth Terminal in Odiham .
Following the announcement, the band held a press conference on 31 March 2010 to discuss their reformation at the Boogaloo pub. [29] The press conference then turned into an impromptu "guerilla gig" with the band playing many of their old tunes. [30] The Reading and Leeds festival appearances were preluded by 2 nights at the HMV Forum.