The Reading page is still under construction, basically I have big plands for this section so I'm not going to rush it. I have a lot of things I wish to put on to this page some of which probably won't get here. If you want to see what's on so far just click the image above. There isn't much at the moment, the next time I update these pages everything will go up. Until then check out other good Reading pages like Caliban's World and Trippy-Net.(this was written over 1 year ago.)
The line-up always looked good, but it was to change during the summer months. During May & June there was a lot of talk as to whether Eminem would make it to the festival, the fact he had a court case pending meant he could not leave the U.S. there were times when the british fans were assured he would be there and times when it was said he could not make it.
It was also around this time a very very talented duo by the name of Daphne & Celeste were spreading shit in the hope of playing the great festival of Reading. They were telling all and sundry that they themselves were playing in Eminem's place and they had been requested, of course this was bullshit, not only did everyone hate them but they didn't even fit the bill of a rock festival. But for some unknown reason the Reading management succumbed to the pressure and allowed them to play. I have several theories for this, could it be that the management knew the fate the D&C would suffer at Reading or was it that they just couldn't be fucked to say no? Well either way I'm glad they booked Daphne and Celeste.
Not many other changes were made on the main stage but the smaller stage's line-ups changed a lot although I don't know exactly how much. Although the line-up was indeed excellent this year I feel it was pushed into the indie end of the rock spectrum and bands of high repute were made to suffer because of this. Soon I'll release my version of the line-up and how it should have looked, no prizes for guessing who should have headlined Sunday though.
Bands I saw (*)
Bands I saw a little (+)
Friday 25 August |
Saturday 26 August |
Sunday 27 August |
Main Stage
Oasis +
Primal Scream
Foo Fighters *
The Bluetones
Limp Bizkit *
Asian Dub Foundation *
Doves
Boss Hogg
Ooberman
|
Main Stage
Pulp *
Beck *
Gomez *
Super Furry Animals
Elastica
The Deftones *
Idlewild
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
The Delgados
Kent *
|
Main Stage
Stereophonics *
Placebo *
Slipknot *
Rage Against The Machine *
Blink 182
Daphne & Celeste *
A
Supersuckers
Cay
My Vitriol
|
Evening Session Stage
Muse
Shed Seven
Ween
Grandaddy
Soul Wax
Clinic
Brassy
Amen +
King Adora
Big Yoga Muffin
The High Fidelity
The Lapse
|
Evening Session Stage
Embrace
The Wannadies
Badly Drawn Boy
Graham Coxon
Black Box Recorder
Queens Of The Stone Age
Dark Star
Terris
And You Will Know Us By...
JJ72 +
The Get Up kids
Crashland
Kustom Built
|
Evening Session Stage
Ian Brown
Shack
Elliott Smith
Utah Saints
Les Rhythmes Digitales
Lupine Howl
The Clint Boon Experience +
The Animal House
The Crocketts
Linoleum
Clearlake
Action Spectacular
|
Dance Tent
Laurent Garnier
Ken Ishii
Rincerose
Alpine Stars
BT
Dope Smugglaz
Zan Lyons
Arkana
DJ Freddy Fresh
|
Dance Tent
Black eyed Peas
Slum Village
Dirty Beatniks
Junkie XL
Saian Supa Crew
Thomas Rusiak
Touche (wiseguys)
Swamp (Beck live dj)
Runaways
Creators
|
Dance Tent
Red Snapper
Fila Brazilia
Mint Royale
Hooverphonic
Jacknife Lee
Lowfinger
Manchild
Sonic Animation
Two lone Swordsmen
Agent Sumo
Psychonauts
|
Carling Premier Stage
Calexico
The Dirty Three
Mojave 3
Dot Allison
Titan
Wilt
Ben and Jason
Grand Western
I am Kloot
Northern Mississippi Allstars
Turin Brakes
Elbow
Robots In Disguise
Lindsay Thompson
Cleavage |
Carling Premier Stage
Queen Adreena
Katastrophy Wife
Medal
At The Drive In
Aerogramme
Hank Williams the Third
Beachwood Sparks
Ben Christophers
Home
co.uk
Little Hell
Fifth Amendment
Ben's Symphonic Orchestra
South |
Carling Premier Stage
Baby Bird
Bellatrix
Laika
Lauren Laverne
Angelica
Bowling for Soup
Mellow
Contempo
Cousteau
Turn
Aka
It's Jo and Danny
Ghecko
Mohobishopi |
