Reading Festival 2014

[PurpleTurtle]

Any other PH'ers go to Reading? It is local to me, so I go every year regardless of line-up, but it really has been going off the boil of late.

First 2014 headliners were announced yesterday, Blink 182. They were vaguely amusing at the back end of the 90's/early 2000's but I've always considered them a poor man's Green Day, hardly a legendary act that deserves to headline a world famous festival in 2014.

http://www.readingfestival.com/news/blink-182-head...

Disappointed, moi? Yup.

[Bullett]

I used to drink the the Purple Turtle.

Blink-182, have they done anything for years? Sounds a bit desperate.

[ehonda]

I haven't been to Reading for 5 years, but always enjoyed the smaller stages more than the main stage.
Blink 182 is pretty bloody desperate though.

[davegreg]

'94 was the last time I was at Reading - it was all indie and gangsta rap that year. 1980 was the best vintage, 100% rock/metal. \m/

[opieoilman]

I was going to try to get tickets as I haven't been for about 3 years and my fiance fancied it, instead we're now getting married about then. I would like to see Blink, but I would rather avoid the rest of them. For the last few years, there have been about 5 bands I'd like to see and about 50 that are the reason I don't listen to Radio 1.

[Car Diff]

I stopped going in the late '90's when a) I became twice the age of the average punter (not hard) b) the game of 'burn each other tents' started up and c) whether you got a ticket depended on how fast your internet connection was.

You'll not see the likes of Sebadoh on the main stage anymore