from here

it's officially been announced on the website now anyway

surprised to see Pearl Jam back playing Festivals after they vowed not to after the Roskilde thing. maybe just needed some time to get over it i guess.

they were STRONGLY rumored the last month or so, so not too too surprised i guess.

DPT too

I'm assuming that flyer is genuine as only the headlines and DPT have been annouced yet

I am in Reading (at University) and I haven't wanted to go since 2000 based on the line ups (then I was too young anyway and no-one liked that kind of music then)

The other stage looks better than the main stage. The audience is always too young anyway I think average age is about 17!

The twin Reading & Leeds Festivals have announced many more acts for across the weekend, for both the Main Stage and the Radio 1/NME Stage.

Joining headliners Franz Ferdinand at Reading on Friday and Leeds on Saturday on the Main Stage are Kaiser Chiefs, Audioslave, Feeder, Belle and Sebastian, Fall Out Boy - at Reading ONLY, The Subways, and Panic! At The Disco. The Radio 1/NME Stage is headlined by Primal Scream.

Playing with Muse at Reading on Saturday and Leeds on Sunday on the Main Stage are Arctic Monkeys, The Streets, Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, Dirty Pretty Things, The Futureheads, and The Cribs. The Radio 1/NME Stage is headlined by The Raconteurs.

Pearl Jam at Reading on Sunday and Leeds on Friday are joined on the Main Stage by Placebo and My Chemical Romance. On the Radio 1/NME Stage are Maximo Park, The Rakes, and The Kooks.

Tickets are now on sale, priced at £135 for the three-days (including camping), or £60 for any day (no camping).

Worst line up this decade. Money staying in pocket again.

people are having nightmares getting tickets as well!

people will see owt indie nowardays

glad I don;t care!

I still don't understand why Pearl Jam are headliners for a UK festival in 2006.

because just because you don't give a shit about them, plenty of people in the UK do. out of about a dozen friends i have in the UK, 3 of them are HUGE PJ fans.

what's the difference between them playing Reading in '06 and Audioslave playing it? that's like me asking how in the hell Oasis can still somehow play Arenas over here in the US.

this was a huge score for Leeds & Reading to be honest, their first festivals in 6 years since the Roskilde incident.
they're also playing on Jools Holland in May.

It's not that I don't give a shit, I don't know anyone that gives a shit. I don't think i've ever heard someone say the words Pearl Jam out loud in a conversation.

The difference with Audioslave was that was a big deal at the time for people. If Oasis headlined Coachella I would be scratching my head too.

that's cuz you hang out w/ UK rock snobs ;P

well, i'd say the fact that they can still sell out arenas in the UK on their own tells you all you need to know.

like i said, i'm not a fan of Oasis whatsoever, never have, never will be, nor are any of my friends, but i realize there are still a lot of fans in the US somehow, so there is definitely demand there.

I can't believe that on a bill with 5 acts that have had a #1 album in the past 2 years Pearl Jam are headlining the rock night compared to previous acts like Iron Maiden, Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson, System of a Down, Green Day and The Offspring who have more of a varied fanbase then Pearl Jam who I'm sure have a large following in the UK but not a universal appeal.

wait... The Offspring are still around?

honestly, go over on the Pearl Jam forum (which is quite insanely huge members-wise) and see how many people bought tickets JUST to see Pearl Jam at Reading, it's pretty surprising. apparently tickets sold out yesterday already?

i'd say it's worse that the Foos & Manson have had #1 albums in the past 2 years over there than it is Pearl Jam headlining Reading/Leeds

I was referring to Franz, Arctic Monkeys, Feeder, Muse and The Streets then.

ah, was not obvious from your post. well then, i'll change my comment to include Feeder (had a few decent songs many years ago but blah)

also, Pearl Jam's name sticks out quite a bit on that 3rd list. MCR are shite and Placebo aren't exactly all that great either.

whether you'll agree or not, Pearl Jam on that bill is like Led Zeppelin being on a bill w/ a bunch of fairly big 80's bands in 1983 (yeah i know Bonham died in '80 just pretend).

The Rakes and The Kooks? My new favorite band names, playing together!

I used to love PJ. They were my favourite band. But that was like 14 years ago . I also know no one who likes them or even mentions them anymore. Yes they were a big band but really if you want to put a hasbeen band on that is still selling surely the RHCP would be the pick?

RHCP were exactly the band I was thinking of to fit the bill and haven't played there recently.

Pearl Jam is bigger than any of those bands with the exception of Green Day.

Not in the UK they aren't.

not bigger than Manson or Foos?

last UK PJ tour in 2000 they sold out 2 nights at Wembley, 1 at Manchester Evening News, 1 at Cardiff Arena, 1 at SECC & 1 at the Point

i know they're definitely not as big as Maiden in the UK, not many bands are (they're one of the biggest bands in all of Europe from what i noticed on my travels last summer)

Nowhere near as big Foo Fighters. Like I said earlier PJ can sell out arena's all over the country but they aren't attracting new fans at all. my bet is that most people who bought a ticket to Reading/Leeds for the whole festival (as opposed to buying a ticket as they have to see one band) are really familiar with them. These festivals attract a very young crowd. The only difference this year is the lack of Glastonbury and to be honest the IoW and V Festivals have better line ups than this.

Riot Act barely made the top 40 here.

that's cuz Riot Act was crap

we'll see, i'll be interested to see how well they do this time around w/ a bit stronger record and the fact that they're willing to do promotional stuff for once.

this just makes me wonder when maximo park's coming to the US again.

Post was true last year and I think they've topped it this time. Really going out of their way not not take money off me. £72 for a day ticket? Piss off.

2004 was great


main stage is always weakest


also: METALLICA~~~~~~~~~~~~~!

I wouldn't go this year if the price was half of what it was.

I'd pay £105 for 2004 line up now. Is Leeds as bad for yer kids celerbrating finishing GCSE's?

dude, i worked a midnight til 6am shift in the welfare tent once. kids celebrating gcses by taking too many shrooms = bad scene

I turn into Travis Bickle that weekend when I try to do anything in town.

foos play wembley stadium, old trafford and shit. you can fit about 4 evening news arenas in old trafford.

in tix news:

fuck it then

I wouldn't consider going to Leeds or Reading ever again now that I've discovered the joys of festivals abroad.

Rain and riots in Leeds or sunshine, calm and ultimately better lineups in continental Europe. I've been to Lowlands in the Netherlands in the past but this year its Primavera at Barcelona which is looking to better than the ATP and Pitchfork festivals combined.

Primavera is tempting me more and more. Barcelona is a bit improvement to hanging around here that's for sure.

I probably wont have the chance to go next year either due to exam season and impending final degree year.

I'm really excited about it and need to stop talking about it at every chance I get.

http://strictlyreading.com/gallery2/main.p...7849a00aafc1ca2

Just look at that.

Cries.

might be off to benicassim this year, but all festivals are pretty shit really.

Is it supersonic or something, in Brum, which has a pretty sweet lineup.

Btw, did Cave In play reading in 04?

no. lanegan, roots, dizzee and dillinger did - on one day

[edit] here. cave in played 2003 apparently

2003 and other stage 2002.

Not really festivals but I'm going to Camden Crawl and the Friday of Great Escape Brighton the latter of which is very cheap.

Just checked, was 2003 and the line up looked pretty crap tbh. Cave In really were getting a big push back then weren't they. They played the main stage alongside the Doves, Blur, Black Rebel MC, Beck and others.

Looks pretty good to me. Earth, Battles, Dalek, Oxbow, Fuck Buttons and a couple of other ones look particularly exciting.

Gee I didn't realise Birmingham were capable of putting together a good set of acts. Usually Brum is a bit of a black hole when it comes to gigs.

I'd consider going to this but £65 is still a bit pricey.

that's not what i hear

this.

So you were protecting some 14 year old hookers?