Well the scores are firmly affixed to their respective doors and after months of anticipation Reading Festival line-up was released upon an expectant public last night. I was lucky enough to nab myself a ticket in the pre-sale last year so I missed out on the utter carnage that was seemingly hundreds of thousands of young music fans scrambling to purchase their Weekend Camping passes. All I had to do was sit back, relax and tune into the Zane Lowe as the first instalment of the line-up got announced. Your hatred is understandable.
My feelings on what’s been announced so far are pretty muted. I think the headliners are all fairly sensible, if slightly predictable, shouts. Kings Of Leon and Arctic Monkeys are well due their slots and Radiohead will clearly be the festival’s crown jewel. Further down the bill however, there is less and less to get excited about. Kaiser Chiefs retain a position they held three years ago, Bloc Party seem to be on permanent rotation as main stage also-rans and The Prodigy, although providing a tasty prelude to Arctic Monkeys, will be performing the same set at both Download and Isle Of Wight festivals earlier in the festival calendar. The same can be said for the rest of the supporting cast who seem to be a motley compilation of Reading veterans.
As always though, there’s still much more to be announced including NME/Radio One, Festival Republic, Lock Up and Dance Stage headliners. Word on the street is that Lostprophets will be taking up the formidable task of counter-posing either KOL or Radiohead on the Friday or Sunday evenings. Other acts that are being bandied around but remain unannounced include Doves, Frank Turner, Death Cab For Cutie, Anti Flag, 36 Crazy Fists, Little Boots, Black Lips, Rise Against, The Parks Dept and The Rakes.
If you haven’t got a ticket yet and still want one, it’s worth pointing out that ebay is not your only remaining option at this point. Credit cards will have been rejected, many will have made accidental purchases beyond their six per household allocation and most importantly you will no longer be able to buy a ticket on the door this year. Such factors point to a high probability that a second batch of tickets will be released at some point over the next couple of months.
Still congratulations are due if you made it through the maelstrom and have your ticket in the bag. See you on the barrier for the Fall Out Boy then?
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