Reading and Leeds Festivals
Location(s)	England Various as National Jazz Festival (1961-1970) Reading (since 1971) Leeds (since 1999)
Years active	1961 - present
Date(s)	August bank holiday
Genre(s)	Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, Dance

The Reading and Leeds Festivals, officially called the Carling Weekend, are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events both happen on the bank holiday weekend in August (on Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and share the same bill (usually with one or two exceptions.) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 783 KB) Summary The main stage of the 2005 Reading Festival. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked... Reading is a town and a unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county of Berkshire. ... Leeds is the urban core of the metropolitan borough and city the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically to accompany social dancing. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... Reading is a town and a unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county of Berkshire. ... Leeds is the urban core of the metropolitan borough and city the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked... A Bank Holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland. ...

They used to be strongly folk-oriented festivals, now more alternative / indie / punk / metal. The festival will typically have the following stages:- Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the common people. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Heavy metal music. ...

• Main stage - major rock/indie/rap acts
• NME/Radio 1 stage - less well known and breakthrough acts
• Carling stage - emerging acts
• Radio 1 Lock Up Stage - underground punk/hardcore acts, on Saturday in Reading and Sunday in Leeds
• Dance tent - dance music acts, on the two days that the above stage does not run
• Comedy tent - comedy and cabaret acts

The festivals are run by Mean Fiddler (now controlled by the entertainment conglomerate Clearchannel), and are currently sponsored by Carling. For promotional purposes they are known as the Carling Weekend Reading and the Carling Weekend Leeds. Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, a bass guitar, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, trumpet, and trombone are common in some styles, however, horns have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a music magazine in the UK which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... Carling is the name of a brand of lager in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and South Africa. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically to accompany social dancing. ... Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically to accompany social dancing. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Mean Fiddler is a United Kingdom music promoter and owner of venues. ... ... Carling is the name of a brand of lager in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and South Africa. ...

In 2005 the capacity of the Reading site was 60,500 and the Leeds site was 57,500. The Reading festival is held at Little John's Farm on Richfield Avenue in central Reading, near the Caversham Bridge. The Leeds event is held in Bramham Park, the grounds of a historic house. Campsites are available at both sites, weekend tickets include camping. Day tickets are also sold. Caversham Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames between Caversham and Reading. ... Bramham is a historic house in West Yorkshire, England, currently owned by Nicholas Lane Fox. ...

The line-up for the 2006 festivals was officially announced on BBC Radio 1 on 3 April 2006, with tickets going on sale on this date. Headliners are Muse, Franz Ferdinand, and Pearl Jam. BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at the 16-24 age bracket. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Muse are an alternative rock band formed in Teignmouth, Devon, in 1994. ... Franz Ferdinand is a British indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Early history

The Reading Festival originates from the National Jazz Festival, which was first held at Richmond Athletic Ground in 1961. This festival, in turn, took inspiration from events held in America. Throughout the years, the festival changed names and moved around sites a few times, being held at Windsor Racecourse, Kempton Park and Plumpton, before finally reaching Reading in 1971. Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to present) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President • Vice President Federal republic George W... Kempton Park Racecourse is a horse racing track in Sunbury-On-Thames, UK; the site is set in 210 acres of land. ... There are several places in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, called Plumpton: Plumpton, Cumbria, England Plumpton, Northamptonshire, England Plumpton, East Sussex, England Plumpton, New South Wales, Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

1970s

The line-up settled into a pattern of prog rock and heavy metal during the 1970s. It did dabble with punk rock in 1978 when The Jam, Sham 69 & Penetration played. The festival attempted to provide both traditional rock acts and new punk bands, leading to clashes between the two sets of fans. Although The Ramones played the following year, the festival gradually became known for focusing on heavy metal and rock acts. The progressive rock band Yes performing in 1977. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Jam were a British punk rock/new wave band active in the late 1970s and early ’80s. ... Sham 69 were a British punk band from Hersham, Surrey, a suburb of London. ... The term penetration can mean several things: In business, penetration is often short for market penetration, the degree to which a product or service is known and/or used among potential customers. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... The Ramones (L-R, Johnny, Tommy, Joey, Dee Dee) on the cover of their debut self-titled album (1976), cementing their place at the dawn of the punk movement. ...

1980s

During this decade the festival followed a similar format to that established in the late 1970s. In 1984 and 1985, the local council reclaimed the festival site for development, and no festival was held. A proposed move to Northamptonshire failed, and a Labour Party council election win in 1986 saw the festival restored to fields adjacent to its original site. By the late eighties, however, the festival was seen as "out of touch" with the new British music scene. Although in 1987, the first goth acts appeared on the bill (e.g. The Mission), the likes of Status Quo still appeared. In 1988, the festival hit its lowest point with the likes of Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler being bottled off the stage. The festival was declared a disaster and its future was under threat. Things were due to change for the better though. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Gothic woman, traditional style, with big hair, spikes and piercings This article is about the contemporary goth/gothic subculture. ... The Mission can refer to: The film The Mission. ... Status Quo is a UK rock band founded by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

1990s

In 1989, Mean Fiddler got involved for the first time. The festival started to change, leading towards its re-establishment in the 1990s as one of the UK's biggest music festivals. Notably, the new indie music of this decade started to appear on the bill and the future of the festival became more secure. Mean Fiddler is a United Kingdom music promoter and owner of venues. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ...

In 1991 Nirvana played the first of their two appearances to a massive crowd. This is also the year the first britpop bands such as Suede and Blur started to show themselves on the festival circuit. Nirvana was a popular American rock band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Britpop was a British alternative rock and cultural movement which gained popularity in Great Britain in the mid 1990s, characterised by the prominence of bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Leather. ... Blur is the name of a English rock band. ...

The next year was one of the most famous in the festival history. Nirvana did their last presentation ever in Reading (and also in the UK) and what later became in one of their best concerts. The band's frontman, Kurt Cobain entered in a wheelchair, parodying the speculations about his mental health. Then he got up and joined the rest of the band in tearing through an assortment of old and new material. At one point in the show, Cobain revealed to the crowd the recent birth of his daughter Frances Bean, and succeeded in having the crowd chant "We love you, Courtney!" (referring to Cobain's wife, Courtney Love) in unison. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. ... Frances Bean Cobain (right) with Emma Roberts (left) at the premiere of Aquamarine. ... Courtney Love Michelle Cobain (born July 9, 1965), better known as Courtney Love is an American rock musician and actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole. ...

Over the next few years the festival continued to grow as the popularity of outdoor festivals increased. Britpop and indie continued to dominate along with rock. Notably, rap acts such as Ice Cube began to appear regularly on the main stage. Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ... Rapper, Ice Cube. ...

In 1998 it absorbed the failed Phoenix Festival. This resulted in the infamous on-stage spat between The Beastie Boys and The Prodigy over the song 'Smack My Bitch Up'. The Phoenix festival was set up by Mean Fiddler as an alternative to the established Glastonbury Festival. ... The Beastie Boys as depicted on the cover of their 1992 album Check Your Head. ... It has been suggested that Alli Maclnnes be merged into this article or section. ...

In 1999 the festival gained another leg at Temple Newsam in Leeds, when it was clear that the Reading site was far too small to deal with the demand. Though the 1999 Leeds Festival ran a day behind the Reading leg, a system where the line up of Reading play Leeds the following day, with the bands from Leeds' opening day playing the final day in Reading, soon developed. Temple Newsam is an estate in the county of West Yorkshire, England, east of Leeds. ... Leeds is the urban core of the metropolitan borough and city the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ...

The NME/Radio 1 tent at the 2005 Reading Festival

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2000s

After a successful first year in Leeds, a continued resurgence in the popularity of outdoor music festivals led to the Reading festival selling out more and more quickly every year. The Leeds leg, however, was plagued by riots and violence which led to problems in retaining its licence. Mean Fiddler moved the festival to Bramham Park, near Wetherby to the east of Leeds in 2003. Since then, security at both sites has increased and problems appear to have been quelled. However, this has also lead to an increase in demand. In 2006, Reading sold out in an hour, with only a 'handful' of tickets left for Leeds 12 hours after the sales started [1]. The lack of a Glastonbury Festival in this year also fuelled the demand for Reading and Leeds tickets. Bramham is a historic house in West Yorkshire, England, currently owned by Nicholas Lane Fox. ... Wetherby is an historic market town in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury Festival or Glasto, is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world, and it is one of the two biggest festivals in Europe (the other being the Roskilde Festival). ...

Musically, the festival has seen a return to its heavy metal roots, though it has retained a large indie, rap and punk influence. The "tradition" of unpopular bands being bottled off (being forced to leave the stage due to the audience constantly throwing plastic bottles, sometimes filled with urine) has continued; famously, Daphne and Celeste suffered this ignominy in 2000, with Good Charlotte unluckily experiencing this growing trend in 2003. In 2004 The Rasmus were bottled off at both legs and 50 Cent (with urine, fireworks, mud, pieces of furniture and generally anything people could throw) in Reading only. Some question the wisdom of the organisers in placing 50 Cent, a rap/urban act, in between Placebo and Green Day, both rock acts. In 2005, Fightstar, despite suffering a barrage themselves, remained playing throughout their entire set as the audience's bottle supply was quickly exhausted. Urine is liquid waste excreted by the kidneys and is produced by the process of filtration. ... Daphne and Celeste were a pop duo whose most famous songs were Ooh Stick You! and U.G.L.Y.. Daphne was Karen DiConcetto (born 1 December 1982, Long Beach, New Jersey, USA). ... Good Charlotte is a pop rock band from Maryland that formed in 1996. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), commonly known by his rap name as 50 Cent, is a popular African-American gangsta rapper who rose to fame following the success of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre. ... Urine is liquid waste excreted by the kidneys and is produced by the process of filtration. ... Fightstar is the new band (formerly not-so-secret side project) of ex-Busted member and rumoured cocaine abuser Charlie Simpson. ...

List of Headliners

For a more complete list of recent bills, see Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups. The Reading and Leeds Festivals, officially called the Carling Weekend, are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ...

• 2006: Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Pearl Jam, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Placebo
• 2005: Pixies, Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Marilyn Manson
• 2004: The Darkness, The White Stripes, Green Day, The Offspring, Morrissey, 50 Cent
• 2003: Linkin Park, Blur, Metallica, Blink 182, System of a Down, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (replacing the White Stripes who pulled out).
• 2002: The Strokes, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses (only at Leeds), The Prodigy, Pulp, Muse, The Offspring
• 2001: Travis, Manic Street Preachers, Eminem, Green Day, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Marilyn Manson
• 2000: Oasis, Pulp, Stereophonics, Primal Scream, Beck, Placebo
• 1999: The Charlatans, Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Chemical Brothers, Catatonia, The Offspring
• 1998: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Beastie Boys, Garbage, Ash, The Prodigy, New Order
• 1997: Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Metallica, Embrace, The Verve
• 1996: The Prodigy, Black Grape, Stone Roses, Underworld
• 1995: Smashing Pumpkins, Björk, Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Gene, Bluetones
• 1994: Cypress Hill, Primal Scream, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 1993: Porno For Pyros, The The, New Order, Kingmaker, Boo Radleys, Elastica
• 1992: The Wonder Stuff, Public Enemy, Nirvana, The Charlatans, Ride, Nick Cave
• 1991: Iggy Pop, James, The Sisters of Mercy
• 1990: The Cramps, Inspiral Carpets, Pixies
• 1989: New Order, The Pogues, The Mission, The Sugarcubes, New Model Army, The Wonder Stuff
• 1988: Ramones, Starship, Squeeze
• 1987: The Mission, Status Quo, Alice Cooper
• 1986: Killing Joke, Hawkwind, Saxon
• 1984 and 1985: No festival this year
• 1983: The Stranglers, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy
• 1982: Budgie, Iron Maiden, Michael Schenker
• 1981: Girlschool, Gillan, The Kinks
• 1980: Slade, Rory Gallagher, UFO, Whitesnake
• 1979: The Police, Inner Circle, The Ramones
• 1978: The Jam, Status Quo, Patti Smith
• 1977: Golden Earring, Thin Lizzy, Alex Harvey
• 1976: Gong, Rory Gallagher, Osibisa
• 1975: Hawkwind, Yes, Wishbone Ash
• 1974: Alex Harvey, 10cc, Traffic
• 1973: Rory Gallagher, The Faces, Genesis
• 1972: Curved Air, The Faces, Ten Years After
• 1971: Arthur Brown, East of Eden, Colosseum
• 1970: The Groundhogs, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple
• 1969: Pink Floyd, The Who, The Nice
• 1968: T. Rex, Jethro Tull, The Nice
• 1967: Small Faces, Paul Jones, Cream
• 1966: The Who, The Yardbirds, Cream
• 1965: The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, The Animals
• 1964: The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, The Rolling Stones
• 1963: The Rolling Stones, Long John Baldry, Muddy Waters
• 1962: Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Ball
• 1961: Johnny Dankworth, Chris Barber, Dick Charlesworth, Mike Cotton, Tubby Hayes, Ken Colyer, Clyde Valley Stompers

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See also

• List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

There are a large number of music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres. ...

External links

• Reading Festival Official Site
• Leeds Festival Official Site
• Reading Festival Rumours and News - Reading blog with RSS Feed
• Leeds Festival Rumours and News - Leeds blog with RSS Feed
• Reading-Festivaler
• Photos from recent Leeds Festival
• Article on 2002 riots
• Reading history
• Reading-Festival.org (comprehensive fansite)
• fatreg.com (huge fansite from the festival-goers perspective)
• A free for all UK festival-goers archive of photographs
• Leeds and Reading Festival Forums
• Leeds Festival fansite - with news and reviews
• Reading Festival Online - Upto date news with large forum
• Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festival page