Reading Festival 2005
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August 2005Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, England MAP
£125 for weekend (including camping) - SOLD OUT, £60 any day
Daily capacity: 55,000
To a sea of foliage sprung from the crowd BSP board the stage through the smoke. The Spirit Of St. Louis is delivered with the tent relishing it, and Im sure the band are a member light, but Im distracted by a bloke crowd surfing strapped to a blue lilo.
Remember Me is masterfully presented and they may sound much more polished and less rough around the edges, with less mad cap exploits on stage but its still brilliant. Theyre playing up a storm.
Carrion and Apologies to Insect Life are note perfect and I think theyre even better than the last time I saw them and the owl looks like its agreeing with me!
Im mesmerised during How Will I Ever Find My Way Home? and Please Stand Up by the crowd, theres foliage and the dancing has kicked up dust which is caught in the sun like a glade in a forest. Its a beautiful sight.
The band present us with Oh Larsen B and I turn to a friend and say wheres the drummer and the bear? As we try to hunt birds on stage.
The light swirls, blue in the smoke as strange below deck creaks and groans and guitar noises and for a moment they almost play It Ended on an Oily Stage but its not its Lately and as it ends I have to dash off to see Marilyn Manson, who is bound to start early like everyone else on the main stage.
I get there to find he hasnt and moments later get a text saying that during Rock In A just after I left the bear appeared with the guy with the drum and they roamed through the crowd, fantastic! How gutted was I?!
Theyre at the top of the game and played a wonderful set, they went down fantastically well and rate as one of my highlights of the weekend, just wish Id seen the return of the bear!
review by: Scott Williams
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