Q Mag Tent - not Queen Head anymore

[eFestivals]

The Q Magazine Tent - previously called the Queens Head - has a new name and a new location.

It will now be found where the Leftfield used to be. It will be called Williams Green (or maybe "William's Green").

There will be a bar in the other stage field where the Queens Head used to be.

[The Badger Bites Back]

Why Williams Green???

Good news having a bar where the queens head used to be............. Don't want to b losing BARs now do we....................

[eFestivals]

Why Williams Green???

Good news having a bar where the queens head used to be............. Don't want to b losing BARs now do we....................

it's apparently named after one of Michael's nephews.

[airds]

The Q Magazine Tent - previously called the Queens Head - has a new name and a new location.

It will now be found where the Leftfield used to be. It will be called Williams Green (or maybe "William's Green").

There will be a bar in the other stage field where the Queens Head used to be.

[Ed209]

The Q Magazine Tent - previously called the Queens Head - has a new name and a new location.

It will now be found where the Leftfield used to be. It will be called Williams Green (or maybe "William's Green").

There will be a bar in the other stage field where the Queens Head used to be.

[eFestivals]

And i've heard through a mate who knows the new organisers of the tent by the other stage that the Queens Head used to occupy, will now be called 'Dirty Boots', and is being run by the team who do the monthly dirty boots night at Bloomsbury Bowling in London.

no, it is very definitely being called "Williams Green".

[Misspelt Yoof]

no, it is very definitely being called "Williams Green".

[Ed209]

Isn't he talking about the new bar/stage where the Queen's Head was previously as opposed to the new Leftfield position, which will be William's Green?

[eFestivals]

correct, i am referring to the bar next to the other stage

ahhh, OK.

[504329lt]

This is really sad.

I'd been hoping for a proper alternative to the Leftfield and all we get is Q mag's corporate bollocks. It absolutely stinks. The way it is going, Reading will be less commercialised than Glastonbury.

Is the Leftfield back next year or are we stuck with this rancid putrid excuse as an alternative?

God, I hope the bankers get it on Wednesday!

[bombfrog]

God, I hope the bankers get it on Wednesday!

[eFestivals]

The way it is going, Reading will be less commercialised than Glastonbury.

you could only possibly say that if you've never been to either Glastonbury or Reading .... if you've been to both and are saying that, perhaps you need to somehow get some sort of reality check.

[krisskross]

Nice that we are keeping the bar, but aren't we losing a stage ?

Do you know if Williams Green will host as many acts as the leftfield did ?, or will it be basically the Queens Head in a different place, with a new sign ?

[crashnburn]

I hope the stage is lost. it was pointless, as soon as you were outside the tent you could hardly hear what was playing if anyone was playing on the other stage or at the glade...

[robith]

This is really sad.

I'd been hoping for a proper alternative to the Leftfield and all we get is Q mag's corporate bollocks. It absolutely stinks. The way it is going, Reading will be less commercialised than Glastonbury.

Is the Leftfield back next year or are we stuck with this rancid putrid excuse as an alternative?

God, I hope the bankers get it on Wednesday!

[504329lt]

you could only possibly say that if you've never been to either Glastonbury or Reading .... if you've been to both and are saying that, perhaps you need to somehow get some sort of reality check.

[FestMonster]

does that mean that the q mag tent will be the same size as the left field was are is it going to stay the same seems a shame as the leftfield was huge and a special place for a lot of people

[robith]

Yes, I normally go to both. Perhaps I do need a reality check but I think this is the wrong direction for Glastonbury.

Reading was less commercial last year than previous years; no sponsorship, Workers Beer Company, and a band headlining that had a message. Glastonbury seems to get more commercial every year; this is just another example.

I'm sure I'll get shot down by the 'Glasto is brilliant, I'd pay £500 for a ticket' brigade, but I think Glastonbury should retain it's ethos. Please make sure the Leftfield is back next year.

[504329lt]

Hahahahaha Rage "We got paid £1,000,000 for playing" Against The Machine

Also Reading may not have had an overall sponsorship, but there was still plenty of it to go around. Giant inflatable Nokia tent in the middle of the site anyone?

efestivals has already said there'll be a Soapbox stage in the Theatre area with people including Tony Benn making speeches - sounds loads more like Glasto's message than The Bluetones playing in a big tent

[eFestivals]

does that mean that the q mag tent will be the same size as the left field was are is it going to stay the same seems a shame as the leftfield was huge and a special place for a lot of people

I don't know for certain but think it'll probably be in the same tent that was used for Leftfield - one of the issues with the old Queens Head was that it was too small for all of the people that wanted to get inside it.

[FestMonster]

thanks for the quick reply it was too small i couldnnt get in to see glasvegas last year and heard more of the muic playing from the other stage

[robith]

Did Jay-Z play Glastonbury for free? And what is his meassage exactly.

My point is / was that Reading is taking steps in the right direction. On the basis of replacing the Leftfield with this sewage, Glastonbury is not.

A soapbox in the theatre area appeals to the converted. Having speakers between bands converts. Am I missing something here.

[Ladybug-nina]

I feel quite happy with these arrangements myself. The Queen's Head was far too small for the amount of people who tried to fit in it and if we are going to have somewhere for people to say there views etc then its all cool.

[504329lt]

No he did not, but then I didn't say that he did. Although he did have a lovely picture of Obams.

I love Rage, and I loved them at Reading last year, but they're gross hypocrites, banging on about equality and the world's problems, and getting paid top dollar to do so. FR didn't book Rage because they had a message, they booked them because people would pay loads of money to go and see them. If you think it's some kind of high minded statement, it certainly is not. A fist in the air in a land of hypocrisy. How apt.

Yeah you are - everyone bar the converted leaves after the band's finished. Plus I can hardly imagine there are loads of raging rigth wingers walking round Glastonbury who see someone talk after British Sea Power and drop to their knees going "Crikey I was wrong!"

[Dog Burger]

you could only possibly say that if you've never been to either Glastonbury or Reading .... if you've been to both and are saying that, perhaps you need to somehow get some sort of reality check.