Legendary Sets at Reading/Leeds?

[Tomleeds]

People always say the chilis were rubbish in 07 but i personally thought they were amazing...

[MrG]

What about TCV in the tent last year at reading? The atmosphere beforehand was INSANE! Maybe that was the best bit actually, cos obviously noone knew any of the songs...

[VCK]

Nirvana - 1992

Manic Street Preachers - 1992

Blur - 1993

Hole - 1994

Foo Fighters - 1995

The Stone Roses - 1996

The Prodigy - 1998

RATM - 2000

Oasis - 2000

Daphne And Celeste - 2000

Green Day - 2001

The Strokes - 2001

GNR - 2002

Muse - 2002

SOAD - 2003

Metallica - 2003

The Darkness - 2003

Blink 182 - 2003

50 Cent - 2004

Arcade Fire - 2005

Pearl Jam - 2006

NIN - 2007

RHCP - 2007

KOL - 2007

Radiohead - 2009

Edited April 4, 2010 by VCK

[bootsbroadbent]

FNM 2009 really made the weekend for me. Probably the best crowd of the weekend and just entirely enjoyable.

Rage in 2008 blew me away as well. I was more looking forward to metallica but I've never had as much fun at a gig as I did at rage.

[Electricityscape]

I found The Prodigy were amazing last year. But then again it's never going to be dire when they're around.

White Lies also really impressed me, so much so I went to go see them again, twice.

[just-spence]

limpbizkit were awsome at reading 2000

ill add daphny and celest from that year but for other reasons

[liam]

From the years i've been...

The Strokes 01

Green Day 01

Feeder 02

Yeah Yeah Yeah's 02 (i think)

Blink 182 03

Blur 03

50 Cent 04

Iron Maiden 04

Manics 08

Faith No More 09

Radiohead...seriously???

[Cardboard Box City]

Guns N Roses - Leeds 2002.

Most legendary set played there for so many reasons.

[MJMilz14]

[Andy0808]

[lharris92]

that ^

[neatneatneat]

QOTSA - 2000

Breeders - 2000

Metallica (2008)

Elliot Smith 2000 (Totally awesome!)

The Music (2008)

Pendulum (2008)

Radiohead (2009)

Kings of Leon (2009) (Only Joking, They were c**ts!)

The Bronx (2009)

Them Crooked Vultures (2009)

Prodigy (2009) (Take me to the hospital!!!)

Pearl Jam (2006)

Pixies (2005)

Daphne & Celeste (2000) (f**king Hilarious!)

[1karim]

From the years i've been...

The Strokes 01

Green Day 01

Feeder 02

Yeah Yeah Yeah's 02 (i think)

Blink 182 03

Blur 03

50 Cent 04

Iron Maiden 04

Manics 08

Faith No More 09

Radiohead...seriously???

[Lithium05]

I wouldn't say any performances in the time I've been going to Reading could be considered "Legendary" (in a positive sense - The Darkness get it for the wrong reasons).

I would say Metallica at Download in 2004 where Lars was absent, and they had a few guest drummers, including Joey Jordison, would be the closest to a "legendary" festival performance I've seen.

[hoils]

Good to see a few mentions for the wonderful Daphne and Celeste in 2000. It still tickles me pink that the vast majority of the crowd didn't get the iorny of sweaty, vaguely hideous gruntpigs bottling 2 sassy, intelligent pop fans for inferring the said sweaty gruntpigs were just a bit ugly. Clarse!

[Joeclem]

Jimmy Eat World (main stage) - 07

Lost Prophets (main stage) - 07

Biffy Clyro (NME) - 07

Rage - 08

Metallica - 08

Flogging Molly - 08

thats me maxed out, only two ive been to so far haha .

[rexclark]

Kevin Rowlands set in 99 was quite legendry but not in a good way.

You turn up expecting the ex Dexys Midnight Runners man to do a few hits and then this comes out.

Edited April 5, 2010 by rexclark

[Vieuphoria]

I'd like to throw out one of the best performances i've seen.

The shambolic mess that was Be Your Own Pet in 2008. One of their last gigs as a band and it was incredible....

Blood, broken guitars, stage diving, drukeness, boob flashes, and great music. Such a great mess of a preformance but so epic.

[stephen07]

I would say Radiohead 2009 , NIN 2007 and Arcade Fire 2007 that my opinion.

Ive only been to Leeds 4 times so not much of a sample size.

[dan666]

NIN in 07 was excellent stuff.

From what i can remember, Green Day played an awesome set, Maiden and Metallica never dissapoint either.

[scottt]

Green day (01) (I wasnt there, but i remember watching it on TV, and it pretty much made me like music)

NIN (07)

Faith No More (09)

Goldfinger (08)

Daphne and Celeste (00)

[liam]

Green day (01) (I wasnt there, but i remember watching it on TV, and it pretty much made me like music)

[Andy0808]

It was a brilliant set; they finished with all their equipment set on fire! They did a good job because let's be honest, Warning was an average album and half their set was from that release, so to make that brilliant shows just how amazingly good they are live.

[liam]

a fellow witham boy

i like

[Andy0808]

nice! there's not many of us about.