What makes you buy a reading/leeds ticket?

[thetime]

Just wondered what actully gets you to buy a ticket?

Do you buy a ticket whatever the lineup as your annual festival? Or does it depend on headliners or the undercard or a bit of both?

[mrtourette]

Without one they wouldn't let me in.

[a_kelaz]

No matter what the line up, always guaranteed class crack at leeds, thats my reason. This year its for the free burger and pint though....

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Has to be the line-up for me. The first year I went, I bought it off the cuff without knowing the line-up. Although I loved it that year, I then went out and explored festivals and I really can't justify spending money on R&L without the line-up being really special, when there's other much more rounded fests out there.

I'm considering The Cure this year, but I know the line-up will let me down so I doubt it.

[kaosmark2]

Line-up and accessibility. Reading is one of the few festivals I can get to by public transport without effort, and tends to have bigger acts. When they're the ones I want to see, it's often easier + cheaper (factoring travel costs) to go to Reading than anywhere else.

Hate the festival now though, takes bands as good as The Cure for me to even consider going.

[lozareth]

Usually the line up...having said that apart from a few bands last year I wasn't overly fussed on the line up, wasn't gonna go but ended up getting a ticket for way below face value a week before so went and it was probably one of the best years I've been!

[FiestaDave]

I go to celebrate my GCSE results.... every year.

[evilduck]

I pretty much always love a good selection of bands that are playing, so the lineup is never really an issue for me. It's pretty close so a good group of my friends can easily drive there, and it's the last big festival of the summer. Always a guaranteed good time.

[ar1]

Cos it makes me think I'm a teenager again (sadly I'm 40 in a couple of years), basically I will always buy one if:

1 I can afford it

2 They don't turn it into V of th last few years and announce a whole load of chavvy bands

[Mamba]

I used to go without fail every year, but it comes down to line up these days.

Last year was the first time I didn't make an appearance for at least a day.

I'm not expecting tonight's lineup to tempt me, but we shall see.

[JBarbour]

Its the festival we can get most mates going to, that we all like a good few bands on and closest festival to home town.

[BanterKing]

There's just something about Leeds.

[kirstykustard]

Partly the music but then I'm pretty openminded and so can find enough acts to see at pretty much any festivals, this year I'm doing reading and bestival and probably a cheap/free ticket on the day for v festival coz I live down the road from the site (but v is shit with the worst atmosphere)

Mostly the fun I have with my mates I'd rather spend my money on a festival than a holiday

Also reading was my first festival back in 2005 when I was 13 and so it has some sentimental value I s'pose.

[Bisque]

Cheap ticket off eBay & I like to abuse students.

[Mega Ross]

I bought one last year because I was sort of, ok with the lineup. It was shit compared to previous years but the 5 days with friends, beer and awesome music really makes it.

If I was going alone, or going with just a few friends I probably wouldn't have gone last year.

[awyeahleedsyeah]

there's always enough bands that i like to justify me spending the money, and picadilly party/the relentless tent/the silent disco are worth it alone.

[sambrook]

I've bought during the December pre-sale for the last few years now, purely because there will always be bands I like on the line-up and I can't imagine not having a good time.

[Benj]

Just wondered what actully gets you to buy a ticket?

Do you buy a ticket whatever the lineup as your annual festival? Or does it depend on headliners or the undercard or a bit of both?

[bradcobra]

There's just something about Leeds.