Worst ever performance at Reading & Leeds

[Mouseboy11]

I've never understood why people think Domo Genesis is a good rapper, he's shite. Can't flow at all.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Crystal Castles were absolute shit last year.

[the wonderwhy]

why does this forum hurt me so

I hear a lot of this - I'm a big fan but I don't get what the problem was?

[jordanuk90]

Arctic Monkeys in 09 for me, I honestly can't think of a worse performance I've witnessed at a festival.

[Yellow_Fellow]

The sound was terrible, the lights were terrible, the crowd was terrible (okay all 3 of those things weren't their fault) and Alice was a massive twat the entire time.

And I'm a huge fan too.

[theramm]

The two sets that immediately spring to mind are (Leeds) :-

QOTSA in 2008 - The epitime of dull. The band didn't want to be there & were just getting paid. Awful

Blink 182 in 2010 - The crowd had already decided they were going to be good but for the casual fan all you had were 3 people who obivously hated each other playing very badly. Blokes pushing 40 making unfunny knob gags was cringeworthy.

[W!NNER]

Really enjoyed The Offspring personally..

Probably get a lot of stick for this but I checked out Arcade Fire in 2010 & thought they were boring & shit. Watched about 5 or 6 songs & walked off to go see Ash.

GnR I thought were decent with the exception of Axl.. You know.. The main bloke.. So that ruined them for me.

BMTH I think are shockingly bad live every single time but I was forced to see them in 2011 & the Strokes were also just as bad

[the wonderwhy]

They mixed waaaaay too much bass in yeah. Lights weren't that bad - that said I've never seen them indoors before. I thought the crowd rocked lol, second Plague kicked I was way back at the sound tower and EVERYONE was dancing and bouncing. Alice was Alice, I guess haah.

[the wonderwhy]

The two sets that immediately spring to mind are (Leeds) :-

QOTSA in 2008 - The epitime of dull. The band didn't want to be there & were just getting paid. Awful

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The two sets that immediately spring to mind are (Leeds) :-

QOTSA in 2008 - The epitime of dull. The band didn't want to be there & were just getting paid. Awful

Blink 182 in 2010 - The crowd had already decided they were going to be good but for the casual fan all you had were 3 people who obivously hated each other playing very badly. Blokes pushing 40 making unfunny knob gags was cringeworthy.

[Yellow_Fellow]

QOTSA in 2008 - The epitime of dull. The band didn't want to be there & were just getting paid. Awful

[the wonderwhy]

It was also the year they played before RATM wasn't it?

Josh said they deliberately played a slower/calmer set because they wanted it to be different to Rage when they knew everyone would go crazy.

[the wonderwhy]

Why this has posted twice I don't know...

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[the wonderwhy]

Ffs

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[LondonTom]

Alice was a massive twat the entire time.

[sjseabass]

Probably get a lot of stick for this but I checked out Arcade Fire in 2010 & thought they were boring & shit.

[ArcticGorilla]

Cypress Hill 2010 were a bit of a 'wtf is this' act.

Offspring 2011 were god awful.

Enter Shikari every year.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

The sound was terrible, the lights were terrible, the crowd was terrible (okay all 3 of those things weren't their fault) and Alice was a massive twat the entire time.

And I'm a huge fan too.

[Gucci Piggy]

People saw Crystal Castles on main stage over The Hives?

Anyway, I don't think I've answered the question yet, so Odd Future last year.

[lightning1000]

Listen to Josh's interview about 2008.

[the wonderwhy]

That was reading, after that they started drinking and didn't stop until they went on stage at Leeds absolutely fucked. They were a shambles and josh was mumbling and slurring

I left after to 30 mins to watch ltj they were that bad. Been amazing every other time I've seen them though

[kaosmark2]

They mixed waaaaay too much bass in yeah. Lights weren't that bad - that said I've never seen them indoors before. I thought the crowd rocked lol, second Plague kicked I was way back at the sound tower and EVERYONE was dancing and bouncing. Alice was Alice, I guess haah.

[evilduck]

Luckily I'm pretty good at avoiding what I think will be shit sets, so the only one I've seen that I was really disappointed by was Arctic Monkeys in 09. Everyone who saw Crystal Castles last year instead of The Hives is silly. They were always going to be a bit crap in the open.

[kaosmark2]

I'm not a big Hives fan and Crystal Castles had impressed me on an outdoor stage at Bestival the year before. It wasn't bad though, just... not good.

[thetime]

Its not just about the band though is it? If it was a set would be pretty much universally criticised.

Weather, the mood your in(either chilled or up for it), people around you etc etc.

Some people think its a great set if your being crushed half to death, others prefer it if they have the room to listen to the music rather than swaying side to side.