Are you going?

[dentalplan]

I did this last year but I'm curious again as to whether posters are actually buying tickets this year. /topic/177928-are-you-going-this-year/">Last year had a lot of people here going but I get the feeling it might not be as positive this year.

Post reasons why you are/aren't/may be going this year in thread. Too difficult to make into a follow-up question.

[justanothername]

Got my ticket for Leeds! Can't wait!

[Com Truise]

Too poor to spend £200+ on a lineup where most of the bands I'd like to see would only charge a tenner at their own shows, plus none of my friends are going as they're either on holiday or not interested in the lineup in the slightest

[Yellow_Fellow]

Probably. Wanna see QotSA a lot.

[the wonderwhy]

In the process of getting a group together and deciding between this & RES

[TheSilence]

If you asked this question before any of the smaller bands the general consensus would definitely be a no.

I got my ticket bought for me as a Christmas present but I'm happy with the lineup anyway so it's ideal really.

[lightning1000]

The line up is full of bands with one song that was either on an advert or an ea game sound track. Any good acts on there are always around anyway

[dentalplan]

I think the line up is good but most of the acts I'm interested in are either acts lower down I've never seen or acts higher up that I've seen before. Can't justify it for £100 QotSA day or however much a weekend is, and my mates think it's shit. Glastonbury instead.

[glasto-worker]

well I am going but I have never bought a ticket even although this will be my 26th Reading

[the wonderwhy]

I think the lineup is a hell of a lot better than last year

[justanothername]

I think the lineup is a hell of a lot better than last year

Edited May 25, 2014 by justanothername

[Mash011]

Yeah I'm going, personally the lineup has a lot of bands I love on it so I'm very happy with it.

[TheSilence]

I do wonder though what direction R&L are heading in. I agree it's a good lineup but its definitely very different to 2012 for example in my opinion anyway.

[kemosabe]

Im still putting the money together but I will be there most likely... If anyone knows anyone selling a ticket for cheaper let me know

[Gucci Piggy]

Awful lineup, not worth £200. Only QOTSA I'd be excited about, but I'm not paying £100 to see them play when it won't even be dark at Leeds. All my friends are still going, but I'm doing Glastonbury instead.

[Ipayne]

Like others wanna go for Queens but can't bring myself to pay £100 for a day, especially when I can see Sabbath with a great undercard for £70

[ClemFandango97]

Going to Reading for the first time this year. Going to a festival for the first time. As a result of that I don't have quite the same amount of problems in having seen as many acts and most of the acts at Reading I've not seen before. Needless to say I'll be hopelessly unprepared for what the festival brings. *insert over exaggerated tent burning analogy, possibly of an apocalyptic nature, here*

[rawaudioinput]

It's okay, Reading is full of kids too busy renting cool indie films on their phones to commit criminal damage anymore

And I might go for the QotSA day depending on if I have any money left by the end of the summer, which is pretty unlikely. The line up this year doesn't really have anything special about it IMO. Every other year I've been has had something that has felt like a one off or at least a rarity; Biffy, System and NIN in 2013, At the Drive-In, Foo Fighters and The Cure in 2012 and Muse, My Chemical Romance and Pulp in 2011. This year's headliners are just acts who are on tour this summer; no one is going to put on a show that is going to be career defining and frankly for over £200 I need something that's unmissable for it to be worthwhile.

Edited May 25, 2014 by rawaudioinput

[Babyquack]

Wasn't planning on going, as many have said, I can't justify £200 for a ticket where the acts I'm most excited about (bar Queens) charge £10 a ticket but a friend can no longer go so is selling me her ticket for £60. Can't say no to that...

Edited May 25, 2014 by Babyquack

[justanothername]

Wasn't planning on going, as many have said, I can't justify £200 for a ticket where the acts I'm most excited about (bar Queens) charge £10 a ticket but a friend can no longer go so is selling me her ticket for £60. Can't say no to that...

[Babyquack]

Why such the low price?

[Tobieski]

I'm going. It's a seriously average line-up for my tastes but I literally have no friends that would want to go anywhere else

Edited May 25, 2014 by Tobieski

[dentalplan]

She just wants to get rid of the ticket + she's one of my best friends so knew I couldn't afford it either way. I offered more but she wouldn't take it. Originally she only asked for £40 but I couldn't give her that little, I'm not a bastard

[Gucci Piggy]

Babyquack I dare you to sell it for like £150.

[The Placid Casual]

She just wants to get rid of the ticket + she's one of my best friends so knew I couldn't afford it either way. I offered more but she wouldn't take it. Originally she only asked for £40 but I couldn't give her that little, I'm not a bastard