2019 festival

[NerdsNatterings]

11 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

ADTR have released a new single. 

I quite like it, gonna have to listen to it a bit more before sunday

[Andre91]

29 minutes ago, NerdsNatterings said:

I quite like it, gonna have to listen to it a bit more before sunday

I think it’s incredibly poor. 

[KingPin]

7 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

I think it’s incredibly poor. 

It's absolutely rubbish.

[Radi0Head]

So there’s been some changes at Reading this year if you’re interested. Mostly minor technical stuff but here we go.

day ticket holders are back at 20,000 per day so despite this years increase in capacity the campsites should feel more spacious 

entry review tents are back in place if you get caught with your stash your entrance will be reviewed 

both red and orange silent arenas are open on Thursday evening.

see you tomorrow  

edit: oh yeah and there’s chicken nuggets

Edited August 20, 2019 by Radi0Head

[Radi0Head]

6 minutes ago, KingPin said:

It's absolutely rubbish.

Like all their songs ?

[TheWaters]

2 minutes ago, Radi0Head said:

So there’s been some changes at Reading this year if you’re interested. Mostly minor technical stuff but here we go.

day ticket holders are back at 20,000 per day so despite this years increase in capacity the campsites should feel more spacious 

entry review tents are back in place if you get caught with your staff your entrance will be reviewed 

both red and orange silent arenas are open on Thursday evening.

see you tomorrow  

Nothing in terms of secret sets then?

[theesundayroast]

Sherlocks secret set is legitimately meme worthy.

Who on earth thought they'd pull a decent crowd for one?

They better be on BBC intro stage like Peace last year of I feel it may be embarrassing.   

[Radi0Head]

1 minute ago, TheWaters said:

Nothing in terms of secret sets then?

Haven’t got a full stage timetable this year 

[TheWaters]

Just now, Radi0Head said:

Haven’t got a full stage timetable this year 

Ahhh fair play.

Obviously because they have a secret set so massive that they can't even hint it to staff

 

[rfc_478]

16 minutes ago, theesundayroast said:

Sherlocks secret set is legitimately meme worthy.

Who on earth thought they'd pull a decent crowd for one?

They better be on BBC intro stage like Peace last year of I feel it may be embarrassing.   

Might still be on BBC intro, we don’t have any info on where/when yet. 

Dont think the crowd will be too bad, previous sets they’ve had at Reading had a decent enough attendance 

[Fuzzy Afro]

The Sherlocks are easily big enough to be playing a half hour set at 5pm on the FR. Anyone who claims that as a “disappointment” is deluding themselves. 

[BeddingatReading]

On the app it says that there’s just a gap where SWMRS were. Surely too late to get a secret set in so do we reckon there’s just gonna be a massive gap between Basement and Crystal fighters?

[rfc_478]

5 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

The Sherlocks are easily big enough to be playing a half hour set at 5pm on the FR. Anyone who claims that as a “disappointment” is deluding themselves. 

I'm guessing those that are claiming it is a disappointment were expecting Kasabian or Biffy on the FR ?

[rfc_478]

2 minutes ago, BeddingatReading said:

On the app it says that there’s just a gap where SWMRS were. Surely too late to get a secret set in so do we reckon there’s just gonna be a massive gap between Basement and Crystal fighters?

Just think they haven't adjusted the timings properly yet. I doubt they'll be able to fill the gap now, unless they get a band already playing elsewhere that day to do double duty 

Edited August 20, 2019 by rfc_478

[Benj]

45 minutes ago, Radi0Head said:

So there’s been some changes at Reading this year if you’re interested. Mostly minor technical stuff but here we go.

day ticket holders are back at 20,000 per day so despite this years increase in capacity the campsites should feel more spacious 

entry review tents are back in place if you get caught with your stash your entrance will be reviewed 

both red and orange silent arenas are open on Thursday evening.

see you tomorrow  

edit: oh yeah and there’s chicken nuggets

Cheers!

 

do you happen to know if we’ll be able to exchange wristbands at the green entrance Friday AM? We got caught out a couple of years ago when they weren’t doing them at green and had to slog all the way back around to red

Edited August 20, 2019 by Benj

[TheWaters]

19 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

The Sherlocks are easily big enough to be playing a half hour set at 5pm on the FR. Anyone who claims that as a “disappointment” is deluding themselves. 

No they're a disappointment for that exact reason. A secret set is usually an act who's too big to fit on the stage they're playing if they had been announced. (Frank Carter in the pit, BMTH on the R1, Peace on the introducing). The Sherlocks could easily play 5PM on the FR as an announced act. As the secret set it's very disappointing.

[Radi0Head]

5 minutes ago, Benj said:

Cheers!

 

do you happen to know if we’ll be able to exchange wristbands at the green entrance Friday AM? We got caught out a couple of years ago when they weren’t doing them at green and had to slog all the way back around to red

“Green wristband exchange is open to weekend ticket holders on Wednesday and Thursday. And then for day ticket holders only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.”

so yeah go to red (or white)

[Andre91]

I swear that people haven’t been as arsed about secrets sets on here in previous years as they seem to be this year. 

[Benj]

10 minutes ago, Radi0Head said:

“Green wristband exchange is open to weekend ticket holders on Wednesday and Thursday. And then for day ticket holders only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.”

so yeah go to red (or white)

Sorry, out of up votes but thanks a lot for this, has saved us a lot of potential hassle

[Andre91]

I swear that people haven’t been as arsed about secrets sets on here in previous years as they seem to be this year. 

[BeddingatReading]

28 minutes ago, TheWaters said:

No they're a disappointment for that exact reason. A secret set is usually an act who's too big to fit on the stage they're playing if they had been announced. (Frank Carter in the pit, BMTH on the R1, Peace on the introducing). The Sherlocks could easily play 5PM on the FR as an announced act. As the secret set it's very disappointing.

What a ridiculous comment. Of course Sherlocks wouldn’t play at 5pm on the FR as a normal act. The last time they played Reading (2 years ago) they were at 5pm on the Radio 1 stage and they’ve only got bigger. 

[rfc_478]

3 minutes ago, BeddingatReading said:

What a ridiculous comment. Of course Sherlocks wouldn’t play at 5pm on the FR as a normal act. The last time they played Reading (2 years ago) they were at 5pm on the Radio 1 stage and they’ve only got bigger. 

Fair point. Also played 5.45pm on the FR stage the year before, almost a year before they had an album out

[Pr0paneNightm4re]

41 minutes ago, TheWaters said:

No they're a disappointment for that exact reason. A secret set is usually an act who's too big to fit on the stage they're playing if they had been announced. (Frank Carter in the pit, BMTH on the R1, Peace on the introducing). The Sherlocks could easily play 5PM on the FR as an announced act. As the secret set it's very disappointing.

Agreed. The Sherlock’s have done nothing to warrant this as they’ve been fairly inactive since 2017 and not taken to much bigger stages. Wolf Alice played the festival republic secret set in 2017 and they were also on the brink of releasing their second album but they had recieved much more acclaim and were way bigger then than the Sherlocks are now and ever will be.

[dum surfer]

How thorough are the bag searches? I can’t remember and we need to get a camping stove in

[MIchael_scarn]

1 hour ago, dum surfer said:

How thorough are the bag searches? I can’t remember and we need to get a camping stove in

Gooch it