2023 Festival

[Andre91]

6 hours ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Idles doing a DJ set in Leeds on the Friday night. Could it be?

Secret set come on 

[andyrhodes24]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

Secret set come on 

They’d be the top act for me and it wouldn’t even be close. Come on Melv, do something good please

[nathanh]

The build is underway at Reading

[wro_lap]

Leeds Early Entry going for £250 on Twickets and £230 on Ticketmaster already - I reckon some of us will be doing 5 days for under 200 quid!

[andyrhodes24]

37 minutes ago, wro_lap said:

Leeds Early Entry going for £250 on Twickets and £230 on Ticketmaster already - I reckon some of us will be doing 5 days for under 200 quid!

I saw a Leeds weekend at £202 on ticketmaster in the week, there’ll be some right bargains about soon

[jonnyisRFC]

I crumbled and just picked up a Reading Weekend ticket for £190 on twickets. 
 

The festival isn’t what it once was but for £190 I couldn’t say no! I still expect them to drop further than that though. 
 

Excited to see Frank Turner, Games We Play, Magnolia Park, Knocked Loose, Jamie Webster, KennyHoopla, Sleep Token and The Amazons. 

[Paul ™]

18 hours ago, nathanh said:

The build is underway at Reading

Been underway for 2 weeks 

[sacred shape]

When do we reckon set times will be released?

[jonnyisRFC]

[andyrhodes24]

59 minutes ago, sacred shape said:

When do we reckon set times will be released?

Week of probably, think it usually is anyway. So less weight on the set times with the new main stage setup, only want them to see potential for secret sets

[sacred shape]

Also, I emailed support to ask about bike parking. Apparently there is none and they 'don’t advise arriving by bike'. All the promotion of sustainability and the only way to get to the site is motor vehicle. When I went to Werchter, there were tonnes of cycle spaces and tonnes of bikes parked there.

[andyrhodes24]

10 minutes ago, sacred shape said:

Also, I emailed support to ask about bike parking. Apparently there is none and they 'don’t advise arriving by bike'. All the promotion of sustainability and the only way to get to the site is motor vehicle. When I went to Werchter, there were tonnes of cycle spaces and tonnes of bikes parked there.

Instead they talk about how they’re banning disposable vapes which is impossible

[Jacksamthompson]

17 hours ago, sacred shape said:

Also, I emailed support to ask about bike parking. Apparently there is none and they 'don’t advise arriving by bike'. All the promotion of sustainability and the only way to get to the site is motor vehicle. When I went to Werchter, there were tonnes of cycle spaces and tonnes of bikes parked there.

Unbelivable. Should be part of the license. There should be cycle parking at Rivermead Lesuire Centre, however. 

[Benj]

19 hours ago, sacred shape said:

Also, I emailed support to ask about bike parking. Apparently there is none and they 'don’t advise arriving by bike'. All the promotion of sustainability and the only way to get to the site is motor vehicle. When I went to Werchter, there were tonnes of cycle spaces and tonnes of bikes parked there.

Last thing they need is a load of ketted up teens pulling wheelies through the campsite!

Reading at least is relatively well served by train if you’re trying to be as green as you can

[andyrhodes24]

45 minutes ago, Benj said:

Last thing they need is a load of ketted up teens pulling wheelies through the campsite!

Reading at least is relatively well served by train if you’re trying to be as green as you can

I’d pay A LOT of money to see kids attempt to bike down the big hill at Leeds on the Sunday night.

[Tyler_Durden]

Anyone know how yellow campsite at Leeds is these days? I know it's got nothing on the madness of blue/red and it was a bit lively in there some years back, was just toying with idea of either camping brown for the peace or if yellow is quite mellow now due to its location and the fact that I might be able to park in the access car park which is like a 2 minute walk away?

[thatTFBguy]

Dare I ask but any early weather forecasts? Coming for the day Sunday at Leeds and dreading another mud bath  like tramlines was this year. 

[gfa]

On 8/4/2023 at 6:27 PM, Benj said:

Aye. It’s obv not to be taken seriously. Just a way to promo a good cause

Hopefully no one will watch them to give the organisers any ideas!

It will be rammed

On 8/4/2023 at 8:34 PM, On The Blend said:

Was there ever actually a Reading vs Leeds debate that wasn’t just North vs South? Leeds doesn’t have a curfew and has all the night stages, just seems objectively better to me?

Definitely there was a debate

Reading doesn't have the late night but can get bigger guests / exclusive secret sets e.g. Dave brought out Stormzy at Reading and Jack Grealish at Leeds..

If you want late night stuff you should just go elsewhere, leeds looks shocking for it vs any proper festival that focuses on it. no doubt full of ketty 16 year olds.

Edited August 8, 2023 by gfa

[Benj]

21 minutes ago, gfa said:

It will be rammed

 

Think it will depend on where it is and what else is on at the same time.

Also does anyone under 30 know who they are?!

[charlierc]

12 hours ago, thatTFBguy said:

Dare I ask but any early weather forecasts? Coming for the day Sunday at Leeds and dreading another mud bath  like tramlines was this year. 

Probably won't be for another week. Though August is looking as shite as July ended up being.

[bradburyjames]

On 8/5/2023 at 10:17 AM, jonnyisRFC said:

Thank you! Someone is selling a ticket on eBay and they’re saying the deadline is Tuesday 8th at 5pm. 

Did you find out whether this was the case? 

[jonnyisRFC]

1 hour ago, bradburyjames said:

Did you find out whether this was the case? 

No I didn’t I’m afraid, sorry! I just tried to transfer my ticket and it still let me do it. 

Edited August 9, 2023 by jonnyisRFC

[bradburyjames]

23 minutes ago, jonnyisRFC said:

No I didn’t I’m afraid, sorry! I just tried to transfer my ticket and it still let me do it. 

No problem! Planning on doing what I'm sure plenty others are and getting last min tickets but I'm getting a tad twitchy now! 

[On The Blend]

13 hours ago, gfa said:

bigger guests / exclusive secret sets e.g. Dave brought out Stormzy at Reading and Jack Grealish at Leeds..

Honestly this is so f**king funny to me. Can't wait for Jack's inevitable headline slot at Glasto

[stanh]

16 hours ago, Benj said:

Think it will depend on where it is and what else is on at the same time.

Also does anyone under 30 know who they are?!

Yeah, sounds weird (guess it is tbh) but they DM loads of their followers voicenotes and stuff, so get memed quite a bit.