Reading and Leeds Festival early bird ticket news

Early bird tickets at this year's prices go on sale from 9am on Thursday 1st September for the 2012 Reading and Leeds Festivals which take place on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August. Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

The all-important line-up and general sale tickets will be released in the Spring. There are no acts confirmed yet for 2012, expect a line-up of big names from the rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal scenes.

Early bird tickets will be priced at this year's prices. Early bird tickets will go on sale at this year's prices on Thursday 1st September. A weekend ticket was priced at £192.50. An early entry (Thursday) ticket was priced at £15, lockers were priced at £15, and a campervan pass was priced at £40. Over 18's wristband will be optional, but allow those that look young to not have to carry ID around all the time. Day tickets will be available at a later date.

Tickets are expected to be strictly limited to a maximum of four per household for those booking online. Over 18's wristband will be optional, but allow those that look young to not have to carry ID around all the time.

eFestivals will have links for you to buy tickets from 9am on Thursday 1st September.

As with previous years organisers Festival Republic are keen to encourage festival goers to respect the local residents and the environment, and to encourage everyone to leave their cars at home.

Festival organisers are warning ticket buyers to NOT use fake ticket selling sites. Make sure any tickets you buy are legitimate. eFestivals always links to official ticket outlets (and doesn't host adverts for unofficial outlets unlike other festival websites!) so you can be sure that any ticket bought via eFestivals will get you into the festival of your choice. Do not purchase tickets from unofficial or secondary ticket outlets or auction sites as they often are unable to supply the tickets, and might not even give you a refund - there's lots of dodgy operators out there!

The eFestivals reviews of last weekend's Reading Festival 2011 is online here and the photo galleries are here, and there are still more photos to add.

The eFestivals photos and reviews of Leeds Festival 2011 will be online over the next few days - don't forget to check back and check them out!

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