rename the Reading & Leeds Rock Stage

Last year a new stage arrived at Reading and Leeds Festivals over the August Bank Holiday weekend, the aptly if unoriginally named 'Rock Stage'.

The stage is dedicatedto giving festival goers metal, punk, rock and hardcore at both Festival sites and will be curated by Daniel P Carter host of the Radio 1 Rock Show.

Organisers are giving fans the chance to suggest a better name for the stage. Dan has suggested ‘The Riff Haus’, those stage names that get shortlisted will win upgrades for both the person suggesting it and a friend from standard to guest tickets.

The name that goes on to win the public vote will grant the ticket holder and a friend will also get amazing side of stage access to their newly named stage!

From today until midnight on Tuesday 28th January, anyone can put a name forward through the Reading & Leeds websites. A shortlist of suggestions will be selected in collaboration with stage curator Daniel P Carter on Wednesday, at which point fans can get voting for their favourite new name through the websites. The chosen name will be announced on Friday 31st January.

Dan comments: “To be curating a stage at Reading & Leeds is so awesome. As someone that was born in Reading, and have been going to the festival since I was a kid, I thought playing the festival was a good as it could get. Turns out I was wrong! I'm really looking forward to putting together a bill of bands that I think are ace and are going to make for a heaving packed tent on each day. We started with Of Mice & Men and went from there. Stoked!”

Of Mice & Men will headline the stage this year with an exclusive festival performance in England & Wales, and so they have put their own suggestion into the mix – ‘The Hyphy Stage’. The band will also take over the official Reading & Leeds Twitter account on Wednesday 29th January between 8pm-8.30pm to answer any fan questions.

The first headliner has been announced, as Blink 182 with their only UK show. Also in the first announcement were Jake Bugg, Disclosure, Metronomy, Of Mice & Men, Wilkinson and I Am Legion. Many more acts will be announced over the coming weeks and months.

For the full details please see the Reading Festival line-ups page.

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2014 weekend tickets are on sale at the price of £202.50, plus booking fees, and postage fees will apply per order. Campervan tickets are also on sale priced at £60, and early entry permits are priced at £15.

There is also a £50 deposit scheme, simply put down £50 now, and then pay three further instalments of £53.50 a month, which includes the booking fee, but with postage payable.  

Children under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note there is no separate children's area at this event, and eFestivals considers this an event not really suitable for small children.

All other ticket types will be available later in the year when the general sale happens.

Note: Tickets will not be on sale at the gate. There will be no box office of any kind. All tickets will be sent out to customers. 

Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire with both events happening over the weekend of Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th August 2014. 

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