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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Mar 9th at 11:23pm 2005

Which festivals are you guys going to then? Atm Download is looking best- all huge bands lined up, and Megadeths last EVER UK gig. Also has Feeder, Ozzy Osbourne and many, many more.

Reading/Leeds also looks good, but Download looks a bit better atm.

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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Mar 9th at 11:51pm 2005

man I wish I was from the UK... then I could have fun too.

I'm half Canadian, dose that count?
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Posted by Leperous on Wed Mar 9th at 11:58pm 2005

Not going to any festivals, but got me some Coldplay tickets for June



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Thu Mar 10th at 12:26am 2005

I might go to Leeds, might not.
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Posted by Gwil on Thu Mar 10th at 1:30am 2005

If I was here, i'd be going to Glastonbury as per usual, the other festivals don't really interest me anymore cos of all the corporatism and restrictions that go with them. Once you've been to Glastonbury, you never turn back, but it's a whole different experience to anything else, and the ethos isn't solely focused around the music.

If I were to go though, i'd go to Reading Festival again - was a blast in 2003, even if it was baking hot ALL the time
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Posted by KingNic on Thu Mar 10th at 2:13am 2005

Well the Leeds festival is about 3 minutes down the road from me - ?20 for VIP tickets

Dunno if I'll go though - probably just flog the tickets on ebay.
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Posted by Myrk- on Thu Mar 10th at 10:05am 2005

Why only ?20? Leeds one isn't as good as reading though is it, cus you can't camp there etc. [addsig]



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Posted by SpiKeRs on Thu Mar 10th at 10:21am 2005

I think Leeds has the same deal with camping and stuff as Reading. Read somewhere about last years one that Leeds was a little bit more laid back while Reading was a bit more musically snobby (50 Cent and Rasmus got bottled off).

Download looks well good this year (sunday headliners woah). Nice to see JJ72 up there (does anyone still like them? ). Snickers stage looks well good, The Used and MCR

Having said all this I probs wont be going to any festival unless I can change my gf's musical tastes, and get a nice hotel room and hot baths




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Posted by fishy on Thu Mar 10th at 10:24am 2005

glastonbury is the only festival worth going to, imo, even though i'll probably never go again. [addsig]



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Posted by Myrk- on Thu Mar 10th at 10:26am 2005

Spikers just leave your woman at home! Thats what I did last year! They just ruin the whole experience.

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Posted by Leperous on Thu Mar 10th at 10:36am 2005

? quoting SpiKeRs
Reading was a bit more musically snobby (50 Cent and Rasmus got bottled off).

Anywhere that bottles 50 Cent off is a damn fine place to be, in my books. And that's not musical snobbery, but just a general dislike of untalented f**ktards who can't do much except incoherently mumble about sex. I'm sorry, but if you're going to a festival you're there for the musical talent, not to grind against your fellow moshers.





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Posted by SpiKeRs on Thu Mar 10th at 11:13am 2005

aha, I agree to a point, 50 cent was a terrible choice for a rock festival imo and i personally dont like the rasmus either, but some peeps will have payed good money to see them at the festival




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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Thu Mar 10th at 12:05pm 2005

My mate is trying to talk me into Leeds but I don't know if I can be bothered. I'd rather see a band up-close than half a field away [addsig]



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Posted by Myrk- on Fri Mar 11th at 9:17am 2005

Silly Hawkins, festivals are easier to get close to the bands in compared to normal gigs. [addsig]



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Posted by Mephs on Fri Mar 11th at 11:02am 2005

Bah, I never get to go to concerts or festivals. Northern Ireland sucks so far as gigs go, and forces always conspire against me (more specifically my wallet) any time people are going down south. Like when Velvet Revolver were playing in the Point in dublin.
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Posted by Push6 on Fri Mar 11th at 12:56pm 2005

Well, the V festival tickets sold out in 90 minutes today. It was the only one I was planning on going too as well.
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Posted by Myrk- on Fri Mar 11th at 3:29pm 2005

Funny how V Festival tickets sell out in 90mins, yet Reading and Download still have tickets available on the gates on the day... I reckon it's lies- ticket companies probably buy the tickets and then the main one says "OMG WE SOLD OUT IN 90 MINUTES!"

Bulls**t, you couldn't get 100,000 people on the phone lines in 90 minutes!

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Posted by Dred_furst on Fri Mar 11th at 4:52pm 2005

I have seen Rush at the NEC, Santana at the globen in stokholm, and queen + another bloke in may smileysmiley at the NEC
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Posted by Gwil on Fri Mar 11th at 4:55pm 2005

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Funny how V Festival tickets sell out in 90mins, yet Reading and Download still have tickets available on the gates on the day... I reckon it's lies- ticket companies probably buy the tickets and then the main one says "OMG WE SOLD OUT IN 90 MINUTES!"

Bulls**t, you couldn't get 100,000 people on the phone lines in 90 minutes!



Glastonbury 2004 had like 1 million people in an hour (combined website and phones). Completely screwed the telephone and internet networks, and tickets were gone in 4 hours - all 112,500 of them. That's not counting the VIP tickets and nigh on 40,000 staff/bands/traders who went too!
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Posted by BlisTer on Sat Mar 12th at 5:20am 2005

Creamfields , Global Gathering, Gatecrasher NEC are on my UK todo list. Last year i went to Dance Valley and this year i'm going to Sensation, in my very own little Belgium;) [addsig]




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