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Topic Started: 3 Aug 2011, 07:08 PM (1,997 Views)
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Having gone to my first one in 1967 at Windsor Racecourse before it moved to Reading my next one was in 1979 when bands like The Cure,Police and that ilk were on.But also was a few heavy metel bands like Saxon and Iron Maiden.A year later was my favourite with UFO and Whitesnake headlining.Still love it and watch it on BBC and I know my daughter and son in law are wetting themselves over Muse this year but what was your best year and anyone going this year.Which do you prefer Glastonbury or Reading.Cant wait to meet up with William and Suffolk to go to this years,hope they bring plenty of Stella with them :D
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Still pretty good Mike. What a line-up that weekend. Arthur Brown is still going strong. I loved "Fire". Top single.
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Great days Mike,looking at that line up really makes we want a time machine,being a teenager than was brilliant.

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..and of course Donovan and "Mellow Yellow". Just checked Wiki to make sure he was still alive. He is. :D
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Before it came to Reading it was at Richmond and Windsor,this poster is from the first one I went to in 1967,a lot of these acts are still performing.
Just reading that line-up. It was astonishigly good. Some top groups in there. I love the way Fleetwood Mac are right near the bottom of that poster. Pink Floyd, Amen Corner,Small Faces,The Marmalade,The Move,Al Stewart,The Cream,Jeff Beck,PP Arnold....it goes on and on. I would love to have gone that year!!!!
The Cream ,wow my favourite group in 1967,unfortunatly only went for one of the days,all I remember is PPArnald and Arthur Brown
That line-up is staggering isn't it? So many have stood the test of time. Didn't Time Box do 'Beggin'? Great single!
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Jacqui McShee still leads Pentangle but poor old Bert Jansch recently died ,big fan of theirs.Cant believe Ten Years After and the old Fleetwood Mac Were just support.Happy Days.

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Reading cashes in on festival trash

Twelve tonnes of metal waste and unused VIP tents worth £2,000 found at the Reading Festival site will contribute towards a town community project. A Reading residents association will hold its first nearly-new sale of camping goods found on site as well as raise funds from the metal recycling.

Money raised will go towards the £500,000 refurbishment of Mapledurham Playing Fields Pavilion near the site. Bags of clothes and food will be donated to a Reading charity. The Warren and District Residents Association (WADRA) approached festival organisers Festival Republic after realising the discarded items on site would be a "great opportunity" to raise funds. Festival Republic agreed and also pledged £25,000 towards the pavilion project.

A 60-person clear-up crew spent two days collecting metal as well as more than 100 tents, 75 sleeping bags, mattresses, camping stoves, camping chairs, torches and wellies. They got to keep some of the items they found, which have this year included designer sunglasses, branded trainers and 50 cans of beer and cider. Many unused items were found in the corporate hospitality area, including 10 six-man tents worth about £200 each, Elisa Miles from WADRA said. Unusual items found include costumes such as a sheep onesie and a Lycra beer bottle.

More practical clothes have been collected in bags along with blankets and tinned food to donate to Reading Launch Pad, a charity for vulnerable adults. WADRA's nearly new camping gear sale takes place on Sunday at the Mapledurham Playing Fields Pavilion.







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Festival death tests 'inconclusive'

A post-mortem examination into the death of 17-year-old girl after attending Reading Festival has proved inconclusive. Further tests will now be carried out to find out what caused the death of Esme Blore, from Stevington in Bedfordshire.

The teenager died at Northampton General Hospital on Monday. Police said a second girl was taken to hospital but has now been discharged. Referring to the second girl, a force spokesman said "She did not have meningitis. We will not be releasing further information about her or her illness."

Toxicology and test reports into Ms Blore's death will take a further four to six weeks to complete. Police said the results would be publicised when known.

"We would appeal again to the media and people on social networking sites to refrain from publishing or posting speculation and rumours about Esme's death, as these are proving very upsetting to her family and friends at what is already an extremely difficult time" the spokesman added.

Ms Blore was initially treated at the Royal Berkshire Hospital on Saturday, but discharged a few hours later. A Royal Berkshire Hospital spokesman confirmed she had visited the festival on Saturday.
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Reading Festival 2015: Exploring the economic impact the festival has on the town

Estimates show the festival brings in £31 million - but how much trickles down to local shops?

With just under six months to go for one of the biggest music events of the year, August Bank Holiday's annual Reading Festival does more than just bring world-famous acts to the town in three days of non-stop music. The full line-up has been released and tickets are now available. But the festival is much more than just a music concert.

An assessment carried out by the University of Reading and Baker Associates in 2009 into the economic impact of the festival found that the total amount spent in association with the event was well over £31 million. The 90,000 visitors spent on average over £200 each excluding tickets, in addition to the almost £12 million spent by organisers Festival Republic on artists, suppliers, contractors and staff working at the festival.

Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic praised the high level of spending, saying: "Festivals and the live music industry contribute significantly to the British economy and this survey also demonstrates that the local Reading community benefit enormously, which is what I had hoped to see."

Within the grounds of the festival site there are a large number of retailers, which have been described as like a 'mini town'. This 'mini town' proves popular with festival-goers, who in 2014's festival bought over 10,000 Dominos pizzas alone. In addition the festival hosts stalls for companies like Blacks, who specialise in outdoor clothing and equipment. This has a negative impact on local traders, who struggle to boost their sales during the festival period.

Carters on Caversham Road is located less than half a mile away from the festival site entrance. Rod Campbell, Operations Manager for Carters said the majority of customers during the festival are looking for small items. He said: "It tends to be little things like sleeping bags, pillows, spare socks. Unless something drastic happens with the weather, we're unlikely to see anything big. Most people come from home well prepared. We had one incident a few years ago where heavy rains came out of nowhere and this group's tent got ruined. They came into our shop completely soaked looking for a new tent." Mr Campbell praised the cleaning up operation after the festival, saying: "The organisers are very good at taking care of all the litter."

Festival Republic post seven separate Recycle Exchanges around the campsites where people can sort their rubbish. They also give out plastic bags free to campers and offer incentives such as free soft drinks and 20p refunds on empty water bottles returned. In addition they encourage donations of any unwanted camping gear or non-perishable food, all of which they say goes to charitable organisations.

Managing director of Festival Republic Melvin Benn said: "This year we're aiming to recycle 30 per cent of total waste."

The organisers of the festival also support local events. They pledged to donate a total of £25,000 over five years to Caversham Festival, a free event held this year on July 11-12 at Christchurch Meadows, Caversham. Additionally Mr Benn handed over a cheque for £2,500 to Mayor councillor Tony Jones in the days leading up to last summer's festival, as a contribution to the Mayor's Charities Fund. At the time Mr Benn said: "It is a pleasure to donate to Cllr Jones' charity fund and support some of the brilliant charities in the area."

Reading UK CIC Communications Manager, Alex Brannen, said: "Reading Festival’s impact is wider than the very significant direct contribution it makes in terms of local employment and visitor spend in town centre businesses, in total over £31 million. 'Reading' is a global music brand with fans from all over the world recognising it as one of the premier international music festivals. The festival has played, and continues to play, a huge role in marketing Reading to the world."

Rod Campbell of Carters agreed, saying: "Reading Festival puts Reading on the map. It's brilliant for the town and creates such an amazing atmosphere, I wouldn't get rid of it for the world."











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Reading Festival: lower the river please, we're ready to rock

A debrief on last year's Reading Festival revealed the River Thames had to be "lowered" to drain the campsite after heavy rain

The River Thames had to be “lowered” for last year’s Reading Festival and the local supermarkets were forced to retrieve hundreds of abandoned trolleys. But there were only 19 complaints about noise and the whole affair netted £20 million for Reading’s economy.

These were some of the facts related to the Reading Borough Council housing, neighbourhoods and leisure committee by regulatory services manager James Crosbie on Wednesday, March 16, about last year’s festival on the 325-acre site in Richfield Avenue which drew 120,000 fans over the whole event.

Mr Crosbie reminded councillors of the “very, very heavy rain” immediately before the festival began when 40,000 people had already arrived hoping to set up camp. He said the opening of the campsite was slightly delayed adding: “We were able to work with emergency planners and Reading Festival in order to drop the river essentially by making some adjustments which meant the drainage on site was managed better and we were able to open the campsite on time - with a slight delay.”

On Thursday, August 27, last year there were concerns over the number of pedestrians walking - with shopping trolleys - along Portman Road and under Cow Lane Bridges, but once the local supermarkets were alerted they put in measures to stop the trolleys being taken away. Nevertheless at the end of the festival there were hundreds of trolleys left on the site. Mr Crosbie said the supermarkets were told to come and collect them or lose them and they did.

Last year far more day tickets were sold which produced extra traffic congestion as fans were dropped off and picked up by car. Mr Crosbie said the team would be looking at this again this year but it depended on the balance of day and weekend ticket sales. Problems with ticket touts were quickly dealt with by police and licensing officers issuing fixed penalty notices last year.

On Bank Holiday Monday, there were traffic problems under Cow Lane Bridges with drivers trying jump the lights and blocking the road. Police and council network managers had to go to scene to sort it out. Mr Crosbie said it was “disappointing” the new Cow Lane Bridge would not be complete by this year’s festival. He said Festival Republic - which organises the festival - used some new equipment from Holland last year which could pinpoint particular sound frequencies coming from different stages and adjust them if there were complaints.

Last year there were 24 complaints about noise from 19 people which Mr Crosbie said was “manageable” given the size of the event although complaints could come from as far away as Woodley and Wokingham depending on the weather. He said Reading Buses took 12,000 people into the town centre from the site and the shuttle from the station carried 34,000 passengers over the six days last year.

The decision to close the Orange Gate, the additional day tickets and the rail strike meant there were more pedestrians in the vicinity the causing some concerns for safety which might need a “rethink” this year. Standards of food trading had improved last year with 133 traders checked and 74 per cent gaining five stars compared with 54 per cent the year before. Medical care at the festival site was stepped up with paramedics and first responders on foot patrol around the arena. The introduction of an X-ray facility meant a 60 per cent reduction in the number of people going to hospital which Mr Crosbie said was a “very positive step”.

After the festival, 1,000 hours of cleaning up amassed 30 tonnes of waste. Festival Republic encourages recycling with deposits on paper cups and bottles. The whole event grossed £48 million for the economy in general and £20 million for Reading.

Cllr Richard Davies asked about crime and was told by Nicky Hodgson of Festival Republic the main crimes were pickpockets or “dippers” and tent theft. She said organisers had stepped up lost property efforts which had reduced “crime” figures when lost wallets were returned to their owners after they had been mistakenly reported stolen.


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