The Wildhearts

Anybody heard if they are going to be playing?

I've been trying to view the site, loading very slowly and the lineup page won't load at all....

They aren't so far.

Good line up tho, headlineers are Metallica, Killers and <insert 3rd headliner here>. A good deal better than Download, which is a shame as Dwonload is a far better festival.

Nowt so far...

Rest of it's looking promising though.

My first Reading fes:
1989
Headliners: New Order, The Pogues, The Mission
Weekend tickets: £32.50
Three-day tickets cost £32.50, and the booking fee is just 50p extra. Single day tickets are £15 but sell out fast. This is also the first year Mean Fiddler are involved in Reading's promotion, marking the beginning of the descent into three days of sad indie shite. Bands this year include New Order, My Bloody Valentine, The House Of Love, Billy Bragg, The Wedding Present, New Model Army, The Pogues, Pop Will Eat Itself, Jesus Jones, Voice Of The Beehive and The Mission. The NME declares: "Some day all festivals will be made this way, everyone will love each other and there'll be no such thing as a bad pop group." So, miles wide of the mark again...
Festival prices: Lager is £1.40 a pint, cider £1.20. A two-litre bottle is £3.80, but you can buy two for a bargain £7. A cheeseburger sets you back £1.60, fish and chips £2.00.

Col wrote:My first Reading fes:
1989
Headliners: New Order, The Pogues, The Mission
Weekend tickets: £32.50
Three-day tickets cost £32.50, and the booking fee is just 50p extra. Single day tickets are £15 but sell out fast. This is also the first year Mean Fiddler are involved in Reading's promotion, marking the beginning of the descent into three days of sad indie shite. Bands this year include New Order, My Bloody Valentine, The House Of Love, Billy Bragg, The Wedding Present, New Model Army, The Pogues, Pop Will Eat Itself, Jesus Jones, Voice Of The Beehive and The Mission. The NME declares: "Some day all festivals will be made this way, everyone will love each other and there'll be no such thing as a bad pop group." So, miles wide of the mark again...
Festival prices: Lager is £1.40 a pint, cider £1.20. A two-litre bottle is £3.80, but you can buy two for a bargain £7. A cheeseburger sets you back £1.60, fish and chips £2.00.

that would do!!!

instead of paying all these silly prices that are out 2day!
phht

It seems every single year there is a petition or a opinion poll to get WH on a UK festival bill yet they never get on. Have the promoters any idea who WH are and the fact that they have a huge/loyal fan base who will give them superb support at any festival?
Or maybe the promoters only want 'Herbert Student Bands' on the bill.
So I really hope WH can get at least one UK festival this year.

Not a fan of festivals myself so I wouldn't be tempted.

Even so, there are only 4 bands on that whole bill that would interest me, namely being

Rage against the machine ad biffy clyro off one line up and metallica and dropkick murphys from another.

There absolutely no way whatsover I'd pay the prices that get charged just to see those 4 bands (and travelling costs), so I'm afriad the money will be staying in my pocket for yet another year.

Now if only that Gosforth gathering had come off a couple of years ago!!!!!........

Andy wrote:It seems every single year there is a petition or a opinion poll to get WH on a UK festival bill yet they never get on. Have the promoters any idea who WH are and the fact that they have a huge/loyal fan base who will give them superb support at any festival?
Or maybe the promoters only want 'Herbert Student Bands' on the bill.
So I really hope WH can get at least one UK festival this year.

Its a shame, being from Ireland, I had only seen the band a couple of times before my first Wildhearts Reading experience (my first UK gig also). There a lot of fans of the Wildhearts in Ireland but the crowds here have never been the most enthusiastic. but Reading 2004 was unbelievable. Being in a crowd that just sang every song along with the band was fantastically uplifting. They played about 3 o clock in the afternoon on Friday but it made my whole weekend.

seems a bit bizarre to have the manics headlining a smaller stage and tenacious d as second on the bill. and surely there would be more feeder fans at a festival like this than tenacious d or slipknot?

here's hoping the Wildhearts do it. I quite fancy the bill, it's better than Download in my opinion as it offers a wider taste. Dinnae think I'll be there though It needs to be a bit nearer home, etc.

Dreadful line-up.
UK festivals have been steadily going down the shitter for years now.The future of festivals lies in Europe where they haven't sussed out the potential for ripping off punters yet.Top bands, facillities and so on.
Over here you pay more and more and get less and less for your cash.
I first went to Reading in '94 and I think the ticket price was £89, I even found myself camping in the same field as a bunch of chancers that they call The Wildhearts!
Oh yeah, Tenacious D. What a waste of a prominent main stage slot. Two tubby blokes indulging their ego project that isn't even that funny or entertaining.
If they must be on, stick 'em on the comedy stage. I hope they get a worse reception than Daphne and Celeste or 50 Cent for that matter.

I was at Download last year and not a single festival in '08 can compete with that line up. Fair enough that two of the three main stage headliners were rubbish IMHO (My Chemical Toilet and Stinkin Park) but I went to see Korn and Motley Crue headline the second stage instead

markE wrote:seems a bit bizarre to have the manics headlining a smaller stage and tenacious d as second on the bill. and surely there would be more feeder fans at a festival like this than tenacious d or slipknot?

To reiterate what the bottom of the poster says :-

'Bill subject to change - Artists not in order of appearance'

okay - but tenacious d should not be on the main stage at all.