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Reading & Leeds Tickets Go On Sale

Voted Best Live Events at this year's NME Awards, The Reading & Leeds Festivals will be going on sale with tickets on Monday 31st March at 7pm.

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Name your Top 3 bands to headline in 2008.

Less corporate, more eco-friendly, improved transport.....

Who's looking forward to the Summer?

Reading returns without a headline sponsor.

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Missed out on a t-shirt....a hoodie, pants, a bag?

Lost something in a field?

Trent Rezor brings Year Zero to Reading

Are You Listening?

Wales, Wales, Wales...repeat to fade.

Laying the foundations for what is set to be a stellar career

The Spirit of the Apocalypse?

Baby, It's fact...these boys know how to wear a cardigan.

Hello....Operator...connect me to the freshest talent around....

NYPC are The Bomb....

"Leave school and start a band..."

Late Of The Pier & I Was A Cub Scout

Panic! At The Disco, Bloc Party, UNKLE

Derek Meins, Beans On Toast, Adam Crow, Kevin Bridges, John Fothergill, Hugh Lennon & Murphy the Hypnodog, matt Reed, Junior Simpson & Ben Hurley

We know a place where great bands play

brakesbrakesbrakes

Voices of Animals and Men in tweed

Talk of the devil....

Good Shoes...great sound.

Cool of a temperate breeze from dark skies to wet grass, we fell in a field near Reading and watched the festival pass

The Noisettes Don't Give Up

Paramore & Crystal castles

Cajun Dance Party, The Subways & Brand New

Back like a phoenix from the flames

Threes - it's a magic number

Standing in the way of clothing

Interview with Capdown singer, Jake Sims-Fielding

Bats! Bats! Bats! Bats! Bats! Bats! Bats! Bats! Bats! Bats!

The last time at this festival...

Blood Red Shoes, The Gossip & Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

Four sets in one weekend

The NME/Radio 1 tent is the first place to hear one the hottest new bands

The opening bands at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival

The festival opens with The Pipettes, The Scare, Bombay Bicycle Club and The Grit.

Listen to the story behind the festival.

Prices for food stalls onsite.

A selection of shorts and films running from midnight - 4am Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

Wednesday August 15 2007: Thousands of empty plates will be dished out during Reading when music fans will be asked to join an international cha...
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Kickstart your festival weekend with a FROG party.

A whole host of comedy, cabaret, film, art/music collaborations, talks, quizzes...

Global Hand is working in association with Mean Fiddler at both events to collect in any left behind tents and possessions for re-use in disaster...
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Reduce your impact on the environment at Reading

Gazebos in selected campsites only

This summer National Express is the official travel partner for The Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festivals.

The LOCK-UP and DANCE stages announced..

Camping made simple at Tangerine Fields

Car sharing will help save you money by sharing the travel costs, reduce the amount of congestion on the roads resulting in you arriving to more ...
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THE CARLING STAGE returns to the festival for the 9th year and will again host the best collection of up and coming talent.