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Sorry if people were fooled into this topic thinking it was about book reading. It's actualy about Reading festival...Just wondering what the lineup is so far. At the moment I only know that Metalica are headlining one day.

ONLY 220days, 23hrs, 7mins and 30 secs to go. WOOOOHOOO ! ! !

Slipknot suk

who going all 3 days?

I've been the last 2 years and Slipknot were amazing. Chris Fehn was the only member to come off stage and he came up to me. I GRABBED HIS NOSE ! !

NFG were also excellent and I'm seeing Finch in March at London Astoria. When I saw them last year at Reading, Randy ( lead guitarist and singer) stood right infront of me as I was up against the bar cos we rushed in. I strummed his guitar which was cool. It's so easy to get to the front. Especially if you get there 3 hours early.

Metallica are not nu-metal, they are METAL old f'd up rock hardy metal. Only need Pantera to be there and it would rule soooooo bad

Yeah, you right, it's great for nu mettlers, but im my opinion 'about time too!'

Reading is supposed to be the rock festival. it was, originally, and then it went all indie and people who listened to music with balls rather than whiney miserable ched lost out, but at least we still had the sunday. and mow that was drifting away too.

Loads of acts in the past 3 years have not deserved to be there. Eminem? Where's the metal there? sure, he pulled the crowd, and i did wanna see him, but not headlining reading, and not bringing out D12 (losers tagging onto eminems fame)

There's no superbands unless you're into the nu-metal scene. Metallica is the 'superband' so far, quite simply because it appeals to the current nu-metal generation and many older fans. Limp Bizkit may be huge at the moment, but I doubt they'll be headlining shows like Reading in a few years time, and just as many hate them as like them. Similarly, Deftones are huge in a particular scene, which despite being hugely popularised and hyped in the past year or two, is still just one particular scene. As are most of the bands you talk about.

If you like nu-metal it's a good lineup, if you don't it's not looking good. That's pretty much it.

Mouldy Cheese wrote:

> But I see what you all mean - there isn't a superband. But then again,
> it's not like there're many superbands anyway. Radiohead are probably
> the only one.

You gotta be kidding! No superbands?

Metallica are easily a superband, Limp bizkit as much as people wanna hate them they have got massive since MI2, and Deftones changed the underground scene nearly as much as nirvana.

Added to Glassjaw, Audioslave, KoRn, System of a Down and loads of others, this could easily be the best reading yet!

Who else would you want?

Meh. Capdown look like the best band on that list. And I've seen them once live, but I'd definitely go see em again. But I wouldn't pay £100 to go see them play. It was more like a fiver last time. But a Concrete Jungle stage could well mean a bunch of cool bands.

When do tickets go on sale?

i wanna see metallica, s.o.a.d, placebo, deftones, blur and prolly see limp bizkit, audioslave, white stripes, vines and maybe sum others