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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.

> Reading Festival - Friday 22 August until
Sunday 24 August 2003
> Main Stage
> Sunday 24 August
> Metallica - to be confirmed
> unknown day
> Blur - rumour
> Deftones - strong rumour
> Limp Bizkit - strong rumour
> Nickelback - strong rumour
> unknown stage
> unknown day
> Audioslave - strong rumour
> Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - strong rumour
> Bowling for Soup - strong rumour
> Capdown - strong rumour
> Flaming Lips - strong rumour
> Glassjaw - strong rumour
> Goldfinger - strong rumour
> Idlewild - strong rumour
> Jay-Z - strong rumour
> Jet - strong rumour
> JJ72 - strong rumour
> KoRn - rumour
> Linkin Park - strong rumour
> My Morning Jacket - strong rumour
> Papa Roach - rumour
> Placebo - rumour
> System of a Down - strong rumour
> The Basement - strong rumour
> The Mars Volta - strong rumour
> The Music - strong rumour
> The Sights - strong rumour
> The Vines - strong rumour
> The White Stripes - rumour


From a website, somewhere.

Metallica I really want to see. SOAD I really want to see. Placebo I really want to see. I still have a soft spot for Papa Roach.

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.

According to my sources, these are the bands rumoured for Reading/Leeds:

Metallica, Linkin Park, Jay-Z, System of a Down, Audioslave, Nickleback, Limp Bizkit, The Vines, The Music, Glassjaw, Jet, Idlewild, White Stripes, The Sights, The Basement, My Morning Jacket, JJ72, BRMC, The Mars Volta, The Flaming Lips


To be honest there are no bands on that list I hugely want to see.
Would quite like to see: Glassjaw, Audioslave, BRMC, Idlewild, Mars Volta, White Stripes, Metallica and I'd prob go to see SOAD.

But none that I'd feel I *MUST* go to see. Seems their trying to appeal to the nu-metal kids a lot this year. Which will spark off mass gang wars between 11 year olds wearing backwards red caps and 11 year olds wearing Linking Park hoodies.

"Linkin Park are way better than Limp Dikzit"
"Fred Durst is a gay chipmunk. Hur hur."

SHEEPY wrote:
> If Glastonbury goes ahead I think REM are headlining first night and
> Radiohead the second

Yeah, that sounds right. I'm pretty sure REM are already booked for the Friday, and they usually leave the Sunday night spot open for a veteran.

Hoping to do Glastonbury, v2003 and T in the Park this summer. Reading looks a bit dodgy, compared to last year anyway.

If Glastonbury goes ahead I think REM are headlining first night and Radiohead the second

The list for all this years major festivals is on this page.

http://www.virtual-festivals.com/ festivals/article.cfm?articleid=377
(space after "fetivals")

V2003 looks promising, Foo Fighters, Chili's, White Stripes and Coldplay, all 13 miles from my home :D.

Metallica have confirmed, according to Kerrang.

Other rumours (from the net) include

SOAD, Glassjaw, linkin park, and a bunch of others i cant remember. I'll try and find the list again.

Going.

Very, very going.

I dont think Metallica are playing Reading, they are having a gig at Donnington i think. Deftones are rumoured to be at Reading. All i know

As far as I know, no-one else has been confirmed for Reading/Leeds.

But I'll probably try and go, as long as they have a concrete jungle stage like last year.

Metallica?

Best quote about new-style Metallica from Jason Newstead:
"I challenge Metallica to a show with us in support. We'll destroy them with rock...that band used to be about the music, now it's about court-cases and cases of champagne. Cliff Burton would be ashamed and so was I. The 'Tallica are weak"