Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
The word is out that The Foo Fighters are one of the three bands set to headline this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals. Joining the rock quartet will be The Pixies and Iron Maiden, who have both reportedly agreed to headline the weekend.
Of course, this info comes from a festival source who told NME.com: "They've bagged Pixies' only UK shows next year, and there's a chance they could be their last ever in Britain. It's an open secret that Foo Fighters are playing as well."
The announcement looks to be made official come March since that's when tickets for the festival are likely to go on sale. If you so desire to know the absolute latest news about the event, please feel free to visit here.
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Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
hurrah for all three
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
Fuck the Foo Fighters, The Pixies are who i'd wanna watch.
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how nice for you
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
Bands should work there way up the reading bill and once they have headlined they should never come back…they’ve won…they have completed the festival. What are FF’s doing?
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
I hope to God Iron Maiden aren't the last night at Reading. Pixies, however...yum yum. I've seen them already but it's fuckin' Pixies, for feck's sake.
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
saw pixies at v last year, only reason i went...the we're amazing so hooray
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Why not? GnR, Metallica, Maiden and the like are much better than D12 or Prodigy to end a festival with
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
If it's going to be old school metal for the last night, give me AC/DC any day...
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
am i the only one who dislikes all three?
i think i probably am..
i think i probably am..
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its ok, i'm pretty sure my gran doesn't like them either
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
maiden would make excellent festival closers ... if its one thing they can do really well its put on a big live show
remember when tallica did leeds - everyone was wearing tallica shirts apart from a few left out fashionistas who hung out at the back wishing they were cool.
metallica were fantasic
remember when tallica did leeds - everyone was wearing tallica shirts apart from a few left out fashionistas who hung out at the back wishing they were cool.
metallica were fantasic
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
In all honesty, I'd like to think I'm not a fashionista, I just fucking hate Iron Maiden. And Metallica, come to think of it.
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
hah.
I hope it isn't full of Maiden fans.
I'll wait to see the whole line-up before deciding. But I'm probably gonna go anyway. Pixies - wooh. At least I'll have two nights where I can see a headlining band on a smaller stage somewhere (ie the Carling stage).
The shit thing about Reading though, is that the headliners on the other stages only get 1hrs sets, whereas the main stage band gets 1.30hrs+
Hopefully Qotsa will play. I bet they'll be "supporting" the Foos. *shudders*
I hope it isn't full of Maiden fans.
I'll wait to see the whole line-up before deciding. But I'm probably gonna go anyway. Pixies - wooh. At least I'll have two nights where I can see a headlining band on a smaller stage somewhere (ie the Carling stage).
The shit thing about Reading though, is that the headliners on the other stages only get 1hrs sets, whereas the main stage band gets 1.30hrs+
Hopefully Qotsa will play. I bet they'll be "supporting" the Foos. *shudders*
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
It's the ten year anniversary for the Foos first Reading set.
They were incredible then. I hate to say it, but they've got less interesting each subsequent time I've seen them.
Pixies and The Maiden though. Oooh. Lovely.
They were incredible then. I hate to say it, but they've got less interesting each subsequent time I've seen them.
Pixies and The Maiden though. Oooh. Lovely.
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Metallica were hi-larious. I was quite neart the front in the middle of a group of people chanting "I WANT! MY ANGER TO BE HEALTHY!" and "TICKTICKTICKTICK TOCK!" all the way through every song. It was brilliant.
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
Foo Fighters meh. The other two are good news though. I never thought they would book Iron Maiden.
And I saw the Pixies back when they were cool.
In 2004! Wooo :D The first reunion tour. Hardcore!
And I saw the Pixies back when they were cool.
In 2004! Wooo :D The first reunion tour. Hardcore!
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
fucking ace!!!
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What a pile of shite. I hope that the other stages are better.
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
i hope that the concellation for iron madien being there, will be that people will actually mosh this year!
Foo Fighters to headline Reading & Leeds Festivals
Foo Fighters? They have done nothing good for years. They have no sharp edges at all, they are just a big dumb cash cow. How disappointing. Pixies? cool. Iron Maiden? The heavy metal revival has gone waaay too far.
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