Reading: Dogdamn it looks great!

by Sean Adams [Edit this content] ▾ 14 comments 13:51 June 5th, 2002

Just when you thought reading couldn't get much better and only about 6bands worth seeing were playing, Mean Fiddler (the organisers) have suddenly excelled themselves and put together a bill that is not just amazing but shows off all the exciting, inspiring, hold it to your hearts and shed a tear type music which Drownedinsound looses itself within.

Bands we're most excited about being added are Biffy Clyro, Six by Seven, Trail of Dead, The Reindeer Section(supergroup feat. members of Arab Strap, Snow Patrol, Belle and Sebastein, etc), Jetplane Landing, Soulwax, the (international) Noise Conspiracy, Sparta...... ah I'll just give you the full newly announced line-up, pick out your own favourite bands and show your excitement on the boards..

New Bands Headliners
FU MANCHU FRI 23rd: READING SAT 24th: LEEDS
BOBBY CONN FRI 23rd: READING SAT 24th: LEEDS
IKARA COLT SAT 24th: READING SUN 25th: LEEDS
THE PARKINSONS SAT 24th: READING SUN 25th: LEEDS
INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY SAT 24th: READING SUN 25th: LEEDS
THE MUSIC SUN 25th: READING FRI 23rd: LEEDS
ALPINE STARS SUN 25th: READING FRI 23rd: LEEDS
EASYWORLD SUN 25th: READING FRI 23rd: LEEDS

Plus all the following ace new bands over the three days, order, days and places still to be confirmed...

80’s MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER, THE BEATINGS, BEN KWELLER, BIFFY CLYRO, BRITISH SEA POWER, D4, THE DATSUNS, HELL IS FOR HEROES, JETPLANE LANDING, KENNEDY SOUNDTRACK, THE KILLS, LONGWAVE, MINUTEMAN, THE PATTERN, PRETTY GILRS MAKE GRAVES, PRINCESS SUPERSTAR, PROMISE RING, REINDEER SECTION, SERAFIN, SIMPLE KID, THIS GIRL, TRIK TURNER, VENDETTA RED, VUE and there are still more to be added. Search dis for info/reviews/interviews/links to do with most of those bands.

The Full line-up..if you can handle it. Ok, just for READING to make it easier to understand. Still more bands to be added too :o)

FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST 2002
THE MAIN STAGE: THE STROKES, PULP, Jane’s Addiction, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Dandy Warhols, Mercury Rev and Soundtrack of Our Lives

THE EVENING SESSION STAGE: FEEDER, THE BREEDERS, Electric Soft Parade, New Found Glory, The Vines, Guided by Voices, Fenix TX, The Belrays, The Von Bondies and Finch. Plus the SOULWAX, 2 MANY DJ’S Set closes the evening.

THE BOUTIQUE STAGE: APHEX TWIN, LO-FIDELITY ALLSTARS, U.N.K.L.E Sounds, Decks N’Effects, Peaches, Luke Vibert

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST
THE MAIN STAGE: FOO FIGHTERS, MUSE, Ash, Sum 41, The Hives, A, Less Than Jake, Andrew WK, Vex Red and Sahara Hotnights.

THE EVENING SESSION STAGE: BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, JIMMY EAT WORLD, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cooper Temple Clause, Rival Schools, Alec Empire, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Icarus Line, Goldfinger, Midtown and The Libertines

THE CONCRETE JUNGLE STAGE: SICK OF IT ALL, ALKALINE TRIO, Saves the Day, Face to Face, The Get Up Kids, No Use for a Name, Bouncing Souls, Dashboard Confessional, Thursday, The Anniversary, Hot Rod Circuit, Lightyear and Jesse James.

SUNDAY 25th AUGUST
THE MAIN STAGE: PRODIGY, THE OFFSPRING, Slipknot, Incubus, NO FX, Puddle of Mudd, Hundred Reasons, Amen, Raging Speedhorn and Dillinger Escape Plan.

THE EVENING SESSION STAGE: SPIRITUALIZED, AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD, Cornershop, Haven, Six By Seven, Reel Big Fish, The Shining, Sparta, Capdown, Hoggboy and Death Cab for Cutie.

THE DANCE STAGE: THE STREETS, Herbaliser, Anti Pop Consortium and Blade.

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Reading: + leeds/tix

just some extra stuff, the line-up for leeds for anyone who wants it and ticket info...

FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST 2002

THE MAIN STAGE

GUNS ‘N’ ROSES
PRODIGY
THE OFFSPRING
Slipknot
Incubus
NO FX
Puddle of Mudd
Hundred Reasons
Amen
Dillinger Escape Plan

_____________________________

THE EVENING SESSION STAGE

SPIRITUALIZED
AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
Cornershop
Haven
Six By Seven
Reel Big Fish
The Shining
Sparta
Capdown
Hoggboy
Death Cab for Cutie
_____________________________

THE BOUTIQUE STAGE

THE STREETS
Herbaliser
Anti Pop Consortium
Blade
______________________________________________

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

THE MAIN STAGE

THE STROKES
PULP
Jane’s Addiction
Weezer
The White Stripes
The Dandy Warhols
Mercury Rev
Soundtrack of Our Lives

THE EVENING SESSION STAGE

FEEDER
THE BREEDERS
Electric Soft Parade
New Found Glory
The Vines
Guided by Voices
Fenix TX
The Belrays
The Von Bondies
Finch

SOULWAX, 2 MANY DJ’S (Closing Set)

THE DANCE STAGE

APHEX TWIN
LO-FIDELITY ALLSTARS
U.N.K.L.E Sounds, Decks N’Effects
Peaches
Luke Vibert
___________________________________________________________

SUNDAY 25th AUGUST

THE MAIN STAGE

FOO FIGHTERS
MUSE
Ash
Sum 41
The Hives
A
Less Than Jake
Andrew WK
Vex Red
Sahara Hotnights

THE EVENING SESSION STAGE

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
JIMMY EAT WORLD
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Cooper Temple Clause
Rival Schools
Alec Empire
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Icarus Line
Goldfinger
Midtown
The Libertines

THE CONCRETE JUNGLE STAGE

SICK OF IT ALL
ALKALINE TRIO
Saves the Day
Face to Face
The Get Up Kids
No Use for a Name
Bouncing Souls
Dashboard Confessional
Thursday
The Anniversary
Hot Rod Circuit
Lightyear
Jesse James

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Old_Anonymous_Comments | 5 Jun '02, 14:28 | X | Reply

Re: Reading: + leeds/tix

i can see that this year i'll be running in between stages even more frantically than last year. i probably should start training hehe :)

yay!

KPxx

Old_Anonymous_Comments @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 5 Jun '02, 15:17 | X | Reply

Re: Reading: + leeds/tix

looks feckin awful I reckon.
Only Trail of Dead, Breeders and Aphex Twin that I'm slightly interested in. Is it just me that thinks the line up was so much better last year?

Old_Anonymous_Comments @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 5 Jun '02, 15:34 | X | Reply

Re: Reading: + leeds/tix

This years Reading fest doesn't interest me in the slightest, same old tired acts that you can see at anytime during the year. I'm off to Amsterdam instead for that weekend.

Old_Anonymous_Comments @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 5 Jun '02, 18:49 | X | Reply

Unkle

reading looks pretty fucking good to me. does anyone have a clue how Unkle are gonna be playing? is it just a DJ Shadow set?

and why do messages keep on DiSapearing?

Old_Anonymous_Comments @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 6 Jun '02, 00:15 | X | Reply

Reading: Dogdamn it looks great!

i want to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SikTh are now playing as well
damn being in America!!

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 6 Jun '02, 09:56 | X | Reply

Re: Reading: + leeds/tix

I dunno. There's a lot of bands I'd like to see, even if I'm not particularly a fan of their music, just out of interest. I just wish Sigur Ros were playing!

KPxx

_kp_ @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 6 Jun '02, 11:17 | X | Reply

Re: Unkle

From what I can gather the UNKLE set will be James Lavelle doing a DJ set with loads of funky ambient lighting and stuff, not sure if Shadow will be there (let's hope to God he is). I reckon at V they'll bring on a couple of the guest vocalists, because Ian Brown and Badly Drawn Boy are on the lineup... not sure about Carling though, it could happen.

Old_Anonymous_Comments @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 6 Jun '02, 11:29 | X | Reply

BDB and UNKLE

Have they collaborated in the past then?

natts @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 6 Jun '02, 20:29 | X | Reply

Reading: Dogdamn it looks great!

mmmm yeah!
looking good - thank god my ticket's arrived :p

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Jun '02, 23:32 | X | Reply

Re: Reading: + leeds/tix

I'm on the whole pleased with the bill, but i just wish there was more variety, last year Cat Power and hefner played the carling stage, some great established groups with only a small following, but this year there is more empthasis on new bands, okay, but they won't be as good a spectacle - and its a shame they havent picked up on some of the really exciting groups coming through like:
Appleseed Cast, Oxes, Pedro the Lion, Desaparecidos, FourTet etc.
or had some cult atrits like Lambchop, Willard Grant conspiracy or some singer-songwriter types.
On the whole thoigh, it should be ace!

Old_Anonymous_Comments @_kp_ | 8 Jun '02, 16:38 | X | Reply

Re: BDB and UNKLE

Yeah can't remember the track title, but BDB sang on it, on the Pysience Fiction album

Old_Anonymous_Comments @natts | 9 Jun '02, 15:12 | X | Reply

Re: Unkle & Shadow

Doubt Shadow will perform with UNKLE, Lavelle got a bit pissed that Shadow got most of the credit for the album when it was mainly his work. All the recent sets have just been Lavelle and a couple of other guys sometimes throwing stuff in

Old_Anonymous_Comments @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 9 Jun '02, 15:14 | X | Reply

Re: BDB and UNKLE

Ah, yes - track 7 - 'Nursery Rhyme'. Even though I love 'Psyence Fiction' to pieces, for some reason I'd never realised it was him (until now). I guess at the time of release (when I got it), I'd never heard of BDB or D. Gough (as he's creditted). Cheers.

natts @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 16 Jun '02, 17:03 | X | Reply