LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT
FRIDAY
KINGS OF LEON
KAISER CHIEFS
PLACEBO
FALL OUT BOY
DEFTONES
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND
SATURDAY
ARCTIC MONKEYS
THE PRODIGY
MAXIMO PARK
IAN BROWN
THE COURTEENERS
ENTER SHIKARI
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
SUNDAY
RADIOHEAD
BLOC PARTY
YEAHYEAHYEAHS
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
BRANKNEW
NME STAGE
GOSSIP
GLASVEGAS
JAMIE T
AFI
WHITE LIES
FRIENDLY FIRES
GALLOWS
THE MACCABEES
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINES
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
30/03/2009 - NME Ticket Allocation
The official site is already down and the main Seetickets link will
no doubt be a nightmare. NME have an 'exclusive allocation' of
tickets seperate from the main batch, these can be found
here...
NME on Seetickets
Arctic Monkeys will headline this year's Reading And Leeds
Festivals
The band will kick off the festival, which takes place between
August 28-30, at the northern site on the opening day before
heading south to play there the following day.
30/03/2009 - CHANGES FOR 2009
There are a number of changes from last year that you should be
aware about before you attend Reading Festival 2009:
- No box office at Reading. There will be no tickets on sale at
Reading this year. The venue for overseas customers is yet to be
confirmed, but will be shortly.
- Arena Extension. We are extending the Western end of the arena
for 2009. This will then create more space for the Radio One tent ,
make room for an extra block of loos and improve the levels of
music on site, without increasing the disturbance off site for
residents.
- Crowd Surfing. The policy has been revised and if you come over
for fun, you will be put back onto road G4 and made to walk back
down to the arena entrance to come back into the arena that way,
the long way.
- Arena Entrance . The layout will change this year to ease the
flow in and out.
- Campsite toilets have been rearranged within the campsites, the
site map when available will show this.
- NO aerosols (over 100ml) or gas canisters. We suggest that if you
want to cook outisde your tent that you bring disposable bbq’s
only. They are also available at the nearby supermarkets. Anyone
seen with canisters or cylinders will be ejected from site.
- No Indigo Zone this year. What was indigo last year will revert
back to brown and purple.
- All security staff in the campsite will be SIA licensed this
year. There will also be an increase in Police and Security. There
will be an onsite Police Desk at the Info Tent on Picadilly
Circus.
- Campervan and Caravan permits will cost £20 in advance and £30 on
the gate, this is to maintain the integrity of the C&C
field.
- Car park passes will be £5 in advance this year, £10 on
arrival.
- Over 18's wristband will be optional, but allows those that look
young to not have to carry ID around all the time.
- Confiscation policy has extended to aerosols (over 100ml) and gas
canisters. You will be given a receipt and told to collect them
Monday morning from the left luggage tent on presentation of your
receipt.
27/03/2009 - Tickets for Reading Festival 09 will be priced
at £175, thats BEFORE booking fee and postage. Going to be an
expensive year.
20/03/2009 - Tickets will go on sale at HMV stores from 7pm
on Monday 30th March, not the following morning as in previous
years.
12/03/2009 - Tickets for Reading Festival 2009 (28,29,30
Aug) will go on sale MONDAY 30th MARCH (7pm). The line-up will be
announced moments before.Ticket types and prices will be announced
later.