Reading Festival 2012
The dates for the 90,000 capacity Reading Festival are confirmed as on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August 2012 at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire.Main Acts: THE CURE, KASABIAN, FOO FIGHTERS, THE MACCABEES
Location: ReadingPostcode: RG1 8EGNearest City: ReadingLocation: ReadingMain Website: Reading Festival 2012Tickets Website: Buy Ticketshe opening night is headlined by The Cure with their only UK shows this year, Kasabian will make their only festival appearances in England and Wales of 2012 on Saturday night, and Foo Fighters close Reading on Sunday with their only UK appearances of the year.
Also confirmed are NME/Radio 1 headliners The Maccabees, At The Drive-In and Justice with Metronomy topping the bill on the Dance Stage. Other bands also announced are Paramore and The Black Keys with their only UK festival appearances, Florence + The Machine, Kaiser Chiefs, Bullet For My Valentine, All Time Low, The Gaslight Anthem, Bombay Bicycle Club, You Me At Six, Crystal Castles, Angels & Airwaves, Coheed & Cambria, Cancer Bats, Deaf Havana, The Vaccines, Enter Shikari, The Shins, OFWGKTA, Mystery Jets, Blood Red Shoes, Eagles Of Death Metal, Band ...
Reading Festival 2012
The dates for the 90,000 capacity Reading Festival are confirmed as on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August 2012 at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire.Main Acts: THE CURE, KASABIAN, FOO FIGHTERS, THE MACCABEES
Location: ReadingPostcode: RG1 8EGNearest City: ReadingLocation: ReadingMain Website: Reading Festival 2012Tickets Website: Buy Ticketshe opening night is headlined by The Cure with their only UK shows this year, Kasabian will make their only festival appearances in England and Wales of 2012 on Saturday night, and Foo Fighters close Reading on Sunday with their only UK appearances of the year.
Also confirmed are NME/Radio 1 headliners The Maccabees, At The Drive-In and Justice with Metronomy topping the bill on the Dance Stage. Other bands also announced are Paramore and The Black Keys with their only UK festival appearances, Florence + The Machine, Kaiser Chiefs, Bullet For My Valentine, All Time Low, The Gaslight Anthem, Bombay Bicycle Club, You Me At Six, Crystal Castles, Angels & Airwaves, Coheed & Cambria, Cancer Bats, Deaf Havana, The Vaccines, Enter Shikari, The Shins, OFWGKTA, Mystery Jets, Blood Red Shoes, Eagles Of Death Metal, Band ...
The Big Chill
Event Location: Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
Event Dates: 2nd August 2012 - 5th August 2012
The Big Chill was founded as an outdoor festival in 1995, and has moved home on several occasions. It is now hosted in its current home at Eastnor Castle where it now takes place each summer at the beginning of August. Around 35,000 now attend this eclectic mix of entertainment.
The Big Chill has showcased a variety of different music, uptempo as well as ambient. Nowadays, live acts and DJs like Norman Jay, Mr Scruff, Hexstatic, Mixmaster Morris, alucidnation, DJ Derek, Leggo Beast and Gilles Peterson are regular performers, and more dance music is heard, but the festival also provides a diverse range of music from folk and jazz to African and dub.
In addition to a widely varied musical line-up, a focus upon art, films, poetry, circus, cabaret, comedy and gourmet food all play a key part in setting The Big Chill apart from the competition. The Big Chill has, over the years, seen contributions from and collaborations with Spencer Tunick, Pete Fowler, Gavin Turk, Cedric Christie, Peter Blake, Rankin, Bob & Roberta Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Tate Britain, the BFI, ICA, Bompas & Parr, the Roundhouse, Apples & ...