Carling Weekend

Lineup Announcement

Pandy — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:46:22 +0000

As we previously forgot to announced the Last Shadow Puppets are playing, along with Plaine White T’s, Mindless Self Indulgence, Pete and the Pirates, Tiger Army, The Briggs and Blackhole. These have all been updated on our lineup page.

Also a few acts for The Alternative Stage have been announced and these are Henry Rollings and Jeffrey Lewis

Big Lineup Update

Pandy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:10:06 +0000

There’s been a new lineup update, with a few stages announced.

The updated lineup is as follows

Reading Friday	Reading Saturday	Reading Sunday
Leeds Saturday	Leeds Sunday	Leeds Friday
Rage Against The Machine Queens Of The Stone Age The Fratellis The Enemy Biffy Clyro Serj Tankian Dizzee Rascal Taking Back Sunday Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Anti-Flag	The Killers Bloc Party The Raconteurs Editors We Are Scientists Dirty Pretty Things The Subways British Sea Power The Automatic	Metallica Tenacious D Slipknot Feeder Avenged Sevenfold Dropkick Murphys Special Guests Alexisonfire

Radio 1/NME Stage

Reading Friday	Reading Saturday	Reading Sunday
Leeds Saturday	Leeds Sunday	Leeds Friday
Babyshambles The Wombats Vampire Weekend MGMT Jack Penate One Night Only The Duke Spirit Be Your Own Pet Blood Red Shoes Make Model	Manic Street Preachers Bullet For My Valentine Justice Foals Seasick Steve The Ting Tangs The Mystery Jets Santogold Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong Kids in Glass Houses Bombay Bicycle Club	The Cribs Conor Oberst Pendulum The Music Hadouken Lightspeed Champion Cajun Dance Party Adam Green Yeasayer The Metros

Lockup Stage / Dance Stage

Reading Friday (Lockup)	Reading Saturday (Lockup)	Reading Sunday (Dance)
Leeds Saturday (Lockup)	Leeds Sunday (Dance)	Leeds Friday (Lockup)
Less Than Jake Pennywise Special Guests Goldfinger The Unseen H20 Frank Turner The Loved Ones Hexes	Gallows Alkaline Trio Thrice Flogging Molly MXPX Cancer Bats Set Your Goals King Blues Fucked Up The Gaslight Anthem Random Hand	CSS Digitalism Simian Mobile Disco Chromed Crystal Castles Lethal Bizzle Holy Fuck The Whip Robots In Disguise The Death Set The Shoes

69 Focus Group Questions

Pandy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:26:35 +0000

Every year festival republic host a focus group where they attempt to take feedback from patrons to the Leeds and Reading festivals in an attempt to improve them. Someone on another forum has kindly typed up these questions, as there are so many we won’t publish them all in this article but will attempt to summarise them and make the full list of questions and answers available here: http://carlingfesty.com/2008-focus-group-qa/

Improved competitions
Improved publicity of webcasts and more coverage by the BBC
Two sets of pre-sale tickets for 2009, one directly after the festival and another in October/Christmas. Each batch will be 15,000
Will look in to free velcro wrist bands
No increase on programme prices (no higher than £8)
Improved sign posting
No more Friday to Saturday tickets due to massive confusion caused
No more tickets will go on sale
No wednesday night entertainment, potential thursday night entertainment
More tap water points
No more carling but Tubourg, Carlsberg and Gaymers
Might bring back cold beer swap but they know about the Tesco Value Lager trick
More urinals
May open showers 24 hours a day

This isn’t all just the best summary I could do, if you want more information read the page here: http://carlingfesty.com/2008-focus-group-qa/

We’re Back + Ticket Update

Pandy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:40:57 +0000

Well that was hectic, I think every Leeds and Reading site on the internet went down at about 6.30 with so many people hitting them. We had ten times our usual traffic and hopefully we got through to as many people as possible. If you visited us yesterday you will have noticed it looking a bit different, this was an attempt to keep the site up, it probably meant we lasted longer than others but we did lose it eventually.

As for tickets it seems a lot of people we’re able to get through, Leeds Festival and Reading Festival weekend tickets have now officially “sold out” but if you didn’t get one keep checking. More tickets get put on sale, credit cards get declined and lots of other things happen that mean there could still be some available. Don’t hit eBay yet, there’s no point in panic buying, if you must buy your ticket off an eBay tout then wait a few weeks when you will be able to get them much cheaper. Basically, don’t panic, you’ve got until August to find a ticket and if you’re determined you will!

NME confirm The Killers as Headline slot

Pandy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:55:18 +0000

As we only post rumours/confirmations from credible sources this year hasn’t seen much. But the NME has confirmed that The Killers will be playing at Leeds and Reading this year. Playing Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds.

Link: http://www.nme.com/news/readingleeds-festival/35533

Tickets at HMV

Pandy — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:21:32 +0000

It has just been announced that tickets will also be available from HMV on the 1st of April (Tuesday, the day after they go on sale online). So if you’re unable to get hold of tickets on the Monday then you have a second chance by going to HMV at opening. It is important to note that you will have to bring photo I.D. with you and it is a maximum of 2 tickets per person.

Update:The tickets will be available only at HMVs in the following places: Bath, Basingstoke, Bracknell,
Bristol, Broadmead, Guildford, High Wycombe, Kingston, Newbury, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading Friar St, Reading Oracle, Slough, Southampton, Staines, Swindon, Winchester, Windsor, Woking

Ticket Sale Update

Pandy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:26:58 +0000

I can confirm tickets will be on sale at 6.45pm, not 7.00pm but will still be on sale on the 31st of March

Prices will be as follows:

Weekend Ticket with Camping: £155
Early Entry: £10
Day Ticket: £65
Locker: £15
Campervan: £10

Tickets on sale 31st March at 7P.M

Pandy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:31:15 +0000

First let’s begin with the official news that tickets will be available on the 31st of March at 7p.m.

Buying tickets for Leeds and Reading festivals is no mean feat, there will be more people wanting tickets than tickets available, this has happened 2 years in a row now with tickets selling out after under an hour for Reading festival and under three hours of Leeds festival.

It is very important that if you want your ticket you prepare yourself, that’s why we at Carlingfesty have prepared this excellent ticket buying guide, available here: Buying 2008 Leeds and Reading Tickets

Secondly I would like to apologise for the lack of updates on this site, due a a series of technical (and social…) issues the effort put in to the site has been lacking. This will change from today, as we get closer to the festival it’s really important to update it and I fully intend to. So fear not, Carlingfesty is back and aiming to be the best for Leeds Festival and Reading Festival news and rumours around.

Leeds and Reading lose Carling Sponsorship

Pandy — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:05:36 +0000

It has been announced that Carling are no longer the official sponsors of the Leeds and Reading festivals. Carling have dropped their sponsorship after 9 years with the two festivals. Little more detail is gone in to by Festival Republic (who used to be known as Mean Fiddler) other than that it was a mutual agreement.

It’s unclear what affect this will have on the festivals, obviously there will no longer be no longer be a “Beer Amnsety” tent/stage and all the other things that bore the Carling name will have to find other sponsorship or be removed all together. It will be interesting to see the affects this has on the festival.

In other news I just want to assure you that we’re still running this site and you can expect more and more updates as we get closer to the lineup. As for the name of this site? We’re going to have to wait and see to see what’s going to change regarding that.

Lost Property

Pandy — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:21:36 +0000

If you lost anything at Leeds Festival 2007 then Mean Fiddler are encouraging you to e-mail or phone them: leedsfest07@gmail.com or 07908 600506

And if you lost anything at Reading Festival 2007 then you can e-mail lostproperty@wavesltd.org or write to:

Waves,
Carling Weekend: Reading 2007,
PO Box 150,
Droitwich Spa,
WORCS
WR9 0WX

Carling Weekend Over, 2008 Tickets Out

Pandy — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:12:49 +0000

Well Leeds and Reading are over and I think everyone can agree they were both fantastic festivals. Now it’s time to start thinking about 2008!

You can buy a limited supply of 2008 tickets here: http://www.seetickets.com/seelr/. They cost the same price as last years so buying now will save you £10-£20 and also mean you don’t have to partake in the scrum for tickets in 2008.

+44 pull out of Leeds and Reading

Pandy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:33:09 +0000

It’s official, +44 have pulled out of Leeds and Reading to work on their album.

You can read more about this here: http://www.imperiumi.net/news_2.php?id=5112

The Alternative Stage Lineup Announced

Pandy — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:24:52 +0000

No sign of this news on the official website but this has come straight from their PR company so it’s almost certainly true. This year they’re calling the Comedy Tent the “Alternative Stage” and as well as comedy there will be visual displays etc. shown there.

The lineup is as follows:

The Alternative Stage Leeds

Leeds Thursday	Leeds Friday	Leeds Saturday	Leeds Sunday
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies Dream Of An Opium Eater American Hardcore DJ Johnny Truant	Barry & Stuart, Magicians Simon Amstell Russell Kane Jim Jeffries Roger Monkhouse Hugh Lennon Terry Clement Andrew Bird ColeParker Ben Hurley Trangressive Records Audio Visual Sets	Climate Change Short Films and Q &A Tim Minchin Dan Atkinson Mickey Dee Al Pitcher Toby Foster Matt Blaize Jason Rouse LLoyd Langford Paul Tonkinson Steve Gribbin Audio Visual Sets	Crazy Girl Shorts Luke Wright Tim Clare Derek Meins Carl Donnelly Andrew Lawrence Craig Campbell Dave Johns Ed Byrne Matt Reed Junior Simpson Dave Fulton Kevin Bridges Tim Yen Yen The Youtube Lounge Stars Up Your Arse Karaoke Cabaret and Comedy

The Alternative Stage Reading

Reading Friday	Reading Saturday	Reading Sunday
Climate Change Short Films and Q & A Paul Tonkinson Kerry Godliman Dave Fulton Tim Minchin Woody Bop Muddy Lloyd Langford Jason Rouse Matt Blaize Rob Rouse Steve Gribbin Audio Visual Sets	The NME Question and Answer Session Derek Meins Beans on Toast Ed Byrne Matt Reed Kevin Bridges John Fothergill Hugh Lennon Terry Clement Junior Simpson Andrew Bird Ben Hurley The Youtube Lounge Trangressive Records Audio Visual Sets		The Vox N Roll Music Quiz Crazy Girl Shorts Simon Amstell Hal Cruttendon Brian Lazernick Sean Collins Barry & Stuart, Magicians Ian Cognito Ricky Grover John Maloney Milton Jones

Tickets starting to arrive

Pandy — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:52:56 +0000

Seetickets appear to have started posting tickets for Leeds and Reading festival, I have received my Early Entry Passes this morning.

Don’t panic if you haven’t got your tickets yet, many still haven’t, it’s when we’re a few days from the festivals that you should start to worry.

Reading Festival will take place, despite flooding

Pandy — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:30:17 +0000

Mean Fiddler have announced today that Reading Festival will definitely take place even though the venue has been flooded in recent storms. Part of the areas used for camping flooded after prolonged rain caused part of the River Thames, close to the site, to burst its banks. However, with the weather warming up and river levels receding, organisers insist everything looks good for the event.

Good news for anyone worried about the flooding, as for Leeds Festival the venue hasn’t been flooded so there is no doubt as to whether it will take place.

Lift Sharing at Reading and Leeds

Pandy — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:49:10 +0000

Mean Fiddler are currently supporting a lift share scheme for getting lifts to Leeds and Reading this year. The idea is that if someone is driving to either festival they can announce it on the internet and offer a space in their car for a small fee or sometimes for free.

You can find more information about it at the following links

Reading Lift Share

Leeds Lift Share

Topman Stage Announced

Pandy — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:46:13 +0000

The Topman stage at Reading and Leeds has been officially announced and is as follows.

Topman Stage

Reading Friday	Reading Saturday	Reading Sunday
Leeds Saturday	Leeds Sunday	Leeds Friday
Scaramanga Six Working For A Nuclear Free City Lights. Action! Red Eye Carlis Star KNI9HTS Piskie Sits Whisky Cats	Middleman Sky Larkin Grammatics Twisted Wheel The Idlers Hayashi The Aeroplanes Baby Long Legs Neil McSweeney	Random Hand The Talks The Swing Movement The NEAT Screaming Mini This Floating World Kill Surf City Bone-Box THE Gentlemen

Mean Fiddler hope to buy Reading site

Pandy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:40:02 +0000

Mean Fiddler are hoping to buy the land upon which Reading festival takes place each year. They currently pay £165,000 a year for the site but are concerned that if someone else buys the site they will hike up the prices or even forbid Mean Fiddler from running the festival.

Topman Unsigned Stage at Leeds

Pandy — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:45:07 +0000

It looks like Topman are going to be running another unsigned stage at Leeds Festival this year. No news of a similar stage at Reading as of yet but that remains to be seen.

If you want to play on the Topman Unsigned Stage this year at Leeds Festival you can apply here: http://www.topman.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaticPageDisplay?storeId=12555&catalogId=17551&identifier=tm1%20topman%20unsigned

Lockup Stage and Dance Stage Lineup Announced

Pandy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:49:45 +0000

The lineup for the lockup stage and dance stage has been announced. The two different stages actually take place at the same physical stage they just happen on different days. And here’s the lineup:

Lockup Stage / Dance Stage

Reading Friday (Lockup)	Reading Saturday (Dance)	Reading Sunday (Lockup)
Leeds Saturday (Lockup)	Leeds Sunday (Dance)	Leeds Friday (Lockup)
Jimmy Eat World The Living End Thrice Mad Caddies The Bronx Capdown Big D and the Kids Table The Draft Street Dogs King Blues Riverboat Gamblers The Grit	UNKLE !!! Peeping Tom Digitalism Data Rock Lethal Bizzle Metronomy Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip Does it Offend You, Yeah? Crystal Castles The Teenagers	New Found Glory Turbonegro Gallows Against Me! Dwarves From Autumn to Ashes The Cancer Bats The Casualties Ignite Municipal Waste Sonic Boom Six The Ghost of a Thousand