Up-Load UK, Gigs News & reviews Reading 2008 Press

	READING & LEEDS WEEKEND TICKETS SELL OUT A total of 200,000 tickets sold in 24 hours marks this year's tenth anniversary for Leeds and twentieth for Reading as an extra special event. The UK’s only three day, dual site festival is headlined this year by Rage Against The Machine, The Killers and Metallica with a host of exclusive performances, huge names and the coolest up and coming bands over six stages. Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic said, “'I am over the moon! Absolutely thrilled. 20th year since we took over Reading after it had been bankrupt. 10th year since we created Leeds. The UK's biggest selling festival with the best bill on the planet this year sells out in less than 2 hours. Whoever is talking about a slump in festival popularity is talking rubbish. Long live Reading and Leeds!'” Keep your eyes peeled for further announcements to the bill and get ready for the greatest rock n' roll show on earth over the August Bank holiday.
31/03/2008	LINE UP ANNOUNCED The Reading and Leeds Festivals have been announced..... Rage Against The Machine, The Killers, Metallica, Queens of the Stone Age, Bloc Party, Tenacious D, The Fratellis, The Raconteurs, Slipknot, The Enemy, Editors, Feeder, Biffy Clyro, We Are Scientists, Avenged Sevenfold, Serj Tankian, Dirty Pretty Things, Dropkick Murphys, Taking Back Sunday, The Subways, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Anti-Flag.....plus many more to be announced on the Main Stage. On the NME / Radio 1 stage: Babyshambles, Manic Street Preachers, The Cribs, The Wombats, Bullet For My Valentine, Conor Oberst, Vampire Weekend, Justice, Pendulum, MGMT and Foals. BUY TICKETS Weekend Ticket with Camping £155, Early Entry £10, Day Ticket £65, Locker £15
01/04/2008	IMPORTANT TICKET INFO Beware of unauthorised ticket agencies including eBay, buying from them can be a lot of trouble - You are likely to pay over the odds for a ticket that will have never existed or might never materialise. Most notable of these sites are: SOS Ticketmaster (not to be confused withTicketmaster who are the real agent) readingfestivaltickets.co.uk leedsfestival.net Westminster Events, Get Me Tickets , Splendid Tickets, Herts Box Office Click For Tickets, London Ticket Shop, anyworldwideevent.com ticketssoldout.co.uk, TicketSolutions, Tickettout.com, TicketsUK Double 8 Tickets, London Ticket Shop, Ebay, Gumtree, Viagogo, Seatwave, Stubhub,BritishConcerts.com, GetMeTickets,Tickettout.com, No1soldoutevents.com, Sold Out Events, Tickets UK, Click for Tickets , Herts Box Office, XclusiveTicket.com, Summer Festival Tickets.com, Corporate Box Office, Ticket 4-you, Euro team,Everysell.com, Anyticket.com, Getmein.com,showtime, Tickco.com Additional Unauthorised Sites: Anyone advertised on Readingfestival.org - this is not an authorised site. ~ . ~ We are currently looking into companies selling 'touted' tickets and we are doing what we can to stop fraudulent activity. FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACTS: If you feel a victim of these companies we suggest a number of actions: 1.Call the police; if your money has been taken and no product delivered, this is theft. 2.Report the company to the Trading Standards 3.Contact the BBC's watchdog programme 4.Contact the websites' Internet Service Providers as they have obligations to ensure they are not publishing fraudulent and illegal activity.
31/03/2008	TANGERINE FIELDS Tangerine Fields brings a new camping service to the Reading Festival. Leave your tent at home and book into a ready pitched, fully equipped tent set in chilled out riverside surroundings on the festival site, its even got its own boat for crossing the water. There is the added luxury of extra loos and hot showers. Is there any other way to camp? Available to anyone with a weekend camping ticket, for prices and booking visit www.tangerinefields.co.uk Tangerine Fields is only available in white campsite. Accessories Double Airbed (Inflated) Double sized & fabric covered. You must have a tent booking to order an airbed £20.00 Brand New Sleeping Bag Yours to keep or we give to charity. £17.00 Special Tangerine Area Packages FR 2 Person Package 2 person tent with double airbed and 2 sleeping bags. Price includes entrance for 2 to 'The Tangerine Field' - A seperate area within the main festival campsite, with toilets and hot showers exclusively for Tangerine Fields customers only. £155.00 FR 4 Person Package 2 sleeping rooms, with central area high enough to stand in, 2 double airbeds, 4 sleeping bags. Price includes entrance for 4 people to 'The Tangerine Field' - A seperate area within the main festival campsite, with toilets and hot showers exclusively for Tangerine Fields customers only. £340.00 FR 6 Person Package 6 person dome tent (3 sleeping rooms), with very spacious central area high enough to stand in, 3 double airbeds, 6 sleeping bags. Price includes entrance for 6 people to 'The Tangerine Field' - A seperate area within the main festival campsite, with toilets and hot showers exclusively for Tangerine Fields customers only. £500.00 Special Tangerine Area Tent Only FR 2 Person tent 2 Person tent with porch ( actually a 3 person tent) Price includes entrance for 2 people to 'The Tangerine Field' - A seperate area within the main festival campsite, with toilets and hot showers exclusively for Tangerine Fields customers £105.00 FR 4 Person tent 2 sleeping rooms, with central area high enough to stand in. Price includes entrance for 4 people to 'The Tangerine Field' - A seperate area within the main festival campsite, with toilets and hot showers exclusively for Tangerine Fields customers £240.00 FR 6 Person tent 6 person dome tent (3 sleeping rooms), with very spacious central area high enough to stand in. Price includes entrance for 6 people to 'The Tangerine Field' - A seperate area within the main festival campsite, with toilets and hot showers exclusively for Tangerine Fields customers only. £360.00
11/04/2008	FORGET TENTS, TRY A MYHAB Forget tents! myhabs are the new eco-friendly way to stay at festivals. These cool looking 2 person myhabs will be set up for you in a nice area, complete with toilets and showers just for you guys. Forget tents! myhabs are the new eco-friendly way to stay at festivals. These cool looking 2 person myhabs will be set up for you in a nice area, complete with toilets and showers just for you guys. You can personalise your myhab by creating your own festival character, there's a built in locker and raised soft double bed. Visit www.myhab.com for more information and bookings. The myhab package: - 2-person myhab with a comfy double bed set up for you - Built in locker - Personalised with your own festival character - Entrance to the exclusive myhab area - Exclusive access to myhabs toilets and showers All this for only £120 per person. Price based on two people sharing one myhab. Does not include festival tickets. One myhab is £240. Book your myhab now and start your hassle-free festival experience today.
03/04/2008	BECOME AN OXFAM STEWARD Oxfam Festival Stewarding: you will be able to apply to steward with Oxfam at a number of music festivals during the Summer from 31st March 2008 and this year all applications will be taken on-line. To steward you must be 18 or over and willing to work 3 x 8 hour shifts. In return, we will provide you with full training, a separate camping area with toilets and showers, a meal ticket per shift, chance to make new friends and the opportunity to help raise £900,000 for Oxfam. To apply go to www.oxfam.org.uk/stewards, or call 0870 010 8553 charity number: 202918
28/03/2008	LOCKERHOUSE This year we have teamed up with Lockerhouse to make sure you can keep your belongings safe at Reading Festival. You get to keep a souvenir branded padlock after the event too! Book now, and be sure to keep your stuff safe all weekend. The lockers also have mobile phone charging facilities, which require you to bring a 12v Car adapters/charger. They are available in the Village 24 hours. IMPORTANT! - PLEASE NOTE: the locker sizes are 25cm wide x 15.5cm deep x 10cm high - so they are the right size for small valuables (mobiles, wallets, cameras). The Locker is used at Hirers own Risk These are only available to Weekend Camping ticket holders.
24/03/2008	GREEN MESSENGER VOLUNTEER POSITIONS ARE NOW FULL Reading Festival will have Green Messengers in the campsites again in 2008, talking to campers to encourage them to be environmentally aware in the disposal of their rubbish, particularly in packing up their camping site. We are keen to alert festival goers to the environmental impact of burning tents and possessions instead of taking them home or donating them. All Green Messenger volunteer positions are now full! Please keep an eye out on this website as we may be announcing recycling volunteer recruitment soon.
14/03/2008	LIFTSHARE SCHEME If you have to bring your car, then please consider using the lift share scheme. Lift sharing is a great way to reduce traffic to the Festival and to save money, hassle and the planet at the same time. You can ask for a contribution to costs and save some money on your own travel, or maybe don't bring a car at all. It's also another great way to meet new people at the Festival and takes a lot of pressure off the local roads. If you have spare spaces in your car, or you don't really have to use your car then please consider lift-sharing. It definitely must be part of the future of private transport. Please visit the Reading Festival Car Share Scheme operated by Liftshare. Freewheelers Alternative site However all arrangements which you make are private arrangements between you and other sharers. The Festival does not arrange lift sharing or have any liability to or for lift sharers. Safety first: Make sure you know the identity of the person or persons you are sharing with. Having a home telephone number is sensible precaution and make sure you leave details of the lift share, the driver and passenger's number(s) and home address if possible with friends and/or family. Take your mobile phone with you. If you are at all uncomfortable with any arrangements, or the condition of the vehicle being used, then make other plans. If a vehicle is not taxed it is possible the driver has no driving licence, no insurance and no MOT. Safety first: trust your instincts and use common sense.