While 2006 was the year of Emo and MCR Bottling and Panic!, the hype of 2007 was mostly New Rave along with Klaxons and of course memorable loud vibrant outfits. However, since then, the Festival is moving towards a mixture of different genres all crushed into one smashing weekend.
Anti-Flag is one of those bands which should not be missed out on. This Pennsylvanian punk band which started out with street punk and anarchist lyrics gave one of the best opening acts at the 2008 festival. There was an amazing response to sing along and circle pits at startlingly early time slots.
The English artist Sam Duckwork and his band “Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly” is one of the few bands which provide the right “musical element” to a hot summer day. Their performance was absolutely amazing at the last festival with the playing of the first verse of the “War of the Worlds.”
The London musician Dizzee Rascal can rap his way into your mind with his blend of conventional rap, grime and the fantastic electric mixtures of beats of garage and hip hop. The fantastic variety that he has on offer can (literally) tap into every sense of the body. At every Reading Music Festival, Dizzee Rascal pulls the largest crowds which are known to take over twenty minutes to clear the field!
If any music festival-goers miss Bloc Party, they certainly have missed out on a huge chunk of music! The British Indie rock band was actually formed at the Reading Festival a decade ago and went through a number of names before they decided on their current name. With a hit debut album in February 2005, the band has been extremely understanding and loving about their fans at Reading. They are known to praise their fans as intelligent and have always met up to the expectations of their fans with their “grime kid from the ghetto” acts.
Goldfinger is known to be the best band invented especially for the Punk Stage. As much as fans know that this Los Angeles band will open with their hit “Spokesman,” they never get tired of this evergreen pop-punk song. The crowds which are rocked by their music are later transformed into bouncing waves of bodies.
Any punk or pop music lover, who does not know Late of the Pier, is not a music lover at all! Many fans give them the credit of being the most unique and catch band which plays at any music festival. The slight variation in their arrangements with new break downs or even dance elements seems common and makes their act extremely palatable. Watching this band live can give you an out-of-the-world-experience and the best bit is that they are never boring!
The Rage Against the Machine made a fantastic open (as usual) the last festival with orange jumpsuits with black bags over their heads. Looking like Guantanamo inmates, as the roadies surrounded them and gave them sticks, guitars and microphones, fans were becoming tense with excitement. As with every festival they rocked the crowd right into the next millennium. This is just one of the bands that everyone knew would make it to the festival even before bands were signed up for the festival!
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