Carling Weekend 2005 - Headliners Plus More!

The Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals return in 2005 with the best line-up yet, full of exclusive performances from the biggest and most sought after acts in the world - The Pixies, Foo Fighters, and Iron Maiden!

So far, here’s the line-up…….

The Killers
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Coral
Elbow

Kasabian
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Kings of leon
Razorlight
The Charlatams
Jimmy Eat World

The Tears
Babyshambles
The Arcade Fire

Marilyn Manson
Incubus
Iggy and The Stooges
NOFX

Bloc Party
The Futureheads

With their ONLY CONFIRMED UK DATES and ONLY UK FESTIVAL DATES, the return of PIXIES to a venue that they made their own with their stunning headline performance in 1990 is a very special moment. The reformed four piece, one of the indisputable titans of the alternative music scene, have seen their band receive the acclaim from the public that was always its’ due and last year’s show at The Forum saw them take to the stage unaffected by the passing of time. Armed with a host of classic tunes and not diminished by the years this is YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO SEE PIXIES IN THE UK THIS YEAR and who knows when the next chance will arise. Get down the front for this or regret it for the rest of your life.

If one band have been the epitome of all that the festivals represent in recent years then that band is FOO FIGHTERS. Having nearly collapsed the second stage tent on their debut Reading performance in 1995, Dave Grohl’s band have spent the intervening decade producing four multi platinum albums, some of the funniest and most inventive music videos ever made and, despite losing members and near death moments, have never lost the sense of fun that makes FOO FIGHTERS both a personal and musical triumph over Grohl’s past. With Grohl widely and rightly regarded as one of the most likeable men in rock, it is both an honour and a pleasure to announce FOO FIGHTERS ONLY ENGLISH FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES.

For over 20 years IRON MAIDEN have been at the forefront of World Metal and one of the World's great live bands, headlining stadiums and major festivals all over the planet, selling over 60 million albums in the process. Renowned for massive Stage Productions and inspired musicianship, their first Reading appearance since headlining in 1982 promises to be a major event. And the band are ready for it. Says singer Bruce Dickinson;

"Following the great reception received by our recent DVD " The Early Days", which chronicled the Maiden story over the first four albums - Iron Maiden, Killers, Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind - we decided to give the fans a special treat on this Tour by playing material almost exclusively from these albums. There will be a lot of songs that fans have been asking us to play for years along with fan favourites like Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, Hallowed be thy Name and The Trooper. In keeping with this we have put together a massive show where the stage sets, production, pyros and backdrops will recreate aspects of the shows we toured around those albums. Except bigger - much bigger!! And naturally Eddie will appear as special guest in various appropriate guises!! We are all very excited to be going back to Reading and intend to have a fantastic time and we’re sure the fans will too."

These are IRON MAIDEN’s ONLY UK FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES, their first ones for over a year and only ones for at least a year after.

THE MAIN STAGE – More of the biggest names and exclusive performances

THE RADIO ONE STAGE – The bands as they break, future Main Stage headliners and classic performances that will enter Reading and Leeds folklore.

THE DANCE STAGE – The best and biggest names in the dance and hip hop world over two days.

THE CONCRETE JUNGLE – The best of the punk, ska and skate scene take over for one day as ever. Always packed from noon to night.

THE COMEDY STAGE – The best comedy, cabaret and outright strangeness to complement the bands and also offer late night entertainment.

THE CARLING STAGE – The cream of the new bands, the "ones to watch". There for you to watch on one stage for three days.

WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Three day weekend tickets, including camping and parking, are priced at £125 each plus booking fee.

National Credit Card Hotline : SEE Tickets, Wayahead : 0870 060 3775

Tickets available from:

www.meanfiddler.com
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Tickets can be bought at face value, when paid for in cash, at all Mean Fiddler Box Offices. Please note that picture ID may be requested at the time of booking.

The Astoria, 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2
The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, N5
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Cheques / Postal Orders payable to 'Reading Festival Ltd'

Weekend Tickets £125.50 - including 50p booking fee (+ £3.75 on overall booking for 4 or more to cover registered post)

Please enclose SAE and daytime phone number. Allow 28 days for delivery

Send to:

Reading 2005
P.O. Box 1707
London NW10 4LW

Last date for postal bookings - Cheques 7th August / Postal Orders 18th August (subject to availability)

Tickets are strictly limited to a maximum of eight per household - for those booking by telephone or online - or a maximum of four per person for those purchasing tickets at the Mean Fiddler booking offices.

Children under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note there is no seperate children's area at this event.

Bars, Cash Points, First Aid & Paradmedics, Food & Non Food Stalls, Information Tent, Left Luggage, Meeting Point, Market Stalls, Merchandise, Showers, Welfare Tent.

Mean Fiddler produces a guide to Disabled Access and Facilities for all it's festivals, which includes details of the 2-for-1 ticket scheme. Applications for the Reading 2-for-1 scheme must be received by Friday 29th July

Please request a booklet and application form on 020 8961 5490.

Mean Fiddler Information Hotline (Mon-Fri 10am - 6pm) 020 8963 0940

RADIO 1

Radio 1 will be returning to the Leeds site for the second year running after a successful visit in 2004. The station will be broadcasting a variety of daytime shows live from the site as well as recording all the amazing music and playing it out across the weekend. There will be a Lamacq Live Reading/Leeds special on Monday 29th and Steve will be hosting the main stage at Reading with Colin Murray doing the honours in Leeds.

THIS YEAR’S TITLE SPONSOR

CARLING

Carling has been supporting live music through its extensive music programme for many years now via a whole host of unique music events from small intimate gigs through to the ultimate festival experience. The Carling Stage is back for the 7th year running and this year will again host the best collection of breaking talent the world has to offer. The Carling Stage has become a stepping-stone for many bands as they make their way to the Main Stage. Historically the Carling Stage has seen Muse, Elbow, Ash and Interpol make their first festival appearances and has continued to prove that this is the starting place for the talent of the future. Last year rising stars such as Kaiser Chiefs, The Kills and Kasabian played on the Carling Stage, and this year will see many more of the hottest new bands take to the legendary stage.

NME

NME, the world's biggest-selling weekly music magazine, will once again be giving music fans the chance to meet all the hottest bands at the NME Signing Tent at the 2005 Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festival. The NME has been providing this unique experience for the over 3 years giving thousands of music fans the chance to meet their favourite bands.

NME.com and NME is always on site at every festival to be the first with the news and reviews. On sale nationwide every Wednesday the NME is the only way to keep up to date throughout the summer.

It takes 3 weeks to prepare the Reading and Leeds Festival sites and 2 weeks to take them down again.

Each site is built by over 150 crew.

10 million watts is required to power each festival site.

Artists drink over 9000 bottles of water and over 13000 cans of lager over the weekend.

The festival produces over 300 tonnes of rubbish, which it takes 2 weeks to clear after the event finishes.

Over 7000 bags of rubbish were recycled in 2004 through the onsite Litter Exchanges.

Over 3500 people work during the festival weekend at each site.

More than 100 trucks with thousands of tons of equipment are used

There are over 800 toilets on each site

10,000 metres of cable are used

O’Malley Alley at Reading Festival is named after a member of the festival medical team who worked on the festival crew for many years who has passed away now.

In Reading, Henrys Gate is named after a tractor driver who works on the site during the festival.

In Reading, Reapers Bridge named after one of the stage manager’s called the Grim Reaper .

In Leeds, Out of Harm’s Way named after Harmony who runs the production office

There are 90 food traders onsite, selling a variety of food, from burgers to pasta, doughnuts and even salad! More than a quarter of a million burgers and hot dogs were eaten over the course of the weekend.

2 million pints of lager are drunk during the festival.

There are 80 market stalls onsite selling a variety of products including clothing, footwear, jewellery, camping accessories, blankets and newspapers.

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