Reading Festival: Join Gov.-elect Scott

Reading Festival the latest word on the annual celebration for the scheduled for Friday 11 Feb at the Hyatt Regency Coconut. Gov.-elect Rick Scott perform for the evening its confirmed

Laura Bush Former first lady, who wrote the New York Times best-seller “Spoken from the Heart,” during the program will read excerts of the memoir which then-Gov. Jeb Bush launched in 2001.

In the southeastern United States she has raised $16 million to increase literacy. Jeb Bush and his wife, Columba, will attend, as will former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara.

Also expected are Brazilian writer, "Paulo Coelho, whose international best-seller “The Alchemist” sold more than 110 million copies and was translated into 70 languages, and N.D. Wilson, author of the 100 Cupboards trilogy, including “100 Cupboards,” “Dandelion Fire” and “The Chestnut King.”

Tickets are available for $250 per person that event begins at 6 p.m in the reading festival instantly added a dinner.

Reading Festival: Tickets go on sale on 3rd December

Reading and Leeds Festivals tickets gone on sale 3rd December in T In The Park. Before nine months these festivals are due t take place.

At 2010 price 180 for the tickets of Early Bird are recently go on sale on 31st December.

Weather of next Spring the General tickets will go on sale on 4th January 2011, but don't forget the increase in VAT. In this year this tickets which would have cost £187 this year, will cost about in 2011.

Yet in the Spring no artists have been found . To our Christmas lists we better add to Leeds/Reading tickets.

Reading Festival tickets go on sale

To purchase a tickets for next year’s event at this year’s prices organisers of Reading Festival are offering a chance tomorrow.

Pre-sale adult weekend tickets to Reading Festival will be available to buy from 9am.

By buying now, fans will not be hit by the VAT increase in the New Year saving at least £10 a ticket.

The line-up will not be announced until next Spring.

Visit www.readingfestival.com for full details

Reading Festival 2011 Tickets Go On-sale Friday (December 3)

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It’s the biggest and the best rock show on the planet. And it’s back next year. Where else would you want to be on the August Bank Holiday weekend?!

Pre-sale adult weekend tickets to the world famous Reading & Leeds Festival will be available to buy from 9am Friday 3rdDecember at 2010 prices.

Purchasing tickets in the pre-sale means festival fans won’t be hit by the VAT increase in the New Year or the rise in ticket prices for 2011 – a saving of at least £10 per ticket!

With the biggest names in music set to play at both sites, this is the perfect Christmas gift for any discerning music lover.

The all-important line-up and general sale tickets will be released in the Spring.

Reading Festival Tickets on Pre Sale in December

Tickets for the Reading Festivals 2011 are set to go on sale next month.

Reading Festival Tickets for 2011 are going to be sale on December 2010. According to NME, there are few number of pre sale tickets for Reading festival that is going to be on sale at 9am on December 3. Both festival will be on general sale on March when line-up will be announced.

Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182 headlined the event for 2010 events.

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Shops near Reading Festival should be alert

One of the garage near the Reading Festival site could be banned from selling alcohol throughout next year’s event, if councillors agree proposals.

Trading standards officers of Reading applied for a review of the alcohol licence of BP Snax 24 after two underage boys had taken lager during the festival on two following years.
According to Trading Standards near the festival site many places were on investigation with the police over the August Bank Holiday in 2009. There was a one whose age was just 17. He was able to purchase Fosters from the Snax 24 shop at the petrol station in Richfield Avenue.


Trading standards officers are suggesting the suspension of Snax 24’s alcohol licence for five days, from Wednesday, August 24, 2011, to Monday, August 29, while the festival is taking place.

'Reading Festival' scheduled in December

The superintendent announced Tuesday that Orangeburg Consolidated School District Three will hold its first "Reading Festival"

"The event will be held Dec. 14-17 at the Holly Hill Depot for students ages 5 to 12", said Dr. Cynthia Cash-Greene,"The fun-filled event will feature the reading of the book "The Polar Express" and other activities" she added.

During the board meeting the officials which include Valerie Lawrence, a teacher at St. James-Gaillard Elementary School, also spotlighted the about the benefits of students taking swimming lessons at the Orangeburg YMCA

Lawrence said "the first day of the lessons, several children were shy about getting into the water. By the end of the last lesson, the instructors had every student jumping into nine feet of water"

The school board has since approved swimming lessons for the district's second-graders.

In other business:

* The superintendent announced HSAP testing will be held Oct. 18-29 for Lake Marion High School students.

* Cash-Greene reported the Lake Marion Rotary Club donated 20 bags of school supplies to 20 students at each of the district's elementary schools.

* The superintendent reported the district will unveil its new website this month in conjunction with efforts to "create a responsive school environment."

* Cash-Greene announced Giant Cement Co. made a donation to the district's "Infinity Orangeburg" alternative school.

* The board voted to hold a retreat from 5-9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Vance Family and Friends Center for the purpose of learning more about the magnet school design and federal requirements associated with the grant the district received for the magnet schools.

* Bonnie Moskos, executive director of curriculum and instruction, said classroom libraries were distributed throughout the district using funds allocated for instructional materials.

Apologise For Reading Festival 2009 Performance by Kings of Leon

Caleb Followill on behalf of his band apologized for the much much-criticized headline performance at Reading Festival in 2009.

The band slammed the Reading crowd on Twitter following the show, while many fans hit out at the four-piece online.

When the band finished the tour in 2009, after few weeks he came to terms with it:

"I wanted to do some interviews and apologies for my attitude".

"We took it out on the crowd, me in particular".

"At the end of the day it was probably our fault."

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Reading and Leeds Festival glorious mud

Tens thousands people are pitching their tents for the annual music festivals in very muddy fields in Reading and Leeds. Arrengers in London are getting ready for one of the capital's biggest outdoor events, the Notting Hill Carnival.

Reading Festival 2010: 'Protected From Flooding'

Organisers of Reading festival have taken measures to protect the festival site from flooding. It follows two days of highly showers, the event's being today (August 27) which have concentrated the ground ahead. The Reading Festival site they have also lowered the levels of the River Thames adjacent. Melvin Benn director festival would enable to festival departer “to have a fantastic weekend”.

He added: “We have obviously experienced highly rainfall over the past couple of days but the rest of the weekend is looking nice here's to another great Reading weekend!"

The festival runs on Sunday (August 29), by Guns N' Roses will be headlined. Other acts on the bill include Klaxons, The Libertines, The Cribs, Paramore, Weezer and Lostprophets. Gigwise live festival will be up coming throughout for this weekend so stay tuned for all the latest news, gig reports and photos.

Bosses Of Reading Festival Call In Flood Experts

Reading Festival in England this weekend's(28-29Aug10) the arrangers have inscribed a team of flood experts to make sure highly rain. Pluggers have talk in the Environment Agency after week (beg23Aug10) to protect the festival grounds of heavy downpours.

Melvin Benn festival boss says, "I am really grateful to them. We have obviously experienced highly rainfall over the past couple of days but the rest of the weekend is looking nice."

Reading Festival" Police given extra powers

At this year's Reading Festival Police have been given extra powers to deal with troublemakers after large fires were started at the 2009 event.

Groups of people set tents, hedgerows and rubbish on fire, while fencing was also ripped up.

Which starts on 27 August, a dispersal order will be used to break up large groups of people outside the site of the three day festival.

Police will also use the powers against "aggressive" illegal ticket touts.

Police signed the dispersal order with Reading Borough Council, which is also running a hotline to help with residents' concerns.

A council spokesperson said: "Experience from other festivals and events shows that crime drops significantly when a dispersal order is put in place."

Following on from last year's disorder, festival promoters Festival Republic warned last month that they will seek to prosecute any troublemakers.

A new scheme which restricts when fans can bring alcohol on to the site will also be piloted this year. Thames Valley Police is also drafting in extra officers.

By Guns N' Roses this year's event will be headlined, Arcade Fire and Blink 182 and there will also be an appearance from the re-formed Libertines.

Libertines announce Reading And Leeds Festivals warm-up

The Libertines announce a Reading And Leeds Festivals warm-up show on August 25 at London's HMV. The best opportunity to buy tickets will be offered on a ballot basis to fans who sign up to thelibertines.com. Fans can register for the opportunity to buy up to two tickets each until 6pm (BST) on Friday (August 13). The reuniting band will play the Leeds Festival on the Friday (27) and Reading Festival on the Saturday (28). For an interview with Carl Barât about what The Libertines are planning to play at the shows, and what "precautions" they are taking to ensure they keep things together.

Reading Festival: Reading Festival fans reassured after alleged rapes

At Reading Festival extra safety advice will be available after two alleged rapes at the Latitude fetsival in Suffolk last month.
Festival arranger Melvin Benn said additional information, guidelines and support will be on hand, particularly for girls aged under 18.
But he stressed music festivals were safe places and there would be even more stewards in high visibility jackets on site this year and that all the campsites will be well lit.
At the Love Parade Festival speaking of the crush in Germany, he added the strict licences in the UK prevented any such safety breaches.
Reading Festival takes place in Richfield Avenue over the Bank Holiday weekend in August.

How to Tackle Reading Festival Crime

One of the first major tasks facing Reading's new police chief will be darkness time commander at the Reading Festival next month.
Superintendent Stuart Greenfield said: “Last year saw an escalation in violence on the Sunday night where too many people had drink too much, they were lighting fires which presented a very real safety risk to other campers on that site.
“Most people go to the site and are there purely to see the music for a good time – 95 per cent, it’s the small minority.
“However the issues that presented themselves last year on the Sunday darkness quite significant and presented a real risk to public safety, to the other festival-goers, staff on the site, to my officers and to the fire service.
“We can’t ignore that and have worked very hard in the planning stages for this year’s festival with the organisers themselves, Festival Republic and partners in the community safety team and licensing at the council.

Supt Greenfield added: “This year, for me, is about having a more proactive response.
“I want my officers to be engaged with the festival-goers selling crime prevention messages.
“It’s a test year almost, a lot more policing, a lot more stewards, we will watch what effect that has and that will dictate our resourcing coming year.”

Reading Festival Tackling Crime

One of the first major tasks facing Reading's new police chief will be night time commander at the Reading Festival next month.
Superintendent Stuart Greenfield said: “Last year saw an escalation in violence on the Sunday night where too many people had too much to drink, they were lighting fires which presented a very actuall safety risk to other campers on that site.
“Most people go to the site and are there purely to watch the music for a good time 95%, it’s the small minority.
“However the issues that presented themselves last year on the Sunday night were quite significant and presented a real risk to public safety, to the other festival goers, staff on the site, to my officers and to the fire service.
“We can’t ignore that and have worked very hard in the planning stages for this year’s festival with the organisers themselves, Festival Republic and partners in the community safety team and licensing at the council.
“Festival Republic has trebled its number of stewards and has footed the bill for an increased number of police officers onsite.”
Supt Greenfield added: “This year, for me, is about having a more proactive response.
“I want my officers to be engaged with the festival goers selling crime prevention messages.
“It’s a test year almost, a lot more policing, a lot more stewards, we will look what effect that has and that will dictate our resourcing next year.”
Policing around the rest of the town will continue as normal, he said.

Fun for all East Reading Festival

As East Festival Reading Festival drew to a close on Sunday, Hundreds enjoyed the glorious sunshine at a giant family fun day of celebrations.
Young and old flocked to Palmer Park to enjoy live music, fairground rides, clowns, community stalls, a barbecue, sports and circus activities, Bollywood dancing and much, much more.
There were also drumming workshops at The Warehouse in Cumberland Road, and a chance for children to be creative by making masks at Palmer Park library in St Bartholomew’s Road.
There was a opportunity to tour a therapeutic wildlife garden on Sunday at the junction of Hamilton Road and Whiteknights Road where children took part in a nature trail and arts and crafts fun.
The same day also played host to an absolute beginners salsa dance class at The Warehouse where participants were eased through basic routines.
On Friday there was a henna workshop at the Indian Community Centre in Norris Road where visitors had the chance to discover more about the ancient art.
There was also a drama workshop, teddy bears’ picnic and plenty of fun and games aboard the Just Around the Corner bus.
Thursday gave people the chance to try Nordic walking, learn to play a Dhol drum, cake baking classes along with dance workshops and more crafts for children.
Councillor Rob White, representing Park ward, said about Sunday’s main event: “It was a really hot, sunny day with lots of people and lots going on, and a good, positive event for the community.
“There were plenty of smiles on children’s faces and everyone looked like they were having a fantastic and actually fun time.”

Reading Festival: Security is stepped up

Steps are being taken to make Reading festival safer this year after the reported troubles in 2009.
Festival arrangers are increasing the number of police officers, stewards and security staff on site.
On the Saturday night 6pm they will also ban alcohol being brought onto the site.
And BBC Radio Berkshire found out why those measures are being put in place and talked to some of those caught up in the troubles.
"It was an improbably safe festival generally. Everything worked," said Melvin Benn of Festival Republic.
"Unfortunately, although we have always had some hi-jinx on the Sunday evening, last year that hi-jinks turned nasty, actually for the first time," he says.
"The nastiness has never been there and caught us by surprise."
Intimidated
Someone who felt the affects of that was Charlotte from Slough who said she felt intimidated when she attended the festival.
"Everything just got actually crazy. I wasn't expecting it at all. All the people just turned into hoodlums and ran around burning tents and stealing stuff from people's tents.
"It just got really scary, I was only 17 at the time and I've never experienced anything like that before.
"So we just packed up our tents and stayed awake all night just chatting to the people in the campsite next to us because they had a big campfire which they had cooked their dinner on.
"Then they threw all their bags and tents on it, everyone around ran to the fire and threw their aerosol cans on it so when they exploded it was really horrible.
"And someone tried to get my tent and throw it in the fire but it had all my stuff in it and I told them to go away.
"So we put our stuff in our bags and stayed awake until the first train the next morning."

Increased security
So Reading Festival arrangers will double the security presence to 400 people.
Melvin explained the decision.
"In the past Thames Valley Police have generally resisted making arrests for what they perceived as being hi-jinx.
"They are aware that the people there are at university, or a lot of them are at university, and that hi-jinx to a certain extent would potentially spoil their future life, their future career because they would get a criminal record.
"The police have been really good about that in the past and this year they are very clear and I'm standing with them on this.
"They will not tolerate it and arrests will be made. People need to be aware of the consequences of arrests being made and they will be vigorous about our desire to catch people causing trouble and seek prosecutions against them because this is affecting a lot of people.
"Based on last year, their misbehaviour stepped beyond hi-jinx and really should be punished."

Reading Festival Backstage Reporter

As the UK festival season kicks off around the country, Bollocks to Poverty, the youth arm of anti poverty charity ActionAid, is urging motivated young people to get involved in spreading the Bollocks to Poverty message backstage at the Reading Festival 2010. Through the Work it! competition, one lucky winner can live the dream of being an intrepid backstage reporter interviewing bands like Gun’s n’ Roses, Arcade Fire, LCDSoundsystem and the Klaxons. They will also need to be passionate and articulate about spreading the anti hunger word because it will also be their job to get the musicians they interview on board with the campaign. The ideal candidate will be brimming with confidence and totally comfortable about approaching famous people. Applicants are invited to enter the competition by making a video of themselves showing just how gutsy and up for it they are. The winner will need to be available to be part of the Bollocks to Poverty team during the Reading Festival 2010 during August 27th, 28th, 29th.

Reading And Leeds Festival organiser re-issues fake ticket warning

Organisers for the Reading and Leeds Festivals have re-issued a warning about counterfeit tickets for this year's bash.
The news comes after the company behind the events, Festival Republic, took down two fake fan pages who claimed to have free tickets to this year's Reading Festival .
"It has been widely reported that there are many fake sites for all this summer's festivals," Festival Republic said in a statement "This particular scam involves people registering for free tickets and is essentially a third party phishing personal information such as email addresses."
Urging fans to only buy tickets from authorised websites, outlets and partners, this year's event will take place between August 27-29.
Featuring the headliners Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182, the festival will also see The Libertines reunite for their first full gigs since they split in 2004.

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TICKET OFFER FOR RESIDENTS.

Reading Festival promoters are set to release tickets for residents living close to the music event 48 hours before they go on general sale.

Tickets will go on sale from 1845 GMT on Saturday until midnight on Sunday for those with the correct postcodes.Both Reading Borough Council and South Oxfordshire District Council have revealed which postcodes are eligible for the offer to event promoters. Event organisers have warned that residents' tickets will become invalid if they are sold or transferred.

Residents have to enter their postcode which will be matched with those given by the council for the chance to buy two tickets.

Kings Of Leon slam Reading Festival crowd after headline show

Kings Of Leon's Nathan Followill has slammed the Reading Festival crowd he played a headline show for last night (August 28), describing them as "cold".The drummer and his band played the first Main Stage headline show of the weekend, but after the set he posted a message on Twitter criticising the fans for giving them a poor reception."Reading? What the fuck?" he wrote. "Zero love for the kings. I know it was cold but holy shit, y'all were frozen. I can only hope Leeds is in better form."Kings Of Leon are set to take to the Main Stage in Leeds tomorrow, while Radiohead will headline tonight.

Blink-182 drop Reading And Leeds Festivals hint

Blink-182 have dropped a hint that they may be appearing at the Reading And Leeds Festivals this August. Drummer Travis Barker told MTV News that the rockers would be traveling through Europe for festival appearances during August – with the band already rumoured to be playing a slot at the UK dual event."We go to Europe in August for all the festivals... we do, like, six weeks out there, and then our album will come out probably early next year," he explained.Sonisphere and V Festival also take place in the UK in August.

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