This year I was able to go to Reading Festival, and i have decided to do a review of the festival so you unlucky people can see what you missed (and some things you should be GLAD you missed)
I was only able to see these bands play;
- My Chemical Romance
- 30 Seconds To Mars
- The Offspring
- Deftones
- Rise Against
- A small bit of Bring Me The Horizon
- Pulled Apart By Horses
- The Strokes
- The National
- Pulp
- Jimmy Eat World
- Madness
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Muse
- Elbow
- Interpol
- Small bit of Seasick Steve
My Chemical RomanceProbably the third best of the WHOLE weekend, they played a couple of songs off their new album (not many) and also ALOT of their classics.They managed to start a moshpit with their song 'Destroya'.Great live band and their singer can actually hit high notes live(also his speaking voice is really camp, REALLY CAMP)
30 Seconds To MarsAbsolutely TERRIBLE live
, Jared Leto didn't sing a single one of his songs all the way through,
, he didn't even sing one HALF way through, example:
"No No No No*stops* Come on everyone! *holds mic out towards the crowd for three minutes*"
The OffspringThey were absolutely AMAZING live, they did all their classics except for original prankster (
)the singer and guitarist are both spectacular live, and in the words of Noodles himself "Not bad for a retired janitor,eh?"
DeftonesTo be honest I only watched them to hear them play one song,My own summer (shove it) and when they f***ed that up i felt dead inside...They had a ton of sounds problems that totally ruined their performance.
The StrokesThey played most of their classics, and they played them well, the singers stage personality was really aggravated and droll due to the fact Pulp ran over and the The Strokes had about 10-20 minutes cut off their time.
MUSEThey were IMMENSE live, they did the whole Origin of symmetry album, THEN they did their classics (in my mind i thought origin of symmetry WERE the classics!)the members of the band are extremely talented with their instruments (have riffs MADE out of pinch harmonics)(have the bass and the guitar synthesise to create crazy and amazing sounds).Matt Bellamy also broke not one but TWO custom made guitars (£4000 each) the second time he impaled the bass drum with the neck.
The stage was decorated with the poles from the cover of the album they play (Origin of Symmetry) the front of the stage shot fire stupidly high and the screen at the back played some crazy videos that took you on an adventure through the performance.
If you want me to talk about the other performances i saw live just ask.
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