GIG 349: Reading ’97 Day 3: Metallica / The Verve / Marilyn Manson / Terrorvision / Bush / Dinosaur Jr / 3 Colours Red / Descendents / Dog Eat Dog / Feeder / Radish – Reading Festival, 24th August 1997

Whilst saturday at Reading Festival was a little light on the bands I saw (only 5!) Sunday certainly made up for it with a grand total of 11 over the course of the day! Kicking things off at midday on the main stage were Radish, who I had seen the previous weekend at V97 and … Continue reading GIG 349: Reading ’97 Day 3: Metallica / The Verve / Marilyn Manson / Terrorvision / Bush / Dinosaur Jr / 3 Colours Red / Descendents / Dog Eat Dog / Feeder / Radish – Reading Festival, 24th August 1997

GIG 348: Reading ’97 Day 2: Manic Street Preachers / The Orb / The Cardigans / Republica / Apollo 440 – Reading Festival, 23rd August 1997

Day 2 of the 1997 Reading Festival. We didn't see as many bands as we'd probably usually see at a festival as we all took a long break in the middle of the afternoon/early evening to do a raid on the local Toys R Us and buy up a bunch of fairly high powered water … Continue reading GIG 348: Reading ’97 Day 2: Manic Street Preachers / The Orb / The Cardigans / Republica / Apollo 440 – Reading Festival, 23rd August 1997

GIG 347: Reading ’97 Day 1: Suede / Symposium / Jack / James / Stereolab / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Kenicke / Fountains of Wayne / Strangelove – Reading Festival, 22nd August 1997

My first Reading Festival came the following weekend that I'd been in Chelmsford for V97. So two festivals in two weekends - with a few days of work squashed inbetween. This time round we had a large group of us pitching our tents and preparing for three days of music and fun. We arrived on … Continue reading GIG 347: Reading ’97 Day 1: Suede / Symposium / Jack / James / Stereolab / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Kenicke / Fountains of Wayne / Strangelove – Reading Festival, 22nd August 1997