Well that was a good day. Attended Reading Festival on Sunday, just Sunday not the full weekend (due to funds and not an overly great line up). I had to make it for the Sunday as the headline act was the Smashing Pumkins, and they were smashing, though not the best band of the day. That award went to the Gallows. They were really up for it and pulled out all the stops, which included; the lead singer, Frank Carter, bringing his mum onstage. Then preforming a song with his younger brother. Frank getting ‘Reading 2007′ tattoed on his arm by a member of New Found Glory. And finsihed the set off bey stage diving into the crowd, climbing halfway up one of the pillars which support the Radio 1 Lock-Up tent and jumoing off back into the crowd again. Great set!!
Overall I saw quite a few bands, Gym Class Heroes – suprisingly good, bonded well with the crowd (7/10), Hellogoodbye – not too bad, about as good as was expecting, their single sounded better than I expected, great party music (6.5/10), Billy Talent – would have been awesome higher up the bill on a smaller stage, though still managed to look at home on the main stage, just (7.5/10), Funeral For A Friend – did nothing great, though did nothing bad (6/10), Cold War Kids – performed song of the day with ‘Saint John’, rest of the set failed to keep up to the start although still very professional (8/10), From Autumn To Ashes – a let down, didn’t seem that bothered, probably down to the small turn-out at the tent (4/10), Jamie T – big suprise, very lively, best crowd reaction of the day (7.5/10), Gallows – see above (9/10) and The Smashing Pumpkins – Very well done, only sore point not enough classic tracks (8/10).
All in all great gig, thought I had seen my last Reading festival, I’m glad I hadn’t.
8/10
