Reading Festival 2008
miskin
Posts: 278
Who's going... Rage Against the Machine wohoo!
i'll be bar staffing with a charity - people and planet, but hoping my shifts working out so i get to see Rage...
i'll be bar staffing with a charity - people and planet, but hoping my shifts working out so i get to see Rage...
myspace.com/airstriponeuk
Post edited by Unknown User on
0
Comments
It's the worst lineup since 2004 in my opinion (which is why I'm volunteering instead of buying a ticket), but there's enough decent bands to make it worthwhile. Only bands I'm looking forward to who I haven't seen before are Conor Oberst and Rage though.
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
i agree about the linup. 2006 - pearl jam
2007 - smashing pumpkins
ok so itll be good to see Rage but there isnt one bad im like desperate to see this year really. Killers would be nice... btu Sunday has an awful line up...
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
How do you guys help volunterring? I think a woman came into our school about oppurtunities like this but I wasn't really listening.
The bars are usually managed by contractors who you sign up with and they offer you festivals.
The arena work (standing by the tripod speakers by main stage and columns in the tents, and checking wristbands) are sorted out by Oxfam. Usually Oxfam is the first to get all its volunteers because it's the first place people think of and people like to put it down as 'charity work' on their CV.
The stewarding and campsite staff are sorted out by DCSS ( http://www.dcsiteservices.com/ ). Stewarding being basic wage pay but have to work 12 hours all 3 music days. Campsite work is voluntary (i.e. no pay) but only have to do 3 8 hour shifts between the wednesday afternoon and monday morning (1 4-midnight shift, 1 midnight-8am shift and 1 8am-4pm shift, so only miss one headliner at most. shifts sorted out first come first served on the wednesday). Slightly more work than bar staff (and I don't think we get free food and drink, though I might be wrong), but the advantage is you can get the work out of the way outside of the arena opening times so don't have to miss any music. DCSS sort out staffing for quite a few festivals (Glastonbury, O2 Wireless, the Hyde Park Calling gigs, Reading and Leeds, Latitude, as well as some big outdoor gigs like the London Radiohead gigs), so it's quite handy, just have to sign up once and have a profile, then enroll for anything you want to work on.
They've all filled up their quota for Reading this year I think (they need to do all the security and criminal records checks so the deadline for application is usually mid-July).
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Yea and so were 60K @ Coachella last year.
And the 50K that SOLD OUT Rock the Bells for the first time sense they have had that festival.
Or the 75K that came to Lolla this weekend.
6/7/2003 (***1/2)
7/9/2006 (****1/2)
7/13/2006 (**** )
4/10/2008 EV Solo (****1/2)
6/25/2008 MSG II (*****)
10/1/2009 LA II (****)
10/6/2009 LA III (***** Cornell!!!)