2011
The reason I said "(almost) twice" is because I only went for one day in 2011. Muse were headlining, and at that point I'd not discovered the joys of festivals and gigs so only decided to go just for that one day. The year being the 10th anniversary year of Muse's second album "Origin of Symmetry", they announced that they will be playing the album live for their Reading and Leeds headline sets - amazing! Then, while moving through the crowd during that set, I bumped into a friend from school (who I didn't realise was there) - what are the chances of that?!
2017
This time I went for the whole three days, and was joined by a friend - thankfully the weather was good throughout and managed to catch some lovely sunsets too!
Bastille & Kasabian, and Blossoms & Muse
For me, they were the acts I mainly wanted to see, and they were brilliant! I think for me the highlight of Reading 2017 has to be seeing these guys live! The only complaint here really was that Muse's set clashed with Haim's set - gutted! Also, had to choose between waiting for Kasabian (and thus keeping our spot) or going to see Queens of the Stone Age surprise set... *sigh*
Fangirl...!
Discovering other bands
There were other bands I wanted to see, like The Amazons, Circa Waves and Pvris to name a few. But, often at festivals there are times where you'll just be wandering around and seeing who's playing. During one of these spells, we went to the The Sherlocks, and I really enjoyed their set! So you truly can discover artists at festivals.
So, those are some of my favourite memories, maybe I will go again in the future and form other memories...
Cheers,
Maho