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Archive for August, 2007
Reading and Leeds 2008 tickets go on sale - 28 August 2007
Early bird tickets for next years Reading and Leeds festivals are now on sale, at 2007 prices.
Tickets for the weekend with camping are priced at £145 and are available to buy here.
Reading and Leeds Festival takes place from Friday 22nd August until Sunday 24th August 2008.
Interpol cancel Newcastle gig – doubtful for Leeds and Reading - 23 August 2007
Interpol were forced to cancel a U.K. gig after a bandmember was struck down by a mystery illness.
The US group were due to play at the Newcastle Academy venue on Tuesday 21st August, but pulled out at the last minute.
The band have so far failed to reveal the nature of the illness or which member [...]
Reading Festival close flooded campsites - 23 August 2007
Parts of the Reading Festival campsite have been abandonded, due to being still waterlogged after the recent floods.
BBC News reports that tther areas may be still “boggy”, fans have been warned.
But the main arena, which will host bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is “fine”, organisers said.
In a message on the festival’s website, [...]
Doherty escapes drug charges - 22 August 2007
Pete Doherty escaped prosecution on Tuesday because authorities failed to get him to court in time.
The 28-year-old was arrested this Monday on suspicion of possessing drugs, and charged with breaching his bail conditions.
He was kept in jail overnight, but a magistrate was forced to release him without charge on Tuesday because more than 24 hours had passed since [...]
Pete Docherty arrested on suspicion of drug possession - 21 August 2007
The troubled Babyshambles rocker was detained in Tower Hamlets, east London, in the early hours of Monday 21st August.
A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed: “At 2.30am on Monday morning officers in Tower Hamlets arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of possessing drugs.’
Pete and two others, an unnamed man and woman, were held at an east London [...]