r/Wellthatsucks 10h ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/Jackariasd 10h ago

I was a volunteer in the campsite at Reading festival in 2008 and 2009 with a friend. It was exactly like this, a destitute wasteland of inexplicable tent abandonment. As part of the clean up, we went around with a wheel barrow collecting unopened cans of beer, each tent seemed to be a treasure trove for us as 18 year olds. It was all fun and games until he found a cooler box in a tent. Opened it up and inside was a singular, well preserved, human turd.

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u/Low-Outlandishness14 10h ago

I was there in '09 and it was chaos, everyone seemed more concerned about drugs and burning tents down every night. Genuinely horrendous experience

Im sure some people were there for music and a good time but that isn't my memory of it

Took my tent home and didnt shit for 5 days so dont look at me....

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u/MrSnoobs 8h ago

Back in Leeds 2004 (?) Lynx was handing out free deodorant mini-cans to everyone as a promo. Every few minutes throughout the night, was an explosion as someone's can went up in a fire somewhere. Total chaos.

Went to Reading the year before and was not nearly as crazy. Leeds is something else.