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/bradstokes 9h ago

I was there in 09 and it was horrific. The Saturday night was pure chaos. I remember the field next to mine had flames 15-20ft high from a bonfire made of tents but the fire marshal decided to come to my tent instead and extinguish a fire I had made in a bean can...

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u/TurtleReferenceFrame 4h ago

Is this festival about bonfires or reading books 😥

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u/bradstokes 4h ago

In theory, neither.

(Assuming you're not being sarcastic) Reading is a town in the UK, pronounced 'Redding'.

The year in question had The Prodigy playing high up on the line up which got everyone really hyped up. The crowd took this emgery back to the campsites where they made huge bonfires using their tents as fuel.