Reading to introduce alcohol and campfire measures
New bans aim to curb criminal and anti-social behaviour
30 June 2010
In an effort to avoid a repeat of last year, where a number of incidents saw concerns grow for the safety of festival-goers,
no alcohol bought outside the site will be allowed inside after 6pm on the final day.
There will also be no firewood
allowed on-site from 6pm and no campfires after 8pm on the Sunday (29 August).
The measures follow
a report on last year's festival by Reading Borough Council, which found: "As groups grew in
numbers they began moving around the site committing crime and acting in a disorderly and anti-social manner. Numerous fires
were started, telegraph poles carrying onsite lighting were tampered with, sections of fencing were ripped up and hedgerows,
tents, rubbish and combustibles were set alight."
Guns n’ Roses, Arcade
Fire and Blink 182 will headline the festival this year with support from Weezer,
the return of The Libertines, Queens Of The Stone Age, Dizzee Rascal and
many more.
Click here to see the latest
Reading Festival line-up.
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Reading Festival 2010
will take place at St John’s Farm, Reading and Leeds Festival 2010 is set to be housed at Branham Park, Yorkshire.
Both will take place from 27-29 August.
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