Best New Bands » the cure http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Festival Preview: Reading & Leeds 2012 http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-reading-leeds-2012/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/festival-preview-reading-leeds-2012/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:10:00 +0000 Reading and Leeds are technically the same festival, held over the same three-day weekend, with all the same bands performing across seven different stages. What’s the difference, then? Just that one is held in Reading, England, and the other is in Leeds, England. Reading is the original leg of the two, and is in fact

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