Even with the most experienced stage crew on Planet Metal, turning a stage around between bands at a show or festival ain’t like changing the tires on a Formula One car. It usually takes between 15 and 20 minutes to tear down a drum rig, swap cables, amps, pedal boards, place drinks, tape setlists and
18th November will see twelve bands and hundreds of fans decent upon The Facebar in Reading for Reading Rising IV, a one day festival like no other. A warm and friendly atmosphere, a collection of hilariously titled cocktails and a sweaty mosh pit are all on offer, as is shelter from the rain, a collection
12 bands. 2 stages. 0 clashes. That’s the mantra of Reading Rising Festival which returns for its fourth incarnation at The Facebar in Reading on 18th November. Their first announcement unveiled four bands in perfect symmetry, letting us know just who the headliners would be. Breaking with that however the second wave sees just two
