Tickets for this years Reading Festival went on sale at 19:15 this evening. I have been trying for pretty much the last FOUR HOURS to try and get tickets with my phone on automatic redial and with me refreshing the online page every few seconds trying to get a connection.

It is defeating me. I have not had an ounce of joy as yet. I shall keep on trying so please, dear readers, wish me luck.....

Highlights for me from the announced bands so far include: Franz Ferdinand (Friday headliners), Kaiser Chiefs, The Subways and Panic! At The Disco (all Friday), Muse (Saturday headliners - I MUST SEE MUSE), Artic Monkets, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dirty Pretty Things and The Raconteurs (all Saturday), Pearl Jam (Sunday headliners), Placebo and My Chemical Romance (all Sunday). The Streets are also playing on the Saturday and I must confess my interest in catching them if they don't clash with anyone better in a Festival atmosphere as I think they'd be pretty good in that envirnoment. Christ, I even ended up really enjoying Billy Bragg when I saw him at Glastonbury one year and I couldn't stand him before that!