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====Banning of flags and banners==== Flags were banned from both festival sites in 2009, with the organisers citing health and safety concerns.<ref>{{cite news | title = Festival fans receive a flag ban | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8220105.stm | access-date = 29 November 2009 | work = BBC News | date = 25 August 2009 | first = Ian | last = Youngs | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090828040419/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8220105.stm | archive-date = 28 August 2009 }}</ref> Flags and banners had been a traditional part of the Reading Festival since the early 1970s, originally used to enable motorcycle groups and others to identify themselves and find each other inside the main arena.
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