Editing Reading and Leeds Festivals (section)

==Bottling incidents==
[[Bottling (concert abuse)|Bottling]] acts off stage (being forced off stage by a barrage of audience-thrown bottles and cans) is a frequent occurrence at the festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upvenue.com/music-news/blog-headline/1089/bottled-at-reading-festival.html|title=Bands Bottled at Reading Festival|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728204455/http://www.upvenue.com/music-news/blog-headline/1089/bottled-at-reading-festival.html|archive-date=28 July 2009}}</ref> During the 1970s and 1980s, there were often mass-participation can and bottle fights, and unpopular bands have been bottled offstage throughout the festival's history since the first large-scale "cannings" of 1973 and 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/festivals/reading-and-leeds/photos/539/3/25-things-you-never-knew-about-reading-leeds |title=25 Things You Never Knew About Reading & Leeds – Photos – NME.COM (3) |access-date=25 August 2008 |work=[[NME]] |publisher=[[NME]].com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825004715/http://www.nme.com/festivals/reading-and-leeds/photos/539/3/25-things-you-never-knew-about-reading-leeds |archive-date=25 August 2008 }}</ref> Examples include:

*Punk band [[Brian James (guitarist)|the Hellions]], featuring ex-[[The Damned (band)|Damned]] guitarist [[Brian James (guitarist)|Brian James]], were booked on an otherwise 100% [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] line-up on the Friday of the 1980 Festival and left the stage in less than a minute following an assault of cans, bottles and pork pies. "I Canned the Hellions at Reading" T-shirts were on sale at souvenir stands within the hour.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reading Rock Festival 1980– recollections of attendees.|url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/reading-80-recollections.html|access-date=5 March 2021|website=www.ukrockfestivals.com}}</ref>
*In 1983, reggae act [[Steel Pulse]] left within moments of arriving on stage under an avalanche of missiles launched by punks and rockers waiting to see [[the Stranglers]].
*[[John Waite]] and the No Brakes Band quit the stage on the Saturday of the 1986 festival when their drummer was hit in the head by a 12" vinyl disc.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
*In 1988, [[Bonnie Tyler]] completed her set despite being pelted with bottles and turf. The same day's headliner [[Meat Loaf]] left 20 minutes into his set after being hit by a full two-litre cider bottle. After an initially positive reception Meat Loaf angered the audience by berating them for their treatment of his friend Bonnie Tyler earlier in the day, then stormed off stage when met with a volley of burgers and bottles. He eventually returned shouting "Do you wanna rock 'n' roll or do you wanna throw stuff?" Ten seconds later the cider bottle struck him in the face, at which point he left the stage permanently.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
*In 2000, [[Daphne and Celeste]] were scheduled on the main stage for a short two song set and were bottled throughout.<ref name="daphne">{{cite news |last1=Jonze |first1=Tim |title=Daphne and Celeste: 'They hated us so much!' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/29/daphne-and-celeste-you-and-i-alone |access-date=23 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=29 March 2015}}</ref>
*In 2003, [[Good Charlotte]] stopped their set 20 minutes short and encouraged the crowd to throw bottles all at the same time after a count of three after being pelted by bottles throughout their set.<ref>Handbag, Project. (24 August 2003) [http://drownedinsound.com/news/7852-good-charlotte--this-years-daphne-celeste Good Charlotte: This Year's Daphne & Celeste / Music News // Drowned In Sound] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814045948/http://drownedinsound.com/news/7852-good-charlotte--this-years-daphne-celeste |date=14 August 2011 }}. Drownedinsound.com. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref>
*In 2004, [[50 Cent]] was pelted with bottles, mud and an inflatable paddling pool during his set.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL1dvdGoOvk|title=50 Cent at Reading 2004|last=Phoemail|date=25 August 2007|via=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820093659/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL1dvdGoOvk|archive-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> 50 Cent was on stage for just under 20 minutes before throwing his [[microphone]] into the crowd in anger. [[The Rasmus]] were also bottled off after one song.<ref name="guardianbottle">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/25/popandrock.readingandleedsfestival2007 |title=Hitting rock bottom |access-date=25 August 2008 |work=The Guardian|first=Tim|last=Jonze |date=25 August 2007 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716035736/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/25/popandrock.readingandleedsfestival2007 |archive-date=16 July 2014 }}</ref>
*In 2006 at Reading, [[Panic! at the Disco]] lead singer [[Brendon Urie]] was struck in the face with a plastic bottle and fell unconscious, forcing the rest of the band to stop mid-song as he lay on the floor. Urie received medical treatment from his road crew for several minutes before regaining consciousness, and the band subsequently continued the song from the point at which it was interrupted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/panic-at-the-disco/24093|title=Panic! At The Disco speak after bottling|work=NME.COM|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521035556/http://www.nme.com/news/panic-at-the-disco/24093|archive-date=21 May 2011}}</ref> The same year, [[My Chemical Romance]] were heckled by a small group of angry audience members. Lead singer [[Gerard Way]] encouraged the crowd to throw bottles at them instead, and the band were pelted with golf balls and bottles of urine, among other items.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2006-08-27 |title=My Chemical Romance shelled by crowd |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-chemical-romance-163-1358036 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*In 2008, a crowd of approximately 3,000 people attended the "BBC Introducing" Stage at Reading to see unsigned band the FF'ers, following rumours that it would actually be a secret [[Foo Fighters]] gig, and the band were subjected to a large amount of abuse from the audience, including several bottles launched at the band.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9969/ | title = FF'ers @ Leeds Festival 2008 | access-date = 29 November 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150619205528/http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9969/ | archive-date = 19 June 2015 }}</ref>
*In 2016, [[Tyler Joseph]] of [[Twenty One Pilots]] was attacked and robbed as he attempted to crowd-surf in the Radio One Tent. Reacting unfavourably to his behaviour, the hostile audience threw him to the ground, ripped off various items of his clothing and stole his ski-mask. Joseph was eventually rescued by security guards, who carried him to an elevated platform where he announced that the band's set was over.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perryman |first1=Francesca |title=Twenty One Pilots Tyler Joseph's rips shirt and loses shoe in Reading Festival crowd surf 'attack' |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/twenty-one-pilots-tyler-josephs-11809083 |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=Get Reading |date=28 August 2016}}</ref>