Following a year of Royalist successes Achieve in which they took Conquering Banbury , Oxford and Reading without conflict before storming Attack Bristol , the Parliamentarians were left Departing without an effective army in the field .

In July , the band headlined a tour Traveling of Oceania with supporting Supporting acts Sick of It All and Break Even , which was followed by a run Self_motion of European festival Social_event dates in August , including playing Competition the Reading and Leeds Festivals Social_event .

It is held Hold on the same weekend as Creamfields UK and the Reading and Leeds Festivals .

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England .

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England .

The Reading Festival is held Hold at Little John 's Farm on Richfield Avenue in central Reading , near the Caversham Bridge The Leeds event is held in Bramham Park , near Wetherby , the grounds of a historic house Campsites are available at both sites and weekend tickets include camping .

The Reading Festival is held Hold at Little John 's Farm on Richfield Avenue in central Reading , near the Caversham Bridge The Leeds event is held in Bramham Park , near Wetherby , the grounds of a historic house Campsites are available at both sites and weekend tickets include camping .

The Reading Festival , the older of the two festivals , is the world 's oldest popular music festival still in existence .

From 1998–2007 the festivals were known as the `` Carling Weekend : Reading '' and the `` Carling Weekend : Leeds '' for promotional purposes .

In November 2007 the sponsored title was abolished Removing after nine years and the Reading Festival reclaimed Justifying its original name .

In 2011 , the capacity of the Reading site was 87,000 , and the Leeds site was 75,000 , an increase of several thousand on previous years .

The Sonning Cutting railway accident occurred Coming_to_be during the early hours of 24 December 1841 in the Sonning Cutting through Sonning Hill , near Reading , Berkshire .

On the European Tour Elton and his band performed Hold several very large-scale concerts at Reading , Southampton , Norwich , Huddersfield , Stoke-on-Trent , Coventry , Watford and Dublin .

The National Jazz and Blues Festival Social_event was the precursor to the Reading Rock Festival Social_event and was the brainchild of Harold Pendleton , the founder of the prestigious Marquee Club in Soho .