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“My rig broke on live TV. I started hitting it as hard as I could, but the bass would not break… so I threw it in the ocean”: L7’s Jennifer Finch on touring with Nirvana, gigging with Courtney Love and donating her Ghost bass to the Punk Rock Museum

The athletic low-end of Sub Pop’s only Los Angeles band signing, Finch reflects on how picking up an instrument sparks disruption, that iconic Reading Festival 1992 set and loaning Krist Novoselic her storied Ghost bass

Guitar World · Mar 4, 2025

“The crowd got ugly – they were just being assholes, throwing mud at us the whole set, hitting us hard on our bodies and on our guitars”: Donita Sparks tells the story of L7’s infamous set at 1992’s Reading Festival

Sparks recalls dealing with lost equipment and a series of technical issues on stage – alongside a crowd that was throwing mud at the band – which ultimately led to her then-controversial response

Guitar World · Nov 19, 2024

Reading Festival 2024 review, Saturday: Lana Del Rey and Fred Again battle sound clashes between stages

Reading proves its culture-leading spirit is alive and kicking, even if any subtlety and intimacy conjured by Lana Del Rey’s piano ballad quietude is obliterated by rave thumps

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2024

Reading Festival 2023 showed that when Matty Healy tones down his nonsense, The 1975 remain a top tier live band

Low on controversy and high on great songs, this is the kind of 1975 set we need in our lives

Louder · Aug 29, 2023

Reading Festival 2023 review: from Billie Eilish to Rina Sawayama, the kick-ass Barbies outshine the dull Kens

It still has its gender imbalance issues but the women on the bill this year were the ones not to miss

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2023

The 1975’s Matty Healy pays tribute to Lewis Capaldi at Reading Festival

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy paid tribute to Lewis Capaldi during the band’s headline set at Reading Festival on Saturday.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 27, 2023

Reading Festival review, day two: The Killers deliver one of the great Reading headline sets

Despite a guest drummer who struggles to keep up, The Killers are back to full bombastic pelt and slaying harder by the minute

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023

Reading Festival 2023 review, day one: Foals give us that Friday fever, with help from Yard Act and Wet Leg

On one of Reading’s strongest opening days in years, no one drops the ball

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023

Train strikes this bank holiday weekend to hit Notting Hill Carnival and Reading Festival

Warning train strikes could cause ‘chaos’ for revellers flocking to Notting Hill Carnival and Reading Festival

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2023

Reading Festival 2023: Set times and how to watch acts on TV

Reading Festival 2023 will see the likes of Billie Eilish, Foals and The 1975 take to the main stage

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023