Haven't been on this forum in years or seen Muse since Wembley/The Resistance tour but decided to get myself to Reading as it's where I live and the site is only 10mins drive from my house. It was a last minute thing and first time going to a festival on my own and only went for the Muse bit.
So good to see Muse live again. They didn't disappoint and was really surprised to hear many old tracks such as Showbiz. I was expecting them to play more of their latest album so was delighted to hear their early material too. It reminded me of the first time I heard them play in 2001.
I thought the crowd wasn't as up for it as I would have hoped but Reading is more for the youngsters and they probably were more into Eminem the night before.
The production was good, the sound was brilliant too. It was discussed in many of the local forums, people could hear the concert clearly, even my partner told how loud it was when I got home.
My highlights, well I'm a big fan of Knights of Cydonia and never get tired of its grandiosness live. Madness sounded awesome too. Blown away by the guitars and the quality of the vocal and very nice surprise to hear Brian Johnson with Muse.
Big thanks to the disable area stewards who let me me stand/seat on their patch. I'm 6 months pregnant and the chair I brought with me broke!
Glad to report I didn't go into labour early and baby and me had a good old stomp. You have to get the young ones exposed to good music early :-)
