No Sponsorship for Leeds
Here is an update about the sponsorship status of Leeds Festival 2008. I previously posted that Carling had dropped out, but there is now more information:
It has been announced by festival organiser Melvin Benn, that there will be NO sponsorship for this years Leeds Festival Weekend. He announced “I wanted Leeds to be (as I’m sure fans do too) slightly less corporate.” He also explained that he wanted Leeds (and Reading…) to return to its roots.
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January 23rd, 2008 2:01 pm
finally, a weekend where we might not have adverts rammed down our throats 24/7!!!
January 23rd, 2008 2:03 pm
and expensive beer!
January 24th, 2008 3:31 pm
and hopefully the NME brigade won’t be pulling up in full force again.
January 25th, 2008 7:52 am
yeah, well from what the rumours are saying it looks like its going to be a bit more diverse this year, fingers crossed!
Did you not enjoy the festival last year then Marc?
January 30th, 2008 4:49 pm
Diverse? There are festivals for different types of music i.e. Download - Metal, Glastonbury - Hippy, V Fest - Pop.
So lets keep Leeds Indie with a bit of Rock/Punk thrown in there.
February 2nd, 2008 7:16 am
what the hell!! what are we to drink?? are we actually going to have to get drunk before the festival and when we go toilet drink it up again?? surely not!!! i want beer and propa beer!!!!
February 2nd, 2008 8:19 am
Hi there Pauli3 G, thanks for the comment!
I assume that this means we will have the choice of beer this year, which i think will be a lot better
February 3rd, 2008 2:56 pm
no moreee vaugly chilled carling! waaaaaaahey
by the end of a can in the heat of 07 it was luke warm to warm and warm caling is the worst drink in the world.
February 3rd, 2008 3:19 pm
LOL thanks for the comment Girlscout, It was stupidly hot last year. So hot in fact that i was usually dead by the night time! I look forward to drinking something finer than Carling, but it probably will be some other crappy European lager
February 4th, 2008 11:31 am
Err lets not keep Leeds indie!!!
It is a diverse festival, you cant say artic monkeys or muse as the same as killswitch or bullet which played on the same stage in 2006. If leeds turns 100% indie it will be such a shame.
February 5th, 2008 3:34 am
thank you ash! Leeds is already indie enough. My first leeds fest in 2005 had a much more diverse line up if i remember correctly compared to last years.
on the subject of beer- as long as its cold and not carling im happy!
February 5th, 2008 3:52 am
I don’t think its as diverse as say Glastonbury. I mean you don’t get any folk or much acoustic stuff down at Leeds, but i guess there is the Dance Tent and the heavier Punk/rock tent (I can’t remember what that one is called!)
Thanks for the comments
February 5th, 2008 6:40 am
the larger will be carlsberg
February 17th, 2008 10:50 am
I’d love the Duchers IPA festival will probably be the same one lager brand doing all the drinks just not named in the festival title probably carslberg-tetley so there might even be shock horror some bitter for sale in the arena FINALLY!
February 17th, 2008 11:28 am
cheers for the comments guys
May 28th, 2008 3:03 pm
stella festivel
May 29th, 2008 4:29 am
haha that would be a damn expensive festival based on how much they charge for carling.
Cheers for the comment!