http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/ Shameless self-promotion en It&rsquo;s <em>misled</em>. I don&rsquo;t care if you made it up to rhyme with <em>mistreated</em>, or if you use an 8-bit&ndash;style riff to appeal to my geekiness &mdash; The word is <em>misled</em>. That is all. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:01:13 GMT http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2009/01/30/a-message-to-tinchy-strider/ I&rsquo;m still tired even a whole day after getting back, but I though it was worth it to mention how good the festival was, yet again!<br /> <br /> I didn&rsquo;t get a ticket immediately after <a href="http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2007/08/27/leeds-festival-2007/">last year</a>, but <a href="http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2008/03/31/leeds-festival-line-up/">waited until March</a>. With hindsight, I reckon an early bird ticket might be required from now on, as it was even busier than last year! I even missed out on the brie and crackers&hellip;<br /> <br /> Again, my list of bands includes a couple of bands for whom we only saw the odd song:<br /> <br /> <table class="noborder"> <tr> <th>Friday</th> <th>Saturday</th> <th>Sunday</th> </tr> <tr> <td> Metallica<br /> Pendulum<br /> Avenged Sevenfold<br /> Dropkick Murphys<br /> Plain White T&rsquo;s<br /> Alexisonfire<br /> Mindless Self Indulgence<br /> Eureka Machines<br /> </td> <td> Babyshambles<br /> Rage Against The Machine<br /> Vampire Weekend<br /> Goldfinger<br /> Friendly Fires<br /> Biffy Clyro<br /> Serj Tankian<br /> Dizzee Rascal<br /> Taking Back Sunday<br /> </td> <td> The Killers<br /> Bloc Party<br /> You Me At Six<br /> The Raconteurs<br /> Seasick Steve<br /> Hifi Handgrenades<br /> The Automatic<br /> Random Hand<br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> Again, I felt like I missed a load, but with so many on at the same time it&rsquo;s impossible to get it all in! Thanks go out to <a href="http://rdmsoft.com/">Rob Marshall</a> for his <a href="http://bugs.rdmsoft.com/leeds/">clash finder</a>, which helped out greatly!<br /> <br /> <a href="http://pictures.scholesmafia.co.uk/index.php/2008/08/22.08.08_24.08.08-leeds-festival/">View pictures of the festival</a> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:37:12 BST http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2008/08/25/leeds-festival-2008/ Woo, I got my ticket! Here&rsquo;s the line-up so far:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/images/leeds_poster_31.03.08_2100.jpg" rel="lightbox" title="Current Leeds Festival poster"><img src="http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/images/thumbs/leeds_poster_31.03.08_2100.jpg" alt="Current Leeds Festival poster" /></a> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:04:19 BST http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2008/03/31/leeds-festival-line-up/ What can I say!<br /> <br /> If it ain&rsquo;t broke, don&rsquo;t fix it. We stayed in the same place as the last few years, getting there early and still struggling to find space, since so many had gone in on early tickets (plan for next year?). <a href="http://pictures.scholesmafia.co.uk/index.php/?profile=10">Olly</a> was coming after work, so the brie and crackers would have to wait!<br /> <br /> This is who I managed to see during the weekend. Most I saw all the way through, but for some we only caught a couple of songs.<br /> <br /> <table class="noborder"> <tr> <th>Friday</th> <th>Saturday</th> <th>Sunday</th> </tr> <tr> <td> The Smashing Pumpkins<br /> Lostprophets<br /> Fall Out Boy<br /> Funeral For A Friend<br /> Wes Packer (<em>comedy tent</em>)<br /> The Used<br /> Billy Talent<br /> hellogoodbye<br /> Pull Tiger Tail<br /> Late Of The Pier<br /> </td> <td> Ash<br /> The Living End<br /> Kings Of Leon<br /> Mad Caddies<br /> Enter Shikari<br /> Capdown<br /> Max&iuml;mo Park<br /> Jimmy Eat World<br /> The Enemy<br /> Plain White T&rsquo;s<br /> Gossip<br /> </td> <td> Red Hot Chili Peppers<br /> Arcade Fire<br /> Bloc Party<br /> Dinosaur Jr<br /> The Pigeon Detectives<br /> Angels &amp; Airwaves<br /> Nine Black Alps<br /> Good Shoes<br /> Eagles Of Death Metal<br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> I missed a few that I wanted to see, including a secret appearance from the Kaiser Chiefs on Saturday, but I saw enough to make up for the misses!<br /> <br /> And as for next year? I might as well get the ticket now!<br /> <br /> <a href="http://pictures.scholesmafia.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/23.08.07_25.08.07-leeds-festival/">View pictures of the Festival</a> Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:40:12 BST http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2007/08/27/leeds-festival-2007/ Strangely, a ska-core version of &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Let Me Get Me&rdquo; (originally by <a href="http://www.pinkspage.com/">P!nk</a>) and a punk version of &ldquo;Just A Little While&rdquo; (<a href="http://www.janetjackson.com/">Janet Jackson</a>) seem to me like they wouldn&rsquo;t sound half bad? Maybe that&rsquo;s just me then. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:21:15 GMT http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2007/03/12/song-covers-that-work-but-shouldnt/ Awesome!<br /> <br /> I was originally planning not to go, but when <a href="http://pictures.scholesmafia.co.uk/index.php/?profile=88">Reg</a> popped round and said he had a spare ticket for &pound;17.50, I thought: &ldquo;why not?&rdquo; At this time I had no idea who were supporting, so you can imagine how good it felt to find out that <a href="http://thelivingend.com.au/">The Living End</a> and <a href="http://dropkickmurphys.com/">Dropkick Murphys</a> were two of the warm-up acts!<br /> <br /> Both were amazing, except TLE unfortunately didn&rsquo;t play their cover of &ldquo;Tainted Love&rdquo; &mdash; ah well!<br /> <br /> And then for <a href="http://lessthanjake.com/">Less Than Jake</a>&hellip;<br /> <br /> When they played at <a href="http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2006/08/29/my-personal-festival/">Leeds Festival</a>, they played a lot of stuff from their then-forthcoming album <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_with_the_Out_Crowd">In With The Out Crowd</a></em>, which I didn&rsquo;t own. This time, however, they played mostly songs of a <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losing_Streak">Losing Streak</a></em> / <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Rockview">Hello Rockview</a></em> era, which was brilliant!<br /> <br /> Aside from the music, it was great to catch up with <a href="http://pictures.scholesmafia.co.uk/index.php/?profile=7">Cait</a>, who had been avoiding me, and <a href="http://pictures.scholesmafia.co.uk/index.php/?profile=8">Joe</a>, who travelled all the way up from Manchester. His long journey back meant that he got back around 6am and had a 9 o&rsquo;clock lecture. Oh dear! Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:00:24 GMT http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2006/11/10/less-than-jake-dropkick-murphys-the-living-end-billy-no-mates/ Last night we went over to <a href="http://unionsociety.co.uk/">Newcastle University Union</a> to see <a href="http://theautomatic.co.uk">The Automatic</a>, supported by <a href="http://mumm-ra.com">Mumm-Ra</a> and <a href="http://alterkicks.co.uk">Alterkicks</a>. Liverpool-based band Alterkicks played an indie-ish (but not retro, oh no not retro) set to begin with, followed by Sussex boys Mumm-Ra and their eclectic pop/alternative rock mix. Having missed them at <a href="http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2006/08/29/my-personal-festival/">Leeds</a> this year (due to sleeping in) I was glad to see them!<br /> <br /> And finally to The Automatic, who did not disappoint with their blend of pop-punk, electronic and indie rock. If I ached from <a href="http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2006/10/12/first-climbing-session/">yesterday</a>, then I don&rsquo;t know how to describe this morning! Apparently I&rsquo;m getting old!<br /> <br /> <a href="http://pictures.scholesmafia.co.uk/index.php/2006/10/12.10.06-the-automatic/">View pictures of the gig</a><br /> <br /> Back to Newcastle this evening for <a href="http://pictures.scholesmafia.co.uk/index.php/?profile=1">Hannah</a>&rsquo;s party &mdash; in fact, must go make a CD&hellip; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:13:04 BST http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2006/10/13/the-automatic-mumm-ra-alterkicks/ I think I&rsquo;ve now managed to work out whom I saw at the festival now:<br /> <br /> <table class="noborder"> <tr> <th>Friday</th> <th>Saturday</th> <th>Sunday</th> </tr> <tr> <td> Pearl Jam<br /> Slayer<br /> Bullet For My Valentine<br /> Less Than Jake<br /> &iexcl;Forward, Russia!<br /> Taking Back Sunday<br /> </td> <td> Kaiser Chiefs<br /> Yeah Yeah Yeahs<br /> Bouncing Souls<br /> Fall Out Boy<br /> Rise Against<br /> The Subways<br /> Lightyear<br /> Dashboard Confessional<br /> Send More Paramedics<br /> Fightstar<br /> Towers Of London<br /> </td> <td> Reel Big Fish<br /> The Fratellis<br /> Arctic Monkeys<br /> The Streets<br /> Feeder<br /> Dirty Pretty Things<br /> The Futureheads<br /> Capdown<br /> The Cribs<br /> Wolfmother<br /> Flogging Molly<br /> Captain Everything!<br /> Sonic Boom Six<br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> Anyone who was with me and disagrees, well then&hellip; Comment below! Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:04:14 BST http://blog.cmbuckley.co.uk/2006/08/29/my-personal-festival/