TMJ

Yeah, they do. I got some friends going up tomorrow and buying on the box office.

My ticket was delivered today, via a relatively narked Royal Mail guy who seemed in no mood to care about my overwhelming joy as he gave me the envelope. So stoked now. In two days, I'll be sat in a field in Reading with friends and family. In three days, I'll be off my tits and rocking to Rage Against The Machine. And since Rage are the only band of two that I care about needing to see that I haven't seen before (the other being AC/DC), I am not missing it short of death. Not to curse me or anything Timetable wise, I'm thinking... Friday A quick look around (and will probably go see who the special guests are in the BBC Introducing tent. Then... 2:35 - Dizzee Rascal 3:40 - Serj Tankian 4:30 - Stephen Lynch, and then catch the end of Biffy Clyro 5:55 - The Enemy 7:05 - The Fratellis (eh, it'll be a sing-a-long, so I'm all for it) 8:20 - QOTSA 10:00 - Rage Against The Piss-Eating Motherfucking Bush Hating Machine Saturday Roam day. Only really care about seeing 7:05 - The Raconteurs Although I might go out of my way to see 2:50 "Special Guests" 3:10 - Robin Ince 4:45 - The Ting Tings 8:05 - Justice (don't know much about them, bar it's dancey. Never ever seen a dance act and since I might have to miss Pendulum (fucking annoying, but we'll see), this will do) 9:15 - Bullet For My Valentine 10:00 - The Killers Sunday 12:00 - Mindless Self Indulgence (who are fantastic live) 1:45 - Henry Rollins 4:15 - Avenged Sevenfold EITHER 6:35 - Pendulum, OR 6:40 - Slipknot 7:55 - Tenacious D 9:30 - Metallica And if you see someone who is in a "I Support Single Mums" t-shirt, baggy jeans and long black hair with a bandana or beanie on, that'll be a whole number of people, probably. But this is me: So if that image engraves in your mind and you spot me, shout "Oi, gayboy, I know you from the internet." And then I'll know it's one of you and we can all share our witty stories once we return.

Hey Stevie, received this?:

Be careful. Haven't heard good things about them...

I saw half of Feeder at Download 2005. Seemed ok, but nothing special. Metallica in 2006 were so much better by a country mile. There's certainly a place for Feeder (preferably a stage where I don't have to waste time watching them) but it's just the style clash of Feeder and Slipknot (who will be the best visual of the weekend - always a great experience to watch) being next to each other. Surely they suit the Friday more. Feeder under Rage'd work, and they'd be a pretty good lead-in to the band of the weekend. Saying that, Incubus were under Iron Maiden in 2005, so who knows...

Main staging the entire Friday. If Dizzie, QOTSA, Fratellis, Serj and Clyro weren't enough, I'm only going for Rage anyway, so I'm not missing them for the world. Saturday will be my exploration day I think. Might go see Bullet and then catch The Killers. Sunday, main stage all day. Whoever has put Feeder between A7X and Slipknot is begging for a stoning, but the more i think about Tenacious D between Slipknot and Metallica, the more it just... works. Full excitement overload.

Got the site confirmation - just awaiting my e-mail comfirmation. God, if I put in the wrong details now, I'll be pissed. Otherwise, relieved isn't the word. Reading, here I come.

I'm only trying to get one ticket and it's nothing but "We couldn't find tickets that matched your request." DAMMIT RAGE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY WITHOUT ME!

£155 without P&P/etc