I've said this before and been shouted down
but it's to do with the bands they have there as well as the overall attitude of the festival.

Reading and Leeds tend to specialise in the kind of Nu-Metal that appeals to 15 and 16 year old wankers who'll happily get pissed on half a can of cider and burn down the campsite because that's "edgy and cool and rebellious, man" ... before they fuck off back to their parents detached house just outside Windsor and finish their A-Levels and become accountants.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:01, archived)

HOW DARE YOU!
I became a quantity surveyor. Father said it was a more reliable field to go into.
( RR I love you ... in a way, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:13, archived)

Yep, I think you've probably hit the nail on the head.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:28, archived)