Reading Festival: 42 Years, 40 Festivals, 41 Facts

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Reading Festival 1998
Reading Festival 1998

The Prodigy have made it into this list of the good, the bad and the bottlings of Reading and Leeds festival.

One moment is chosen for each year. The Prodigy make into 1998:

This year is remembered primarily for the spat between The Prodigy and The Beastie Boys. The American rappers felt that ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ was offensive and asked the UK dance group not to play it, they went ahead and performed it anyway with vocalist Maxim announcing ‘I do what the fuck I want’.

You can read the entire list here: http://www.gigwise.com/news/83312/reading-festival;-42-years-40-festivals-41-facts