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Reading and Leeds festival organiser Melvin Benn has said that 'you can never tell' who is going to get bottled at the event, and also referenced 'that' Daphne and Celeste set in the year 2000.
Speaking to Gigwise about the acts that have been less well received at the event, the Festival Republic boss said that Daphne and Celeste was perhaps not the wisest booking. He also paid tribute to My Chemical Romance for overcoming their bottling experience to return and headline, while adding that 50 Cent had 'an attitude problem' when he appeared on the Main Stage in 2004.
When asked what it is about these acts that didn't go down so well with the Reading and Leeds crowd, Benn responded: "It's impossible to know.
"Daphne and Celeste was just the wrong thing to do. It was meant to be a little light-hearted and it just backfired - no one got the lightheartedness of it. Being a very dedicated music audience, they didn't want to do 'lighthearted', they wanted another credible band and that was a lesson learned very quickly."
Watch footage of Daphne and Celeste being bottled at Reading Festival 2000 below:
When asked about the time 50 Cent was bottled in 2004, Benn said that it was entirely down to the rapper's 'attitude', and that hip hop was 'always welcome' at Reading and Leeds.
"50 Cent was very different," he said. "He brought the attitude on to the stage of being above and better than everyone and having seen it all and the crowd like their music and won't be told what to like and what not to like.
"They're very clear about that and I think it was just an attitude problem - it wasn't a genre problem. We've had hip hop and rap at the festival consistently year after year."
Watch 50 Cent being bottled at Reading in 2004 below:
Another band to be infamously bottled were My Chemical Romance, who received a very mixed response from the crowd when they played to promote their Black Parade album in 2006. However, the band continued throughout their set and later returned to headline the event in 2011, with a performance that was seen as 'a triumph' by many critics and also saw a guest appearance from Queen guitarist Brian May.
Melvin Benn continued: "My Chemical Romance was just one of those things where at the time, people thought that they were a bit light for Reading and Leeds.
"That said they came back and headlined two years ago and it was amazing. I saw them in Leeds and the place was rocking. There was absolutely no one complaining about it and they came through that and I am so pleased."
He added: "It was all about a period of time and they were strong enough, big enough and credible enough to come back and headline."
Watch highlights of My Chemical Romance's performance and bottling at Reading 2006 below:
Reading and Leeds festival takes place from Thursday 22 - Sunday 25 August with performances from Biffy Clyro, Eminem, Green Day, Foals, Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, Chase & Status and many more. Reading tickets are completely sold out, but day and weekend tickets for Leeds are still available. For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets.
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