{"id":5385,"date":"2015-08-10T07:43:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T07:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelodgeblog.wpengine.com\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2023-03-28T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:45:57","slug":"rock-lovers-guide-to-leeds-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/group-getaways\/rock-lovers-guide-to-leeds-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"A rock-lover’s guide to Leeds Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Live by day. Photo \u00a9 starfotograf<\/p><\/div>

It\u2019s no secret that I\u2019m a massive music fan. Over on my blog \u2018Hello Terri Lowe<\/span><\/a>\u2019 I try and talk about music as much as possible, and with festival season in full swing, now is the perfect time!<\/p>\n

Although I have plans to go to Festival No 6 and Leeds Festival<\/span><\/a> on August Bank Holiday weekend, it\u2019s nothing compared to last year, when I was at Sonisphere, Wakestock, Leeds and V Festival!<\/p>\n

With Leeds <\/span><\/a>and Reading<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/u>almost here, I\u2019m sharing my favourite bands from the 2015 line-up here on the Travelodge blog.<\/p>

1.Gaslight Anthem<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a fan of the KING (also known as Bruce Springsteen) then you will love Gaslight Anthem as much as I do. They\u2019re my ultimate summer band, so listening to them in a field, around 1000s of people, with a cold cider in my hand sounds pretty perfect.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re new to Gaslight Anthem then I highly recommend you have a listen to \u2018The 59 Sound\u2019 which is full of upbeat American rock tunes.<\/p>\n

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Live by night. Photo \u00a9 dwphotos<\/p><\/div>

2. Refused<\/strong><\/p>\n

I cannot tell you the ENVY I had a few years ago when Refused toured and I didn\u2019t manage to catch them. I am so excited to finally see them on the Lock Up Stage!<\/p>\n

The Lock Up Stage is always the best for atmosphere at Leeds Festival<\/span><\/a> and I\u2019ve seen some of my favourite bands there. I literally can\u2019t wait to add Refused to that list!<\/p>\n

Recommended listening is the song \u2018New Noise\u2019 which I always listen to on the treadmill at the gym. When the sample of the crowd cheers at the end, I like to imagine they\u2019re cheering for me.<\/p>\n

Hey, they just might be one day.<\/p>

3. Alt-J<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a bit of a contrast to both of the above bands, Alt-J have been playing non-stop on my Spotify playlists for about 2 years now.<\/p>\n

An Awesome Wave<\/em> is my absolute favourite album at the moment and I can\u2019t wait to see the song \u2018Breezeblocks\u2019 live.<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019ll be a more sombre crowd, it\u2019s definitely the type of music you want to see and hear on a sunny afternoon and will hopefully ease the inevitable hangover.<\/p>

4. Limp Bizkit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, we\u2019re going back to my nu-metal days here, but honestly, when I saw Limp Bizkit a few years ago at Leeds Festival is was the most fun, ever!<\/p>\n

I know every word to every song and absolutely love that they still look and sound like they did back when they were \u2018cool\u2019 (Sorry, Fred!). They always play the hits and you can just dance around and act silly, and who wouldn\u2019t like that?!<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a load more bands I\u2019m really looking forward to and it was pretty hard to narrow it down to just four! But these four are a good mixture of everything I love about going to a festival – the nostalgia, the fun, the cider, the sun, the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gaslight Anthem and Springsteen fan Terri Lowe tells us what to see at Leeds and Reading Festivals this year.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1191,1187,1213],"tags":[1812],"class_list":["post-5385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivals","category-group-getaways","category-leeds","tag-archived"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}