Fans without tickets to this weekend's Reading Festival have been warned not to turn up to the site as all of the tickets have been sold.

The organisers of the event, Festival Republic, have announced all 80,000 tickets have gone and no further entries will given as none have been kept back for sale on the door.

As a result, fans hoping to secure a way into the gig have been warned not to attend in the hope of securing one.

This year's event will be the 20th held and bands playing include Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, the Fratellis and the Killers.

In addition, there will also be sets from Bloc Party, the Raconteurs, Editors and British Sea Power.

Groups who have delivered stand-out performances in the past include Wonderstuff in 1988, Nirvana in 1991, Ben Folds Five in 1996 and Metallica in 1997, according to Ian Carroll, author of The Reading Festival - Music, Mud and Mayhem: The Official History.

written by news desk on 21/08/2008 16:29:37
Photo : Bloc Party are just one of the many bands playing