Hungover revellers leave Reading Festival after weekend of partying

Some VERY sore heads! Hungover revellers leave Reading Festival clutching sleeping bags and chairs as they make their way home after a long weekend of partying

Revellers left the three-day Reading Festival on Monday seemingly exhausted and nursing hangovers
Festivalgoers clutching camping gear and lawn chairs flooded the venues escalators as they left the event
Many were seen with heads hung low and resting as they sought transportation home early this morning
Reading festival welcomed 90,000 to its site at the weekend which saw fighting, looting and tent-burning
Clean-up is also underway at Leeds Festival which housed 75,000 music fans this weekend

Revellers left Reading Festival seemingly exhausted as they nursed hangovers sustained from a weekend filled with booze, drugs, brawls and live music.

Photographs show attendees leaving the annual music festival early Monday morning. Some covered their heads and others sported sunglasses, likely to ease their headaches.

Festivalgoers were seen passed out on the ground in their sleeping bags with their backpacks, rolled up tents and lawn chairs nearby as they waited to head out.

The escalator was flooded with long queues of fatigued youth preparing to make the trek back home.

Reading festival welcomed 90,000 to its site at the weekend. Several people left the event early on Sunday as fighting, looting and tent-burning broke out on its final day.

Limited security forces struggled to impose order as crowds threw chairs and other objects into large bonfires. An eyewitness said fans of rival music genres fought each other as hip-hop and alternative festivalgoers clashed after different acts performed on the same stage after one another.

Some attendees even reported disturbing cases of spiking after a young woman was said to be stabbed with a needle while standing in a queue.

Meantime, a big clean up is underway at Leeds Festival, another annual musical festival that took place over the weekend and housed 75,000 attendees, after revellers left behind mounds of rubbish. There were also reports of Sunday night chaos with tents set on fire and people struggling to leave the site.

Revellers left Reading Festival seemingly exhausted as they nursed hangovers sustained from a weekend filled with booze, drugs, brawls and live music

Photographs show attendees leaving the annual music festival early Monday morning. Some covered their heads and others sported sunglasses, likely to ease their headaches

Reading festival welcomed 90,000 to its site at the weekend. An attendee is seen as she begins her journey home at Reading Train Station after the three-day annual event came to an end

A festival attendee sporting sunglasses covers his head with a lawn chair as he embarks on his journey out of the festival

Two girls who attended Reading Festival cosy up as they begin their journey home from the event

The escalator was flooded with long queues of fatigued youth preparing to make the trek back home

Festival attendees board a coach as they leave Reading on Monday

A Reading Festival reveller sits on the ground with her packed up campsite on Monday morning

Revellers are pictured with their mound of camping supplies as they wait for transportation out of Reading Festival

Exhausted revellers sporting bum bags, bucket hats and grim expressions departed Reading Festival on Monday after three days of live music.

Sleep-deprived festivalgoers departed Little John’s Farm on Richfield Avenue, which housed the three-day event, on Monday with heads hung low. Many were wrapped up in sweatshirts and warm jumpers as they packed up their campsites and headed home.

Groups of attendees were resting, some even tucked into their sleeping bags, as they waited for transportation out of the area.

Rubbish was left scattered across the venue after the fun and frolic-filled weekend which saw performances from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, Halsey, Dave, Megan Thee Stallion and Bring Me The Horizon.

Aside from performances on the stages, the festival arena was packed with shops selling wacky festival clothes, jewellery, and a variety of food – even an ‘oxygen bar’ promising to give the user clean air to breathe. Alcohol, tobacco and phone-charging stands were also dotted across the site.

Exhausted revellers sporting bum bags, bucket hats and grim expressions departed Reading Festival on Monday after three days of live music

Festivalgoers departed Little John’s Farm on Richfield Avenue, which housed the three-day event, on Monday with heads hung low

A young man is asleep on top his camping gear as thousands leave Reading Festival on Monday

Reading festival fans begin their journey home after the three day event comes to an end for another year

Two revellers push trolleys holding their camping gear as they leave Reading Festival on Monday

A group of revellers, clutching sleeping bags and chairs, stands in a queue as they prepare to leave Reading Festival

Reading festival fans begin their journey home after the three day event comes to an end for another year

Many were wrapped up in sweatshirts and warm jumpers as they packed up their campsites and headed home

An exhausted festivalgoer sits with his camping gear after Reading Festival comes to an end

A blanket-wrapped festivalgoer enjoys a cigarette as he and his fellow reveller prepare to leave Reading Festival

A bucket hat wearing reveller sits on a bench with his camping gear as fellow festival attendees pack up to leave Reading

However, the event was not exempt from pandemonium as attendees started torching tents across the Reading campsite around 4pm on Sunday.

Video footage showed fires were lit between tents in the Orange Camp section of the festival in the day, while more fires burned on Sunday night, according to festivalgoers on social media.

Attendee Amber Vellacott, 26, said she and her boyfriend escaped the festival after they found themselves surrounded by violence.

She told The Mirror: ‘We saw fires start at about 4pm in various camps, the crews & security were fast on them, but all the kids were surrounding and egging it on, throwing rubbish & cans into them.

‘We felt the whole vibe of the camp sites change, and when we saw people start picking up tents and rubbish, throwing them into the trees & across the camps, we thought it was best to pack up and head out – annoyingly so!’

Witnesses said roads out were gridlocked as hundreds of festivalgoers fled the site early as the fighting and tent looting continued.

Fires were burned in the middle of the Reading Festival campsite as disorder broke out from around 4pm on Sunday

Chairs and other objects were thrown onto the bonfires by crowds at the festival

Many said they left the campsite after feeling the atmosphere turn sour as things became more dangerous

A littler picker begins the mammoth task of clearing up after Reading Festival ends

Festivalgoers discarded used bedding in wheelie bins as they left Reading on Monday

Two Reading Festival fans are seated in large chairs as they enjoy a meal before embarking on their journey home

An exhausted Reading Festival fan carries his camping gear out of the venue on Monday

Revellers wrapped in blankets leave Reading Festival on Monday

Sleep deprived festival fans head out of Reading on Monday following a three day music festival

Aside from performances on the stages, the festival arena was packed with shops selling wacky festival clothes, jewellery, and a variety of food – even an ‘oxygen bar’ promising to give the user clean air to breathe over the weekend. Alcohol, tobacco and phone-charging stands were also dotted across the site

Clean-up crews are also hard at work in Leeds on Monday after the festival held at Bramham Park over the weekend came to a close.

Arctic Monkeys saw out the final night and on Monday thousands of music fans started packing up and heading home. Dave and 1975s also headlined the event.

Festival staff have started to dismantle the stages and site as the curtain comes down and litter pickers will be on hand as the mammoth job of clearing the site gets underway.

Thankfully the weather was warm all weekend so there is no mud bath to contend with as people head back to their cars or wait for the shuttle buses with bags, tents and other camping paraphernalia to hand.

However, the Leeds Festival did see tragedy over the weekend as it was confirmed a 16-year-old boy died from a suspected drugs overdose. Yorkshire Police said it was investigating whether he had taken an MDMA pill.

There were also reports of Sunday night chaos with tents set on fire and people struggling to leave the site.

Clean-up crews are also hard at work in Leeds on Monday after the festival held at Bramham Park over the weekend came to a close

Arctic Monkeys saw out the final night and on Monday thousands of music fans started packing up and heading home. Dave and 1975s also headlined the event

Festival staff have started to dismantle the stages and site as the curtain comes down and litter pickers will be on hand as the mammoth job of clearing the site gets underway

There were also reports of Sunday night chaos with tents set on fire and people struggling to leave the site

Leeds Festival tragedy as teenage boy, 16, dies after ‘taking grey or black MDMA pill’ – as police launch investigation

A 16-year-old boy has died today after he may have taken a ‘grey or black’ ecstasy tablet at Leeds Festival on Saturday night, police have said.

West Yorkshire Police have launched an investigation following the teenager’s suspected drugs-related death.

Officers were called around 10.16 on Saturday night and were informed the boy had been taken to the medical tent after falling ill.

A 16-year-old boy has died today after police suspect he could have taken a ‘grey or black’ ecstasy tablet at Leeds Festival on Saturday night

He was taken to hospital but tragically died on Sunday. His parents have been told.

Assistant Chief Constable Catherine Hankinson of West Yorkshire Police, said:

‘Our thoughts are with the family of the boy who has died, and we have officers supporting them at this very difficult time.

‘While the exact cause of his death is yet to be established, one line of enquiry is that he had taken a particular type of ecstasy (MDMA) tablet, which was described as a grey or black oblong shape.

‘At this moment in time this is believed to be an isolated incident as we have not received any similar reports.

‘Users of any drug which is not professionally prescribed can never be sure of their contents and the risks involved with taking the substance.

Festivalgoers in a tent at Leeds Festival, Brahmham Park. The festival has been a popular event for teenagers and young adults since it began in 1999

‘Anyone who does feel ill after taking any substance should seek urgent medical attention.’

‘We are continuing to conduct enquiries on site and are liaising closely with the event organisers.’

Police made an appeal on social media asking for anyone with information linked to the death to come forward.

Leeds Festival, which has run this year from August 25 to August 28, has been a popular event for teenagers and young adults since it began in 1999.

An estimated 100,000 people attended each day of Leeds Fest this year.

An estimated 100,000 people attended each day of Leeds Festival this year

Headliners at this year’s festival include US popstar Halsey (Friday night), Streatham-born rapper Dave (Saturday) and the Arctic Monkeys on Sunday.

The Arctic Monkeys, whose frontman Alex Turner is from Sheffield, also performed at Reading – Leeds’ sister festival – on Saturday night.

Reading and Leeds typically share headliners and supporting acts and take place simultaneously in late August every year.

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