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He's right. As MCR frontman, he's one of only a handful of artists to play both the Berkshire and Yorkshire sites on the same day. The band also headlined twice and in 2006 had bottles of piss thrown at them. With that kind of history, it's little wonder he chose Reading as the place to properly launch his solo career, get his blood pumping and debut music from his forthcoming album 'Hesitant Alien'. Read More Reading And Leeds Festival 2014 - Your Ultimate Guide To What To Watch From Home Al Horner Follow @al_horner Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Remember when missing out on a ticket to a sold-out festival meant a long listless weekend at home, wondering what face-meltingly brilliant musical feats you could be drunkenly whooping along to had you only got your act together in time? Read More What The Reading And Leeds 2014 Line-up Would Look If Decided By Shazam Popularity NME Blog Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 It's just a few hours to go before the gates are flung open at Reading and Leeds for this weekend's festival. It's an incredible line-up. Blink 182, Arctic Monkeys, Paramore and Queens Of The Stone Age will be headlining the bill as well as a ton of other bands ( here's 40 acts we recommend seeing, for a start) . But what if the line-up was decided according to artist popularity on Shazam? You know how it works - you hear a piece of music and the app tells you exactly what it is. Read More Go Behind The Scenes In The Childhood Home Where Johnny Cash Grew Up Leonie Cooper Follow @leoniemaycooper Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Johnny Cash might be synonymous with Nashville , living just outside the country music centre with his wife, singer June Carter Cash in the infamous House of Cash , but he was actually born and raised in the state of Arkansas. Earlier this week the iconic singer's childhood home in the small town of Dyess was opened up to the public, as part of an attempt to boost tourism in the area. Dyess was an experiment in president Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programme, which aimed to help the US economy bounce back from the Great Depression. Read More Music Stars Take Part In The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - The Best Videos So Far Rhian Daly Follow @rhian__ Posted on Monday, August 18, 2014 Over the past few weeks, you might have noticed an unusual amount of videos of people chucking buckets of ice cold water over their heads popping up on social media. Nope, risking pneumonia isn't some unfathomable new trend - the new craze is actually in aid of charity ALS Association and raising awareness of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a terminal illness which causes muscles to weaken and stiffen. The challenge started after Pete Frates, a former Boston College basketball player, was forced to stop playing after developing ALS. 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