From the bottling to headlining – watch Bring Me The Horizon talk through all of their Reading & Leeds performances

nme.com:

Bring Me The Horizon have spoken about their storied history with Reading & Leeds festival in an interview with NME – check out the video below.The Sheffield band made their thrilling debut headline appearance at R&L last month, having first played the dual event way back in 2008.Talking to NME as part of their recent Big Read cover interview, BMTH’s Oli Sykes and Jordan Fish took us on a chronological journey through all of their Reading & Leeds visits to date.Recalling the ’08 edition of the festival, Sykes told NME: “First time we played Reading, it was probably the worst gig ever.

Slipknot had pulled out for some reason, and we got asked if we wanted to go on the main stage… not to replace them but just to fill the gap.“We kind of knew it was a death sentence but we were like, “Well, we’ve gotta do it’.

Just before we went on I think they announced that Avenged Sevenfold had just pulled out as well, which sent the crowd into a frenzy of boos.”The frontman continued: “But then they were like, ‘Here’s Bring Me The Horizon’.

And I haven’t ever seen anyone get as bottled as us. I’ve never seen a show like it – it was scary.”Sykes went on to remember witnessing a sea of “digital cameras, sawdust, bottles” and other items that the crowd were throwing in their direction. “Literally, it was insane,” he added. “It was just constant through the whole show.”Despite the pelting, Sykes said that the set was a “character building” experience for the group.Bring Me returned to R&L in 2009 to play on the Festival Republic Stage. “We were a very divisive band at that time,” Sykes told NME.