{"id":113250,"date":"2025-09-02T02:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/113250\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:53:07","slug":"watch-we-asked-people-at-reading-festival-to-finish-these-iconic-metal-lyrics-and-it-didnt-go-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/113250\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: we asked people at Reading Festival to finish these iconic metal lyrics and it didn\u2019t go well"},"content":{"rendered":"

Normally, we wouldn\u2019t classify Reading as a heavy metal<\/a> festival, but this was the one year where we may have been tempted. Bring Me The Horizon<\/a> headlined the 80,000-capacity gathering a couple weeks ago, solidifying the Sheffield band\u2019s crossover appeal, and the bill that day also included Limp Bizkit<\/a> and Enter Shikari<\/a>. So, safe to assume that there were more than a couple metalheads in attendance.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, we descended upon Little John\u2019s Farm to sort the wheat from the chaff, presenting bands and attendees alike with some classic metal lyrics to see if they could finish the line they come from. The results were mixed, at best.<\/p>\n

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In the TikTok video embedded below, you can see how people responded when presented with the words \u201cRun to the hills\u2026\u201d from Iron Maiden<\/a>\u2019s breakthrough hit of the same name, \u201cFinished with my woman\u2026\u201d from Black Sabbath<\/a> anthem Paranoid, and \u201cEnter light\u2026\u201d from one of the biggest heavy songs to ever come out, Metallica<\/a>\u2019s Enter Sandman. What people gave us back ranged from impressive to, let\u2019s say, \u2018inventive\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Reading festival<\/a> took place from August 22 to 24, with the event and its twin up in Leeds, held at Bramham Park, always falling on the UK August Bank Holiday weekend. As well as Bring Me The Horizon, it was headlined by Hozier, Chappell Roan and Travis Scott. The 2026 edition will take place from August 28 to 30.<\/p>\n

In an interview with NME<\/a> conducted last weekend, organiser Melvin Benn confirmed that he had two headliners for Reading and Leeds 2026 booked, with the third \u201cnot far away\u201d from being confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve already got headliners for two of the three nights booked already for next year, and I\u2019m really confident about the artists,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like we\u2019re in a stronger position than I can remember for an awfully long time. I can\u2019t remember when I\u2019ve ever had two of the three nights booked by this stage. We\u2019ve had one booked by this stage, but I can\u2019t remember ever having two of the three.\u201d<\/p>\n

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