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ROCK RETURNS TO READING... AND IT WILL BE IN-TENTS

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ROCK fans arrived in their thousands as Reading Festival threw open its gates for the first time in two years yesterday.

Stormzy and Liam Gallagher are among the highlights – but medics are hoping a vaccinatio­n tent will also prove a hit.

Attendees at Reading and sister fest Leeds must have had two jabs, a negative test or a previous infection. But some fear they may still be super-spreader events after 4,700 cases were linked to Boardmaste­rs festival.

Leeds boss Melvin Benn has been trying to persuade a hotel to take in those who test positive. ‘The isolation campsite is a bleak place, because nobody else is in it,’ he said.

 ?? PICTURES: STEVE PARSONS/PA/ GEOFFREY SWAINE/REX/SHUTTERSTO­CK ?? Note of excitement: Music fans arrive
PICTURES: STEVE PARSONS/PA/ GEOFFREY SWAINE/REX/SHUTTERSTO­CK Note of excitement: Music fans arrive
 ??  ?? Happy camper: Fan with supplies
Happy camper: Fan with supplies

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