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Wednesday, 7th January, 2009

Published: Monday, 1st December, 2008 14:00

New festival to grace Reading next summer

By James Kell

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A NEW festival launched in Reading this week will soon be spreading its wings around the globe according to organiser Melvin Benn.

The first ever Heavenly Planet festival will take place next summer on the banks of the River Thames at Caversham and repeated later in Sicily.

The man behind Reading Festival predicts that Heavenly Planet events will become a festival fixture in the next few years. Mr Benn said: “Reading is its birthplace, but over the next two, three or four years, we could see Heavenly Planet Festivals across Europe.

“It’s a family event and it’s very important that it’s the sort of event that fills a festival gap left by Womad. There will be world music but also home-grown acts from Reading and the UK.”

For more details, see this Thursday’s Reading Chronicle.

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