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Bollocks To Poverty Team Up With Reading Festival For Secret Sets
A series of secret sets will be held in the Bollocks to Poverty tent.

Bollocks to Poverty, the youth arm of anti-poverty charity ActionAid, will be hosting a series of secret DJ sets in their tiny tent at Reading Festival.
Enter Shikari, Bombay Bicycle Club and Simian Mobile Disco will be amongst those taking part, along with festival compere Huw Stephens.
Fans may know the location of the sets, but the timing will remain firmly underwraps.
Lisa Telfer, Events Officer at ActionAid, says: ‘This year we wanted to treat Reading goers to something really special. I don’t want to big it up too much or we might have to close the tent! My tip to fans is to keep popping by the ActionAid tent or look out for clues on Twitter.’
For updates about Reading and the secret sessions, follow @ActionAid_Team on Twitter, or visit actionaid.org.uk/bollocks.
Records, etc at

Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
Bombay Bicycle Club - Different Kind of Fix
Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day
Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose Live At Brixton
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