“As a band, Leeds Festival is billed as our home festival –– however Reading always manages to be a little bit crazier,” said drummer Lee Vincent.

“I went to my first Reading Festival on the day of my GCSE results –– Reading was the highlight of everyone’s summer. It is so special for me because it is the original.”

PABH will share the stage this year with indie behemoths Arctic Monkeys, alt legends The Hives and star Jake Bugg but Vincent is used to seeing high-calibre artists at the Little John’s Farm Main Stage.

“I’ve seen some amazing people through the years with one of the highlights being Foo Fighters. I went and saw Bjork and Queens of the Stone Age who were both amazing. If you come when you are young you see whatever you feel like –– when you play you don’t see anything, it’s a bit annoying to be fair.”

But the festival enthusiast sees competition for Reading from many of the smaller festivals ready to take the champion’s crown.

“A few years ago the small festivals were overcrowded but that has died down and we have been left with the really good little festivals. They grow at a nice level –– I think it’s great. Places like 2000trees Music Festival and Beacons Festival in Yorkshire are great. The bigger festivals will need to learn some lessons from them!”

Apart from playing some of the biggest music festivals in the world PABH have been busy in the run- up to the release of their new album, Blood, which will be bursting eardrums from September 1.

SAM MURRAY