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If you love pineapples and (wrongly) consider pineapples on pizza not a crime punishable by death (like the writer of this article) but the best pizza ever, we have bad news.。

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Organisers at this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals are implementing a total ban on pineapples, and they're serious about it.
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On the festival's website, you can see the tropical fruit appearing alongside forbidden items such as fireworks and weapons. It's just as dangerous, apparently, but there's a reason behind the ban. 。

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。 Fans of Oxford band Glass Animals bring hundreds of the fruit to its gigs in homage to the song。Pork Soda。

, which includes the lyrics "pineapples are in my head".  。

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The stage was decorated with pineapples. It's a proper tradition, and members of the band are willing to fight the ban.。

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The band's drummer Joe Seaward encouraged fans to sneak in the fruit:  。

"Anyone who wasn't bringing a pineapple definitely is now," he said."It's fruitist. Watermelons are fine, but not pineapples?"。

A spokesman for Reading and Leeds Festivals said: "Organisers were a little concerned about hundreds of pineapples turning up on site so decided to ask fans not to bring them along."。

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He added: "The tongue may be slightly in cheek on this one."。

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He added: "The tongue may be slightly in cheek on this one."  。

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The annual festival will run between 25 and 27 August 2017.。

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