The weird item being banned from festivals

A large dancing crowd at a music festival in U.K. Photo / Getty

Pineapples have been banned from this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals in the United Kingdom.

The fruit appears on a list of barred items including weapons, drones and fireworks.

They will not be allowed into either the arena or the campsite when the music event takes place later this month.

Pineapple at a music festival. Photo / Getty

It is thought to be because organisers are worried that fans of indie rock band Glass Animals could take pineapples to see them perform.

The group's song Pork Soda mentions "pineapples in my head" and fans have previously carried the fruit to their gigs.

A general view of an alien and a pineapple being held up in the crowd during the 2017 Panorama Music Festival at Randall's Island, New York City. Photo / Getty

Reading and Leeds Festivals take place across the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Acts including Muse, Eminem, Kasabian and Major Lazer are on the bill.