This would be a decent opening announcement

[ArcticDan]

[tombenj]

Would be brilliant. Never gonna happen though.

[rexclark]

It would be it definately 100% won't happen sadly.

The Strokes are only doing Isle Of white and Rockness, Soundgarden would be higher, Libertines aren't reforming this year and I very much doubt The Cure would play.

Apart from that it's bang on.

[beau1]

I've questioned it myself a few times but why are people still so convinced that The Cure would play the NME?

If they would have, it would have been last year and that would have been a massive move by them considering every festival they have played in the last 20+ years, they have headlined in the Uk, Europe and the USA.

Yeap, they won the NME godlike genius award but they are/were/would have been by far the biggest band to win the award and then headline the NME stage. If they hadn't won the award then people wouldn't even been talking about them as far as Reading was concerned.

If they were going to play they would headline mainstage, no doubt about, the trouble is they won't be booked because they haven't had a great selling album for some time. That WOULD be good a good announcment, not The Libertines.

Oh and I think Arcade Fire will headline, it seems a strange move (IMO) but I think they will be up there and possibly headlining Glasto next year depending on the success of their next album.

[Vieuphoria]

you are right about The Cure. They'd never play NME and would always headline. Some people just have a hard time accepting this for some reason.

[Lithium05]

It's because they're roughly a quarter of the band they used to be, in terms of quality of releases, and public interest.

Either way. This line-up is daft from the get go, we know the headliners aren't Libertines or The Strokes, so I don't know why we're debating it.

[Electricityscape]

Would love it but yep, doubt it'd happen.

However I did read somewhere that The Strokes with Julian were considering doing both sets. Strokes and Julians solo work. Could that actually be done?

[Role Model]

still disturbed by Libertines being a future headliner

[jordanuk90]

Not overly fond of the libertines so I'd have to get myself something else to keep me occupied

[biglewhill]

still disturbed by Libertines being a future headliner

[Vieuphoria]

I can'tfor next year. The Libs headlining will be a huge draw. Hopefully they will reform

[6t6o6m]

Theres no chance of this happening! Seeing as you got the dates wrong

[Matticus]

The Cure would be a awesome headliner, sadly Reading and Leeds is now for pop music.

[Hart Attack]

No, it wouldn't. Friday main looks awesome, but the rest would be horrible for me.

[kev1664]

No, it wouldn't. Friday main looks awesome, but the rest would be horrible for me.

Edited March 7, 2010 by kev1664

[rexclark]

Theres no chance of this happening! Seeing as you got the dates wrong

[kibble]

But apart from that, spot on.

[rexclark]

And Soundgarden playing 4th. Slightly wrong.

[kibble]

Completely wrong.

[rexclark]

Not a Fan ?

They wouldn't play anything other than a headline slot!