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Reading Festival 2005

Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August 2005
Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, England MAP
£125 for weekend (including camping) - SOLD OUT, £60 any day

Daily capacity: 55,000

More acts have been confirmed for the Dance Stagefor Reading and Leeds festivals, which both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Joining the previously announced Lemon Jelly and Audio Bullys at Reading on the Friday and at Leeds on the Saturday are Fort Minor (a solo project set up and lead by Linkin Park emcee Mike Shinoda), Kano, DJ Format featuring Abdominal and D-Sisive, Dreadzone, Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band, Performance, Infadels, Akala, and Bedouin Soundclash.

Joining the previously announced Mylo at Reading on the Sunday and at Leeds on the Friday are M.I.A., Four Tet, Buck 65, DJ James Murphy (from LCD Soundsystem), and T Raumschmiere (aka Marco Haas).

The confirmed line-ups for both festivals include the headliners of Pixies, Foo Fighters, and Iron Maiden, along with The Killers, Kings of Leon, Marilyn Manson, Queens of the Stone Age, Razorlight, Incubus, and many more. For the full confirmed line-ups to date, click here for Reading and here for Leeds. More bands are still to be announced, mainly for the dance tent.

Weekend tickets for both Reading and Leeds festivals are sold out, but some day tickets are available - see here for Sunday Reading tickets and here for Leeds tickets (all days).