loads more for Reading & Leeds

The twin Reading & Leeds Festivals have announced many more acts for across the weekend, for both the Main Stage and the Radio 1/NME Stage.

Joining headliners Franz Ferdinand and others at Reading on Friday and Leeds on Saturday on the Main Stage is Fightstar. Joining Primal Scream on the same day on the Radio 1/NME Stage are Dizzee Rascal, Secret Machines, Mystery Jets, Peaches, Gogol Bordello, Guillemots, and The Long Blondes.

Playing with Muse and others at Reading on Saturday and Leeds on Sunday on the Main Stage is Flogging Molly. Joining The Raconteurs on the same day on the Radio 1/NME Stage are Coheed & Cambria, Jet, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Fall, The Shins, Be Your Own Pet, Milburn, Plan B, Giant Drag, and 747s.

Joining Pearl Jam and others on the Main Stage at Reading on Sunday and Leeds on Friday are Slayer, Less Than Jake, Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday and Mastodon. Added to the Radio 1/NME Stage on the same day with Maximo Park and others are Boy Kill Boy, Broken Social Scene, Goldie Lookin Chain, Hope Of The States, The Dresden Dolls, The Automatic, íForward, Russia!, and Tapes 'n Tapes.

For the full line-up to date, click here for Reading or here for Leeds. There much more still to be announced, including more bands for the Main Stage, the Radio1/NME Stage, The Lock-up Stage (two days at each site this year), the Dance Stage, The Comedy Stage, and the Carling Stage.

Tickets are on sale, but all weekend tickets are sold out. Day tickets cost £60 for any day (no camping) at either Reading or Leeds, and are still available for all days at both sites. To buy, click here.

Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Both festivals happen on Friday 25th to Sunday 27 August.


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