Fightstar, and more acts for Reading & Leeds

including New Found Glory, Little Boots, Lethal Bizzle, and Frank Turner

By Scott Williams | Published: Tue 26th May 2009

Fightstar

Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August 2009
Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8EQ, England MAP
£175 for a weekend ticket, £70 a day ticket - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 55,000
Last updated: Tue 18th Aug 2009

There are more names added to the line-up at this summer's Reading & Leeds Festivals including New Found Glory, Fightstar,Little Boots, Frank Turner, Lethal Bizzle, and more.

Fightstar
The new additions to the Main Stage include on Friday at Reading and Leeds on the Sunday are New Found Glory, Alexisonfire, Madina Lake, and Sonic Boom Six. Saturday's line-up at Reading and Friday at Leeds is bolstered with the additions of The Rakes, and Fightstar.

The Radio 1/NME Stage at Reading on Friday and Leeds on the Sunday will now host performances from The Horrors, Little Boots, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Virgins, Manchester Orchestra, and Dananananaykroyd.

The same stage on Saturday at Reading and Friday at Leeds will also have performances from You Me At Six, Patrick Wolf, Metric, Spinnerette, Delphic, and Dinosaur Pile Up.

Crystal Castles, Passion Pit, Metronomy, Frank Turner, Lethal Bizzle, In Case Of Fire, Broadway Calls play the Radio 1/NME Stage Reading on Sunday and Leeds Saturday.

The festivals have headliners of Kings Of Leon (Reading Friday/Leeds Sunday), Arctic Monkeys (Reading Saturday/Leeds Friday), and Radiohead (Reading Sunday/Leeds Saturday), with other acts including Kaiser Chiefs, Placebo, The Prodigy, Maximo Park, Ian Brown, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, Gossip, Glasvegas, and many more.

For the Reading line-up details click here.
For the Leeds line-up details click here.

The festival will feature a full line-up of over 150 acts over the weekend on six stages.

Reading and Leeds Festivals which take place on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August. Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Weekend tickets (which also include camping) are priced at £175, and day tickets are priced at £70 for any day (and do not include camping).

All ticket options for Reading Festival have sold out.

To buy Leeds Festival day tickets for Friday, or Saturday, click here.



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