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Faith No More confirmed for Reading & Leeds

headlining the NME/Radio 1 Stage

By Scott Williams | Published:

Reading Festival 2009 - around the site (1)
Photo credit: Karen Williams


Faith No More have now been officially confirmed to headline the NME/Radio One Stage after the band had previously self confirmed they would be appearing at this year's Reading & Leeds Festivals back in April.

Mike Patton's rock-rap reunion will be playing on the Friday at Reading and the Sunday at Leeds.

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.

Reading Festival tickets have completely sold out. There are a few day tickets still available for Leeds on Friday, or Saturday priced at £70 for either day (and do not include camping).

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