Reading and Leeds announce more bands
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By: Alex Lee Thomson
As Reading & Leeds announce their 20th line up sans sponsorship, we can rejoice - it seems that the label Carling will once again be associated with the substandard yeasty dog drool they call beer, rather than being virtually synonymous with live music.
This years line up has taken a turn for the metal with Rage Against The Machine, Metallica and... The Killers headlining. OK, well it's not completely metal, but maybe The Killers will use the slot to do all those Napalm Death covers they have definitely been itching to do.
These will be the only UK festival appearances from all three bands, so if you want to hear any three of these giant acts with the added slosh of wind, and the possible back drop of sun then get your tickets quick.
Headliners of the smaller stages include Manic Street Preachers Baby Shambles and the Cribs, but if we were you we'd head towards Dizzee Rascal, Queens of the Stone Age, Justice and Foals to get your kicks.
Though there are many more bands to be announced, bands confirmed so far include...
Friday 22nd August Leeds / Sunday 24th August Reading
MAIN STAGE
Metallica
Tenacious D
Slipknot
Feeder
Avenged Sevenfold
Dropkick Murphys
Alexisonfire
NME / RADIO 1
The Cribs
The Last Shadow Puppets
Conor Oberst
Pendulum
The Music
Hadouken
Lightspeed Champion
Yeasayer
Cajun Dance Party
Adam Green
DANCE AREANA
CSS
Simian Mobile Disco
Crystal Castles
Lethal Bizzle
The Whip
Chromeo
Saturday 23rd August Leeds/Friday 22nd August Reading
MAIN STAGE
Rage Against The Machine
Queens of the Stone Age
The Fratellis
The Enemy
Biffy Clyro
Serj Tankian
Dizzee Rascal
Taking Back Sunday
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
Anti Flag
NME / RADIO 1 STAGE
Babyshambles
The Wombats
Vampire Weekend
MGMT
Jack Penate
One Night Only
Be Your Own Pet
Make Model
Pete and the Pirates
LOCK UP STAGE
Less Than Jake
Goldfinger
Tiger Army
The Unseen
Pennywise
Sunday 24th August Leeds/Saturday 23rd August Reading
MAIN STAGE
The Killers
Bloc Party
The Raconteurs
Editors
We Are Scientists
Dirty Pretty Things
The Subways
British Sea Power
The Automatic
NME / RADIO 1 STAGE
Manic Street Preachers
Bullet For My Valentine
Justice
Foals
The Ting Tings
Mystery Jets
LOCK UP STAGE
Gallows
Alkaline Trio
Thrice
Flogging Molly
Cancer Bats
Set Your Goals
Fucked Up
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