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Huge line-up for Reading/Leeds

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England’s favourite simultaneous festivals return this August with a GFC-defying bill. Held on dual sites over the bank holiday weekend, Reading and Leeds are traditionally graced by the most bombastic bands in the business.

2009 it seems will be no different. In an increasingly rare coup, Radiohead is set to headline the Sunday at Reading. Top billing on the other nights go to recent Australian visitors Kings Of Leon and Arctic Monkeys.

Elsewhere throughout the weekend there’s the usual battalion of festival sure-things: Kaiser Chiefs, Placebo, The Prodigy, Bloc Party and Yeah Yeah Yeahs among them. Sunday at Reading is traditionally reserved for the harder-hitting names (past years have championed Iron Maiden, Nine Inch Nails and Metallica ), but this time round the mood will be mellower with Thom and co. bringing it home.

READING/LEEDS LINE-UP SO FAR

Reading Friday/Leeds Sunday

Kings Of Leon
Kaiser Chiefs
Placebo
Fall Out Boy
Deftones
Funeral For A Friend

Reading Saturday/Leeds Friday

Arctic Monkeys
The Prodigy
Maximo Park
Ian Brown
The Courteeners
Enter Shikari
Eagles Of Death Metal

Reading Sunday/Leeds Saturday

Radiohead
Bloc Party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Vampire Weekend
Brand New

NME/Radio 1 Stage

Gossip
Glasvegas
Jamie T
AFI
White Lies
Friendly Fires
Gallows
The Maccabees
Florence And The Machine
The Gaslight Anthem

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Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 31st Mar, 2009

I wonder if Deftones will wheel out Chi in his hospital bed and strap a bass on.

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 31st Mar, 2009

time for me to get my shit together and get tickets..

i_have_ADD

i_have_ADD said on the 31st Mar, 2009

jizz. in. my. pants.

Adshoey

Adshoey said on the 31st Mar, 2009

wow.... radiohead.... wow....

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 31st Mar, 2009

fuck i think ive missed out already

weekend tickets are camping right?

brittles

brittles said on the 31st Mar, 2009

Fuck I had so much fun at this festival. I want to do it again.

throwoff

throwoff said on the 31st Mar, 2009

Yeah tickets were a slut to get. Got through to where I put my cc details in and it told me it was sold out. well weekend tiks were anyway

ionecoe

ionecoe said on the 31st Mar, 2009

The whole thing looks awesome and I'm really liking the NME/Radio 1 Stage too!

Dexter Ramone

Dexter Ramone said on the 31st Mar, 2009

You can still buy day passes etc.

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 31st Mar, 2009

It rejected my order for leeds, reading was sold out, I think it might have been the AU postal address or phone number... or leeds was sold out as well

farkkkk

Should have had my mailing address setup in the UK yonks ago!

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 31st Mar, 2009

shoulda
coulda
woulda

just go watch the presets "farewell" gig instead.

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 31st Mar, 2009

mmm I'll just have to scalp some off ebay or similar...

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 31st Mar, 2009

Fuck yeah, got mine in a ticket+ coach package, even tho the normal weekend tickets had sold out

For reading too! which is my preferred one..

scarypowers

scarypowers said on the 31st Mar, 2009

fuck i want to go to this !!!!

throwoff

throwoff said on the 31st Mar, 2009

Thanks for the heads up anxious0. I also just grabbed tickets.

dogmongler

dogmongler said on the 1st Apr, 2009

when radiohead is the band i most want to see on that lineup (i'm not a particularly big radiohead fan) something is wrong

Thommo

Thommo said on the 1st Apr, 2009

have secured tickets to leeds for the saturday and sunday.

Should be a good couple of months with glasto and leeds!

Dexter Ramone

Dexter Ramone said on the 1st Apr, 2009



I've seen every band on the lineup bar 1 I think.

EDIT: no I lied, Haven't seen Courteneers or Friendly fires either.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 2nd Apr, 2009

I've seen every band on the lineup bar 1 I think.

EDIT: no I lied, Haven't seen Courteneers or Friendly fires either.

I am with you there, haven't seen Glasvegas either, this is a lineup that so far I wouldn't go out of my way for. Radiohead are the damn tits though, I am glad I saw them when I did last year. Looks like they will never venture back to Australia.

lost_my_muse

lost_my_muse said on the 2nd Apr, 2009

Saving my Quid for Rebellion in Blackpool. Very excited. (would have liked to have seen Gallows live tho)

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 23rd Apr, 2009

Faith No More self confirmed via their website for the friday of reading and sunday of leeds, i'm waiting on the lockup stage announcement next week :D

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 23rd Apr, 2009

Oh my god, the Splendour lineup sucks in comparison to this one.

WTF?!?
ROFLBBQFTW!

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 23rd Apr, 2009



everything sucks compared to this one!

or at least it will once everything is announced

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 23rd Apr, 2009

It is rather good, I'm liking Rock Werchter the most though at the moment though.

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 28th Apr, 2009

Lockup stage announcement came out this morning,

Pretty sure I'm not moving from it on friday! Caddies and streetlight!


* Billy Talent
* Anti-Flag
* Alexisonfire
* The Bouncing Souls
* Leftover Crack
* The Aggrolites
* Streetlight Manifesto
* Fake Problems
* The Riverboat Gamblers
* The Flatliners
* The Ghost Of A Thousand
* The Plight


* Rise Against
* Thursday
* The Bronx
* Mad Caddies
* Rival Schools
* Set Your Goals
* Snuff
* Municipal Waste
* A Wilhelm Scream
* Chuck Ragan
* Polar Bear Club
* The Computers



No Rancid :| but I'll hunt them down and catch them somewhere else I guess

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 28th Apr, 2009

The Fool said that Rancid are locked in for BDO 2010.

anxious0

anxious0 said on the 28th Apr, 2009



along with Faith No More, Paul McCartney, Morrissey and every other artist mentioned on these forums in the last few months..?