aaamusic | On 19, Apr 2011

Having already revealed some of the biggest bands on the planet for this year’s Reading & Leeds Festivals, more acts have been confirmed to play at Europe’s biggest dual site, Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds. Held Friday 26th August – Sunday 28th August 2011, this is the most exciting weekend of music and fun held anywhere in the world.

On The Dance Stage we are very proud to announce the legendary UNKLE bringing a worldwide exclusive show under the guise of UNKLE Sounds, and the incredible SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO performing live. We have also confirmed the rest of the line-up for this stage and 10 more names for the NME/Radio 1 stage – see below.

Travelling between Reading and Leeds, these acts join our four headliners on the Main Stage: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, THE STROKES, PULP and MUSE. On the NME/Radio 1 Stage – BEADY EYE, JANE’S ADDICTION, 2 MANY DJ’S and THE STREETS top off a weekend of extraordinary artists covering a broad spectrum of music.

Many more names are still to be announced as well as the full line-up for the Lock-Up Stage, Festival Republic Stage, BBC Introducing Stage and The Alternative Stage. This is definitely the finest line-up you’ll find at any festival this summer at the most legendary event. Get your tent packed!

The line-up so far is:

Fri 26 Reading / Sat 27 Leeds     Sat 27 Reading / Sun 28 Leeds     Sun 28 Reading/ Fri 26 Leeds

Main Stage

My Chemical Romance                        The Strokes                                         Muse

Thirty Seconds to Mars                       Pulp                                                   Elbow

The Offspring                                    The National                                        Interpol

Deftones                                          Jimmy Eat World                                  Friendly Fires

Rise Against                                     Madness                                            Enter Shikari

Bring Me the Horizon                         Two Door Cinema Club                          The View

New Found Glory                             Seasick Steve                                     Frank Turner

The Blackout                                      The Pigeon Detectives                          Taking Back Sunday

Architects                                          The Joy Formidable                               We Are The Ocean

NME/R1 Stage

Beady Eye                                          Jane’s Addiction                                   2 Many DJs

White Lies                                          Crystal Castles                                     The Streets

Noah and the Whale                             Bombay Bicycle Club                             Death From Above 1979

The Vaccines                                        Glassjaw                                            Panic! At the Disco

Metronomy                                         Everything Everything                               Warpaint

Patrick Wolf                                            The Kills                                          Chapel Club

The Naked and Famous                            OFWGKTA                                         Cage The Elephant

Mona Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Best Coast

Miles Kane                                   Yuck                                               Fucked Up

Frankie and the Heartstrings           Funeral Party                                  Dananananaykroyd

Pulled Apart By Horses

THE DANCE/LOCK UP STAGE

UNKLE Sounds

Simian Mobile Disco (Live)

Sub Focus (live)

Nero (DJ set)

SBTRKT (DJ set)

Devlin

Crystal Fighters

Mount Kimbie

Does It Offend You, Yeah

Cold Cave

D/R/U/G/S

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE

The Horrors                                      The Midnight Beast                                    Peter Doherty

THE ALTERNATIVE STAGE

TIM MINCHIN – Reading Sunday & Leeds Saturday

LEE NELSON – Reading Saturday & Leeds Friday

RUSSELL KANE – Leeds Sunday

HENRY ROLLINS – Reading Friday & Leeds Saturday

MARK THOMAS – Reading Saturday & Leeds Friday

TICKETING INFO

Weekend tickets £192.50 plus booking fees • Day tickets Fri, Sat, Sun £82.50 plus booking fee • Early entry permits £15 • Weekend ticket prices include camping.

Tickets are strictly limited to a maximum of four per household for those booking by telephone or online and two per person for personal callers to walk in stores.

Credit Card line: 0870 060 3775 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0870 060 3775      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Or online at: www.festivalrepublic.com www.seetickets.com www.readingfestival.com www.leedsfestival.com

Selected HMV stores, wee websites for store listings.

Reading tickets can be bought at face value, in person when paid for in cash at the Reading Arts & Venues Box Office, The Hexagon.

Leeds tickets can be bought at face value, in person when paid for in cash at Leeds Visitor Centre. Also in person from Crash Records and Jumbo Records subject to booking fees.

Please note that picture ID/proof of address will be required at the time of booking. Tickets are subject to availability.

Limit of 2 per household/person for personal callers.

Children under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note there is no separate children’s area at this event.

For a full list of national and regional outlets please visit www.readingfestival.com www.leedsfestival.com