Reading & Leeds lineup updated, including BBC Introducing… stage
aaamusic | On 27, Jul 2011
BBC Introducing Stage line-up announced
Festival Republic have today confirmed the line-up for the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading & Leeds Festival. This stage showcases the very best brand new talent and is the fourth year both sites have enjoyed this popular stage.
The bands that play are chosen through a combination of the BBC’s countrywide Introducing shows, Leeds promoters Futuresound and festival promoters Festival Republic. In the past the likes of Everything Everything, Florence and The Machine, Pulled Apart By Horses and Dinosaur Pile Up have made their debuts at Reading & Leeds on this stage, giving them a powerful platform to move onto greater things.
Several bands have gained their place at the festival through winning highly fought competitions including The Mexanines who were worthy champions of Martin House’s battle of the bands – the Centre Stage competition.
We are very proud to welcome the return of the influential and innovative Leeds-based record label Dance To The Radio, who will be hosting our very special ‘Welcome To Leeds’ party on Thursday 25th August. The label welcomes Young Knives, Dog Is Dead, We Are Losers, Runaround Kids and Blacklisters. Don’t miss this great opener to the weekend.
The Reading & Leeds Festival is held on 26th – 28th August 2011 at Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds. The full line-up and further information can be found at www.readingfestival.com / www.leedsfestival.com
BBC INTRODUCING STAGE
A Genuine Freakshow * Anguish Sandwich * Arthur Rigby And The Baskervylles
Black Diamond Bay * The Bronze Medal * Castrovalva * Circles * Clock Opera
Courage Have Courage * Cuba Cuba * Daughter * Discopolis * Don Broco * Funeral Suits
Ham Sandwich * Heart-Ships * The Kill Van Kulls * Kirk Spencer * The Mexanines * Milk Maid
The Minutes * The Original Rude Boys * Rae Morris * Rainy Boy Sleep * Save Your Breath
The Simon Pollard Band * Spector * These Furrows * This Boy Wonders
Tomahawks For Targets * The Winchell Riots
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 2manydjs
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 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Descendents
Simian Mobile Disco (Live) King Blues Flogging Molly
Sub Focus (live) The Bronx special guests
Nero (DJ set) Capdown Face to Face
SBTRKT (DJ set) Leftover Crack Hot Water Music
Devlin Comeback Kid Bedouin Soundclash
Crystal Fighters Boysetsfire Off!
Mount Kimbie Street Dogs The Black Pacific
Does It Offend You, Yeah letlive. The Menzingers
Cold Cave Teenage Bottlerocket Your Demise
D/R/U/G/S Title Fight Spy Catcher
Sharks Fighting Fiction
THE ALTERNATIVE STAGE
Henry Rollins * Lee Nelson * Mark Thomas * Russell Kate * Tim Minchin
Abandoman * Al Pitcher * Andrew O’Neill * Brigitte Aphrodite * Craig Campbell
Danny McLoughlin * Daniel Sloss * Dave Twentyman (MC)
Dead Cat Bounce * Dizraeli * Doc Brown * Dry The River * Fight For Your Right Revisited – Beastie Boys (film) * Future Cinema with Guillemots * Future Disco * Gar Murran * Goldierocks Jimmy McGhie * Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit * Josh Widdicombe
Late Night Gimp Fight * Mark Watson * Marlon Davis * Mike Bubbins * Nirvana 92 Live at Reading (film) * Pete and the Pirates * PJ Harvey Shorts (film) * Popcorn Comedy * Rob Rouse
Roisin Conaty * Saul Williams * Seann Walsh * Stephen Grant (MC) * Stephen Williams
Steve Hughes * The Petebox * The Rubberbandits * Tom Deacon * Tom Wrigglesworth Transgressive Records
FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE
The Horrors The Midnight Beast Peter Doherty
Digitalism Rival Schools Viva Brother
Tom Vek And So I Watch You From Afar Ed Sheeran
White Denim Little Roy Young Legionnaire
Anna Calvi Smith Westerns CocknBullKid
The Antlers Cloud Control Twin Atlantic
Foster The People Cults Fight Like Apes
Cerebral Ballzy Mariarchi El Bronx Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Dry The River Grouplove Little Comets
Royal Bangs Tribes Dutch Uncles
The Computers Big Deal Nightbox
Islet Young The Giant Flats
Mini Mansions She Keeps Bees Romance
