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Reading And Leeds Line-Up Leak: MCR, Strokes & Muse To Headline?
An image appears to reveal the festival’s initial bill, set to be announced later today.

A photo of the line-up for this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals has been posted online, apparently taken from this week’s Kerrang! magazine.
In it, the three headliners are shown as My Chemical Romance, The Strokes and Muse, with further notable appearances from Pulp, Elbow and Thirty Seconds To Mars.
The line-up is due to be announced officially this evening, with tickets on sale from 7.15pm onwards.
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The full leaked line up reads:
FRIDAY (Reading) / SATURDAY (Leeds)
Main Stage:
My Chemical Romance
30 Seconds To Mars
The Offspring
Deftones
Rise Against
Bring Me The Horizon
New Found Glory
The Blackout
Architects
NME / Radio 1 Stage:
Beady Eye
White Lies
Noah & The Whale
The Vaccines
Metronomy
Patrick Wolf
The Naked And Famous
Festival Republic Stage:
The Horrors
SATURDAY (Reading) / SUNDAY (Leeds)
Main Stage:
The Strokes
Pulp
The National
Jimmy Eat World
Madness
Two Door Cinema Club
Seasick Steve
The Pigeon Detectives
The Joy Formidable
NME / Radio 1 Stage:
Jane’s Addiction
Crystal Castles
Bombay Bicycle Club
Special Guests
Everything Everything
The Kills
OFWGKTA
Festival Republic Stage:
The Midnight Beast
SUNDAY (Reading) / FRIDAY (Leeds)
Main Stage:
Muse
Elbow
Interpol
Friendly Fires
Enter Shikari
The View
Frank Turner
Taking Back Sunday
We Are The Ocean
NME / Radio 1 Stage:
2manydjs
The Streets
Death From Above 1979
Panic! At The Disco
Warpaint
Chapel Club
Cage The Elephant
Festival Republic Stage:
Peter Doherty
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