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Reading & Leeds Line Up Confirmed: Muse, The Strokes & My Chemical Romance - Tickets
The initial line up for this year’s Reading & Leeds festivals have been revealed, with Muse, The Strokes and My Chemical Romance set to headline.

The initial line up for this year’s Reading & Leeds festivals have been revealed, with Muse, The Strokes and My Chemical Romance set to headline.
The bill is consistant with the leaked photo from earlier today, which also confirmed acts including Elbow, Pulp, Beady Eye, Interpol and Death From Above 1979 for the event.
Tickets for the events, taking place between August 26-28, are on sale now. Get your Reading tickets here and your Leeds tickets here.
The full 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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