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Reading/Leeds Line-Up Announced - Deja Vu?

by Andrew Future
Artists: Green Day, The White Stripes, The Darkness, Morrissey

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Libertines - AF 2
The line-up for this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals has been partially announced. It’s time to party like it’s August 2002.

Confirmed so far: The Darkness, The Offspring, Ash, The Hives (Friday Reading/Saturday Leeds), White Stripes, Morrissey, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand (Saturday Reading/Sunday Leeds) with Green Day and 50 Cent (Sunday Reading/Friday Leeds). Other confirmations include Lostprophets and The Streets.

The Carling Weekend Reading and Leeds Festival takes place over the weekend of August 27-29 at Richfield Avenue, Reading and Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire. Tickets cost £105 (weekend) or £45 (day), plus booking fee, and postage. Only weekend tickets include camping.

Only two of the acts announced so far (50 Cent and Morrissey) have NOT played at the event in recent years. The regular soap opera of confirmations and cancellations is expected to follow over the coming months.

Multi-platinum selling rapper 50 Cent, was caught out at the recent Brit Awards after sending his security to sort out someone nearby who was teasing him. It turned out to be famed gangster, Dave Courney. Upon realizing that it was Mr. Courtney (who owns the security firm they work for), the guards greeted the London murderer and left him alone.

DiScuss: Is there a sense of déjà vu about this line-up? Who do you want to play Reading and Leeds? What did you think of the new Leeds site? What improvements can be made for a better event this year?


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  • Reading/Leeds Line-Up Announced - Deja Vu?

    My god, thank christ for the smaller stages. I always go to reading cos its a laugh whoever plays but a nice lineup always helps. Doesnt look too good so far. Bit of Moz will be nice but The Libertines AGAIN, The Offspring AGAIN I wouldnt mind if any of them deserved to play Reading the first time round ...but they didnt. Cunts.

    50 Cent..like thats actually real hiphop. Bring on a bit of J5 or DJ Format
    thehardcoreandthegentle | 29 Mar '04, 12:21 | Reply

    • Reading/Leeds Line-Up Announced - Deja Vu?

      Oh my god that's such a shit line-up!
      Last year's was so much better!
      I have to think really hard about whether I'm going to go this year.
      I mean, is it really worth it? All the bands are rubbish!
      -Raz- | 29 Mar '04, 12:27 | Reply

      • Re: Reading/Leeds Line-Up Announced - Deja Vu?

        I'm sure there'll be some Oliveri and Homme action.
        And maybe some Pj Harvey in the early afternoon.
        And praps even some Sonic Youth specialness.
        Praps some Weezer?
        Dashboard? Saves the Day? thisGIRL? Funeral? Ikara? Amen?
        Bobby Conn? Bright Eyes (tho he's meant to be doing Glasto!)? Beck (again!)? Courtney Love?
        And I'd be surprised if Muse and Idlewild don't put in appearances. Well, I'd be more surprised if they announced Explosions in the Sky headlining the new bands tent, but stranger things have happened...

        It'll all depend who announces comeback albums for October time. And then any unlikely bands who hit the top40 between now and July, that don't get snapped up by other fests.

        It does feel like the same bands every year tho. Maybe they should revert back to letting the headliners pick and invite bands onto the bills a la ATP? And then make the other stages even bigger and better.

        Dreeeee-eeee-eam... dream, dream, dream...
        sean | 29 Mar '04, 12:35 | Reply
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