NME Festival Guide 2008
Reading & Leeds Festival

CSS and The Ting Tings among 53 bands added to Reading And Leeds Festivals bill

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Crystal Castles, Lightspeed Champion and Simian Mobile Disco also added

The Ting Tings,CSS and Lightspeed Champion have just been added to the Reading And Leeds Festivals line-up.

The aforementioned bands, plus Crystal Castles and Simian Mobile Disco, are among 53 acts who have been confirmed to play at the event today (April 28).

The festival takes place on August 22-24 on the two sites.

The new line-up additions are:

Reading, Friday August 22/Leeds, Saturday August 23

NME/Radio One Stage: Jack Penate, Be Your Own Pet, One Night Only, The Duke Spirit, Blood Red Shoes, Make Model

The Lock Up Stage: Less Than Jake, Pennywise, Goldfinger, The Unseen, H2O, Frank Turner, The Loved Ones, Hexes

Reading, Saturday August 23/Leeds, Sunday August 24

Main Stage: British Sea Power, The Automatic

NME/Radio One Stage: Seasick Steve, The Ting Tings, Mystery Jets, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Kids In Glass Houses, Santogold, Bombay Bicycle Club

Lock Up Stage: Gallows, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, Flogging Molly, MXPX, Cancer Bats, Set Your Goals, King Blues, Fucked Up, The Gaslight Anthem, Hi Fi Hand Grenade, Random Hand

Reading, Sunday August 24/Leeds, Friday August 22


The Main Stage: Alexisonfire

NME/Radio One Stage: The Music, Hadouken!, Lightspeed Champion, Cajun Dance Party, Adam Green, Yeasayer, The Metros

Dance Stage: CSS, Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco, Chromeo, Crystal Castles, Lethal Bizzle, Holy Fuck, The Whip, Robots In Disguise, The Shoes

You can read about the surprise set Lightspeed Champion has lined up in the new edition of NME, available on Wednesday (April 30).

Comments (14)

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acedrums 

Apr 28, 2008

wow pretty shitty additions. Seasick Steve, and Mystery Jets (thanks to Laura Marling) are about the only interesting people added. I want Band Of Horses god dammit!!

skybluepancho 

Apr 28, 2008

at the moment, im favouringthe glastonbury line up.- no Jamie T- no Courteeners- no Pigeon Detectives- no Maccabeesaren't DIOYY? from reading.one of the most exciting new bands around,hometown festival, and there not playing.im still waiting to be blown out of the water.

cultureslut87 

Apr 28, 2008

King Blues! Frank Turner! Crystal Castles! Alkaline Trio! Lightspeed Champion! Flogging Molly! Less Than Jake! CSS! This should be a good summer what with this and Glastonbury as well, fantastic!

chinarecliner 

Apr 28, 2008

Long live The Music!!!

nicocifu 

Apr 28, 2008

OMG I LOVE THE CSS AND THE THIN THINGS

placeboi 

Apr 29, 2008

pretty bad additions, but didn't expect better seeing as the starting line up was so incredible.

Del Gland 

Apr 29, 2008

Some interesting additions here. Great to see The Music alive and kicking again and an interesting Dance lineup.Gallows deserve the headline slot and surely Frank Turner is destined to be one of the highlights of the weekend (as long as he doesn't get drowned out by the sound from the Main Stage).Anyway, Rage are back and that is all that matters!

thompaz 

Apr 29, 2008

The Music Are awesome!now i get to see em twice this summer :)

XWarning112 

Apr 29, 2008

In regard to Does It Offend You Yeah? and Band Of Horses, there's a good chance they will be on the BBC Introducing Stage. Our Dance Tent is better than Creamfields. Nothing else to say there.

deadly 

Apr 29, 2008

Some good additions seeing that the headliners are shite! Shame no Courteeners and Pete and the pirates ( as yet I suppose...they are a Reading band!) When do they announce the new bands tent?? I assume its not Carling any more, hopefully some good stufff there.

XWarning112 

Apr 29, 2008

BBC Introducing Stage should be announced in 3 to 4 weeks time. Expected names include Late Of The Pier, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Pete And The Pirates, Black Kids, Ebony Bones, Metronomy, I Was A Cub Scout and many more.

frankiewno1 

Apr 29, 2008

I think the bands XWarning12 said would be ace. I am also looking desperately for The Courteeners, thought they might get a job headlining the Carling but im not so sure anymore, im thinking they will play NME tent but I think they'll play with Leeds being one of the closest festivals near home....need some more Mancs there!

danslog 

Apr 30, 2008

this fastival is pretty awsome. pretty awsome additions to. Perfect

Polly,, 

May 12, 2008

Where's The Kills?Still pretty damn good, not a patch on last year though.

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