August 27, 2006 14:37

Indie stars party backstage at Leeds

A Premiership footballer puts in a guest appearance too

Kaiser Chiefs and Yeah Yeah Yeahs partied into the early hours with Franz Ferdinand at the Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival backstage party last night (August 26).

Premiership footballer Joey Barton got into the groove alongside a multitude of indie stars for the aftershow bash, which was held to celebrate Franz Ferdinand’s two headlining sets at this year's events.

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson danced with Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, whilst Alex Kapranos and Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix enjoyed several glasses of champagne.

Meanwhile, Manchester City midfielder Barton strutted round, apparently wearing make-up, just hours after scoring a match-winning penalty against Arsenal.

Stay tuned to NME.COM/festivals for full coverage from both sites of the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals including news, pictures and blogs, and check out next week's issue of NME out August 30 for the ultimate festival review.