April 28, 2009 9:41

Reading And Leeds Festivals: 24 more names added to bill

Line-ups for the August event expands

The Bronx, Billy Talent, Rise Against, Anti-Flag and Rival Schools are among 24 bands to have been added to the line-up of the Reading And Leeds Festivals.

The bands will play on the Lock-Up stage across two days of the festivals.

The festivals will be headlined by Kings Of Leon, Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys. It will take place on August 28-30.

The newly-announced full Lock-Up stage line-up at the Reading And Leeds Festivals will be:

READING FRIDAY (AUGUST 28)/ LEEDS SUNDAY (30)
Billy Talent
Anti-Flag
Alexisonfire
Bouncing Souls
Leftover Crack
The Aggrolites
Streetlight Manifesto
Fake Problems
Riverboat Gamblers
The Flatliners
Ghost Of 1000
The Plight

READING SATURDAY (29)/ LEEDS FRIDAY (28)
Rise Against
Thursday
The Bronx
Mad Caddies
Rival Schools
Set Your Goals
Snuff
Municipal Waste
A Wilhelm Scream
Chuck Ragan
Polar Bear Club
The Computers

The line-up for the rest of the stages so far is:

Main Stage

READING FRIDAY (AUGUST 28)/ LEEDS SUNDAY (30)
Kings Of Leon
Kaiser Chiefs
Placebo
Fall Out Boy
Deftones
Funeral For A Friend

READING SATURDAY (29)/ LEEDS FRIDAY (28)
Arctic Monkeys
The Prodigy
Maximo Park
Ian Brown
Courteeners
Enter Shikari
Eagles Of Death Metal

READING SUNDAY (30)/ LEEDS SATURDAY (29)
Radiohead
Bloc Party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Vampire Weekend
Brand New

NME/ Radio 1 Stage

READING FRIDAY (AUGUST 28)/ LEEDS SUNDAY (30)
Jamie T
Friendly Fires
Florence And The Machine

READING SATURDAY (29)/ LEEDS FRIDAY (28)
Gossip
Glasvegas
White Lies
The Maccabees

READING SUNDAY (30)/ LEEDS SATURDAY (29)
Lostprophets
AFI
Gallows
The Gaslight Anthem

Tickets for this year's bash are on sale now, to check ticket go to NME.COM/GIGS.

Plus see Notes From The Underground, NME’s punk rock blog, for more on the Lock-Up stage line-up.