Reading Festival '08

Line-up & rumours

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Fri 22nd Sat 23rd Sun 24th day TBC A to Z

All acts in Alphabetical order Adam Bloom Sun 24th, Alternative stage   Adam Green Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage Adam Hills Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   Al Pitcher Sun 24th, Alternative stage Alexisonfire Sun 24th, Main Stage Alistair Barrie Sun 24th, Alternative stage Alkaline Trio Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage All Time Low Sat 23rd, Festival Republic Stage Anti-flag Fri 22nd, Main Stage Anti-flag Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage Arnab Chanda Sat 23rd, Alternative stage Attack! Attack! day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Avenged Sevenfold Sun 24th, Main Stage Babyshambles Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage Barry Castagnola Fri 22nd, Alternative stage   Be Your Own Pet Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage   Beans on Toast Sun 24th, Alternative stage Biffy Clyro Fri 22nd, Main Stage Black Acid Fri 22nd, Festival Republic Stage Black Kids Fri 22nd, Festival Republic Stage Black Tide day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Blackhole Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage Bloc Party Sat 23rd, Main Stage Blood Red Shoes Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage Bombay Bicycle Club Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage Brendon Burns Sat 23rd, Alternative stage Bring Me The Horizon Sun 24th, Main Stage British Sea Power Sat 23rd, Main Stage Bullah The Most Dangerous Man In The World Sun 24th, Alternative stage   Bullet For My Valentine Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage Byron Vincent Fri 22nd, Alternative stage   Cage The Elephant Fri 22nd, Festival Republic Stage Cajun Dance Party Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage   Cancer Bats Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage Chris Hicks Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   Christian Reilly Sun 24th, Alternative stage Chromeo Sun 24th, Dance Stage Cole Parker Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   Collapsing Cities day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage Crystal Castles Sun 24th, Dance Stage CSS Sun 24th, Dance Stage Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Fri 22nd, Festival Republic Stage Darlings of the Splitscreen day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Digitalism Sun 24th, Dance Stage Dirty Pretty Things Sat 23rd, Main Stage   Dizzee Rascal Fri 22nd, Main Stage Does It Offend You, Yeah? Fri 22nd, Festival Republic Stage Doktor Cococola Mcdonalds Sun 24th, Alternative stage Dropkick Murphys Sun 24th, Main Stage Editors Sat 23rd, Main Stage Elliot Minor Sat 23rd, Festival Republic Stage Emmy the Great day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Esser day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Eureka Machines day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Fangs day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Feeder Sun 24th, Main Stage FF'ers day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Fight Like Apes day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Fighting With Wire day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Flashguns day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Flogging Molly Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage Florence + The Machine day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Foals Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage Fox Cubs day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Frank Turner Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage Friendly Fires day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Fucked Up Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage Future Of The Left Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage Gallows Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage General Fiasco day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage George Pringle Sat 23rd, Alternative stage Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Fri 22nd, Main Stage Glasvegas Sun 24th, Festival Republic Stage Goldfinger Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage H20 Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage   Hadouken! Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage Henry Rollins Sun 24th, Alternative stage Hexes Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage Hi Fi Handgrenades Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage Holy Fuck Sun 24th, Dance Stage Hugh Lennon Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   Hungry Ghosts day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage I Concur day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Ian Moore Fri 22nd, Alternative stage   Ida Maria day TBC, Festival Republic Stage In Case Of Fire day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Ipso Facto day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Jack Penate Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage Jarred Christmas Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Jason Rouse Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard Sat 23rd, Alternative stage Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage John Cooper Clarke Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Johnny Foreigner day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Jubilee day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Justice Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage   Kid iD day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Kids in Glass Houses Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage Late Of The Pier Fri 22nd, Festival Republic Stage Laura Dockrill (Dockers MC) Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Less Than Jake Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage Lethal Bizzle Sun 24th, Dance Stage Lightspeed Champion Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage Loqui day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Los Campesinos! day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Louis XIV day TBC, Festival Republic Stage   Lovvers day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Lucha Britannia Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   Make Model Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage   Manic Street Preachers Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage Metallica Sun 24th, Main Stage MGMT Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage Mindless Self Indulgence Sun 24th, Main Stage   MxPx Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage   Mystery Jets Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage Natty day TBC, Festival Republic Stage One Night Only Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage Our Fold day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Out From Animals day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Pendulum Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage Pennywise Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage Pete And The Pirates Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage Pete Johansson Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   Phill Jupitus Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Plain White T's Sun 24th, Main Stage Pulled Apart By Horses day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Queens of the Stone Age Fri 22nd, Main Stage Rage Against The Machine Fri 22nd, Main Stage Random Hand Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage Razmataz Lorry Excitement day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Red Light Company day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Rob Rouse Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Robin Ince Sat 23rd, Alternative stage Robots In Disguise Sun 24th, Dance Stage   Ross Sutherland Sat 23rd, Alternative stage Rufus Hound Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Santigold Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage Sean Walsh Sun 24th, Alternative stage   Seasick Steve Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage Sergeant day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Serj Tankian Fri 22nd, Main Stage Set Your Goals Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage Simian Mobile Disco Sun 24th, Dance Stage Situationists day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Skeletons day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Smash N' Grab Fri 22nd, Alternative stage   Stephen Lynch Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Steve Gribbin Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   Steve Weiner Fri 22nd, Alternative stage   Taking Back Sunday Fri 22nd, Main Stage Tenacious D Sun 24th, Main Stage   That Fucking Tank day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage The Audition Sat 23rd, Festival Republic Stage The Automatic Sat 23rd, Main Stage The Blackout Sat 23rd, Main Stage The Briggs Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage   The Cherry Cobb Cartel day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage The Cribs Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage The Death Set Sun 24th, Dance Stage The Duke Spirit Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage The Enemy Fri 22nd, Main Stage The Fratellis Fri 22nd, Main Stage The Gaslight Anthem Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage The Humour day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage The Killers Sat 23rd, Main Stage The Kills Sun 24th, Festival Republic Stage The King Blues Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage The Last People On Earth day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage The Last Shadow Puppets Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage The Loved Ones Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage   The Maybes? day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage The Metros Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage   The Music Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage   The New York Fund day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage   The Raconteurs Sat 23rd, Main Stage   The Rascals day TBC, Festival Republic Stage The Reverend Obidiah Steppenwolf Sat 23rd, Alternative stage   The Shoes Sun 24th, Dance Stage The Subways Sat 23rd, Main Stage The Teenagers day TBC, Festival Republic Stage The Ting Tings Sat 23rd, Radio 1/nme Stage The Unseen Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage The Whip Sun 24th, Dance Stage The Wombats Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage These New Puritans day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Thomas Tantrum day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Thrice Sat 23rd, Lock-Up Stage Tiger Army Fri 22nd, Lock-Up Stage Tiger Shadow day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Tim Clare Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Trevor Lock Fri 22nd, Alternative stage Tripwires day TBC, BBC Introducing Stage Twisted Wheel day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Vampire Weekend Fri 22nd, Radio 1/nme Stage We Are Scientists Sat 23rd, Main Stage White Lies day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Wild Beasts day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Wiley Sun 24th, Festival Republic Stage XX Teens day TBC, Festival Republic Stage Yeasayer Sun 24th, Radio 1/nme Stage Yianni Agisilaou Sun 24th, Alternative stage   You Me At Six day TBC, Festival Republic Stage