Reading and Leeds confirm Serj Tankian, and A Day To Remember

A Day To Remember, Serj Tankian, Wild Beasts, and Girls are amongst the latest acts announced for this year's Reading, and Leeds festivals.

New additions for the main stage line-up for Friday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds Festival are A Day To Remember, and Young Guns. Saturday at Reading and Friday at Leeds sees Mystery Jets, The Futureheads, and The Walkmen take to the stage. With Thrice, and Motion City Soundtrack appearing on Sunday at Reading and Saturday at Leeds Festival.

Saturday at Reading and Friday at Leeds Serj Tankian will appear as special guest on the Radio 1/NME stage. Also playing on Friday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds are Girls, New Young Pony Club, and Frankie And The Heartstrings. With Surfer Blood, and Wild Beasts confirmed to appear on Sunday at Reading and Saturday at Leeds Festival.

Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire, and Blink 182 headline the twin festivals. Also appearing on the main stage over the weekend are special guests The Libertines on Saturday. The line-up also includes Queens Of The Stone Age, Biffy Clyro, Lostprophets, Nofx, Gogol Bordello, Billy Talent, Dizzee Rascal, The Cribs, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem, Paramore, Weezer, Cypress Hill, Limp Bizkit, You Me At Six, All Time Low, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, Mumford & Sons, Delphic, Yeasayer, The Big Pink, Two Door Cinema Club, Pendulum, Enter Shikari, Crystal Castles, Frank Turner, Klaxons, We Are Scientists, Foals, Band Of Horses, Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), and The Drums.

There are still lots more names to be announced as well as the full line up for the Lock-Up Stage, Dance Stage, Festival Republic Stage, BBC Introducing Stage and the Alternative Stage. More announcements will follow soon.

The festivals will feature a full line-up of over 150 acts over the weekend on six stages. For the line-up details, stage splits, days where available, and the latest rumours please click here for Reading and here for Leeds.

Tickets were priced at £180 for a weekend ticket and have sold out. Day tickets for all three days at Leeds, and Friday or Saturday at reading are still available. There are also early bird Wednesday entry and coach tickets available. Day tickets are priced at £75.

To buy tickets - click here.

Festival organisers are warning ticket buyers to NOT use the site www.reading-leedsfestival.com it is a fake ticket seller. Make sure any tickets you buy are legitimate. eFestivals always links to official ticket outlets (and doesn't host adverts for unofficial outlets unlike other festival websites!) so you can be sure that any ticket bought via eFestivals will get you into the festival of your choice. Do not purchase tickets from unofficial or secondary ticket outlets or auction sites as they often are unable to supply the tickets, and might not even give you a refund - there's lots of dodgy operators out there!

Children under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note there is no separate children's area at this event, and eFestivals considers this an event not really suitable for small children.

As with previous years organisers Festival Republic are keen to encourage festival goers to respect the local residents and the environment, and to encourage everyone to leave their cars at home.

Reading Festival takes place on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th August at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, with the sister event, Leeds Festival, taking place the same weekend at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

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