Reading Festival 2009 Line-up And Rumours

Reading Festival 2009 - crowd @ Reel Big Fish
Photo credit: Neil Greenway

Reading Festival 2009

 Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August 2009
Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8EQ, England MAP
£175 for a weekend ticket, £70 a day ticket - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 55,000
Last updated: Tue 18th Aug 2009

(C) = Officially Confirmed, (SC) = Self Confirmed, (SR) = Strong Rumour, (R) = Rumour
(C) = Officially Confirmed, (SC) = Self Confirmed, (SR) = Strong Rumour, (R) = Rumour

Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) 3OH!3
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) 65daysofstatic
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) A Place To Bury Strangers
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) A Plastic Rose
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) A Wilhelm Scream
Sun 30th, Alternative Stage(C) Adam Buxton
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) AFI
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Alexisonfire
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Alexisonfire
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Amazing Baby
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Anti-flag
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) Arctic Monkeys
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Atreyu
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Baddies
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Bear Driver
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Bear Hands
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Billy Talent
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Black Lips
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) Bloc Party
day TBC, unknown stage(SC) Bloom
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Bombay Bicycle Club
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) Boney Black
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Bouncing Souls
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) Brand New
Sun 30th, Alternative Stage(C) Brendon Burns
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Bring Me The Horizon
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) British Intelligence
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Broadway Calls
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Broken Records
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) Chase & Status
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) Chip
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Chuck Ragan
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Come On Gang!
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) Courteeners
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Crystal Castles
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) D'nile
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Dananananaykroyd
Sun 30th, Alternative Stage(C) Daniel Townes
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) Das Pop
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) deadmau5
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Deftones
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Delphic
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Detroit Social Club
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Dinosaur Pile-Up
Sat 29th, Alternative Stage(C) Doug Stanhope
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) Eagles Of Death Metal
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Ellen and the Escapades
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) Enter Shikari
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Everything Everything
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Faith No More
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Fake Problems
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Fall Out Boy
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Fight Like Apes
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) Fightstar
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Florence + The Machine
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Frank Turner
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Friendly Fires
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) Frontiers
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Funeral For A Friend
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Gallows
Sat 29th, Alternative Stage(C) Gary Delaney (comedian)
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Glasvegas
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Go:Audio
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Golden Silvers
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) Goldheart Assembly
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Gossip
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Grammatics
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Hawk Eyes
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Hockey
Fri 28th, Alternative Stage(C) Holly Walsh
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Horse Guards Parade
Fri 28th, Alternative Stage(C) Hugh Lennon
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) Ian Brown
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) In Case Of Fire
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Jack Penate
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Jack's Mannequin
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Jamie T
Sat 29th, Alternative Stage(C) Jessica Delfino
Sun 30th, Alternative Stage(C) Junior Simpson
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Kaiser Chiefs
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Kasms
day TBC, unknown stage(SC) Kate Tempest
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) Kids in Glass Houses
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Kinch
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Kings of Leon
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Kutosis
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) L'Amour La Morgue
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) La Roux
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) Lady Sovereign
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Leftover Crack
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Lethal B
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Lightspeed Champion
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Little Boots
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Lostprophets
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Lovvers
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Mad Caddies
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Madina Lake
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Magistrates
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Manchester Orchestra
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) Mariachi El Bronx
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Marina and the Diamonds
Sat 29th, Alternative Stage(C) Mark Olver
Sat 29th, Alternative Stage(C) Markus Birdman
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Marmaduke Duke
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) Master Shortie
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Matt Abbott
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) Maximo Park
Fri 28th, Alternative Stage(C) MC Matt Read
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Metric
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Metronomy
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Middle Class Rut
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Middleman
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Milk White White Teeth
Sun 30th, Alternative Stage(C) Milton Jones
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Minnaars
Sun 30th, Alternative Stage(C) Mitch Benn
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) MSTRKRFT
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Municipal Waste
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) New Found Glory
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) Noah and the Whale
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Not Squares
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Our Fold
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Passion Pit
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Patrick Wolf
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Placebo
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Plugs
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Polar Bear Club
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Pulled Apart By Horses
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Punch & the Apostles
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) Radiohead
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Rise Against
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Rival Schools
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Riverboat Gamblers
day TBC, unknown stage(SC) Rout & Sgt Rolfy
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) Screaming Lights
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Set Your Goals
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Single File
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) Sixty Watt Bayonets
day TBC, unknown stage(SC) Smash & Grab DJs
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Snuff
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Soft Toy Emergency
Fri 28th, Main Stage(C) Sonic Boom Six
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Soulsavers featuring Mark Lanegan
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Spinnerette
Fri 28th, Alternative Stage(C) Stephen Grant
Fri 28th, Alternative Stage(C) Steve Gribben
Sat 29th, Alternative Stage(C) Steve Williams
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Streetlight Manifesto
Sun 30th, Alternative Stage(C) Stucky and Murray
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) Surprise...Fire
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Sweethead
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) The Aggrolites
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) The Airborne Toxic Event
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) The Big Pink
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) The Blackout
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) The Bronx
Sat 29th, Festival Republic Stage(C) The Chapman Family
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) The Computers
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) The Crystal Method
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) The Flatliners
Sun 30th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) The Gaslight Anthem
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) The Ghost Of A Thousand
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) The Horrors
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) The Hot Rats
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) The Joy Formidable
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) The Living Daylights
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) The Living End
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) The Maccabees
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) The Neat
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) The Old Romantic Killer Band
Fri 28th, Lock-Up Stage(C) The Plight
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) The Prodigy
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) The Qemists
Sat 29th, Main Stage(C) The Rakes
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) The Ruling Class
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) The Rumble Strips
Sun 30th, BBC Introducing(C) The Teeth
Fri 28th, Festival Republic Stage(C) The Temper Trap
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) The View
Fri 28th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) The Virgins
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) The xx
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) Them Crooked Vultures
Sat 29th, Lock-Up Stage(C) Thursday
Fri 28th, Alternative Stage(C) Tim Minchin
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) Titus Andronicus
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) To The Bones
Fri 28th, Alternative Stage(C) Tom Stade
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) Vampire Weekend
Sun 30th, Dance Tent(C) Vitalic
Fri 28th, BBC Introducing(C) What Makes You Beautiful
Sun 30th, Festival Republic Stage(C) White Denim
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) White Lies
Sat 29th, BBC Introducing(C) Wonderswan
Sun 30th, Main Stage(C) Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Sat 29th, Radio 1/NME Stage(C) You Me At Six

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