2013 Lineup

[Gucci Piggy]

I think:

The Prodigy

Queens of the Stone Age

The Killers

Mumford and Sons

Blur

Jack White

I want:

Biffy Clyro

Jack White

Pearl Jam

Queens of the Stone Age

Blur

Bloc Party

[Andre91]

Biffy Clyro

The Prodigy

The Killers

Mumford & Sons

Blur

Bloc Party

NME: The XX, Franz Ferdinand, Deadmau5

[LondonTom]

Mumford & Sons

BIffy Clyro

[gazza_20]

Can't see that at all, while Mumford are bigger and wouldn't sub Biffy..this just doesn't seem right.

[gazza_20]

I think:

The Prodigy

Queens of the Stone Age

The Killers

Mumford and Sons

Blur

Jack White

[Say Indie]

OOO Yeah ! ,, Jack White - Raconteurs

The strokes

Bombay Bicycle club

Mumford & Sons

Pete And The pirates (New Album)

[GuitarManDan15]

I'm pretty sure I remember John Giddings saying on the IOW forums that he asked Mumford to play and they said no as they don't like the way festivals operate and would rather do their own touring festival.

I know money talks but they are probably popular enough to sell plenty of tickets off their own back. Apparently when they supported arcade fire at hyde park a lot of people were there just to see mumford and sons.

Festivals are easy money but if you dont like them you don't have to do them when you have the pulling power that they do

[Mouseboy11]

It does confuse me as to have they've become so popular, maybe it's the accent.

[thetime]

It does confuse me as to have they've become so popular, maybe it's the accent.

[Mouseboy11]

No people just like them.

[rug568]

This is the most realistic one I've seen I think. Forget about Jack White. Blur are easily the biggest name there and Jack would probably respect them enough to sub them. Mumford into The Killers has been touted for a long time at R&L and T but only going to happen at one. The Prodigy heading over Biffy I think makes more sense, provided that the new record is as good as IMD. I can't see Mumford taking lower than Biffy, they out sold their entire catalogue on the 1st album I've read on here and sell more tickets. 3 o2 shows with ease is massive! and that's without arena's in various other places, enough to headline R&L. The whole we don't want to big as big as Oasis is just similar to how Kasabian drove themselves bigger in their own way but without the same arrogance.

[Gucci Piggy]

But you forget that just because they have sold loads of albums and sold out the o2 doesn't mean they are big enough to headline Reading necessarily. The people who bought those albums and the tickets won't all be in R/L's target audience, so they become irrelevant. I think Biffy are bigger among the target audience, and they have a far larger back catalogue. When was the last band to headline with two albums?

[thetime]

But you forget that just because they have sold loads of albums and sold out the o2 doesn't mean they are big enough to headline Reading necessarily. The people who bought those albums and the tickets won't all be in R/L's target audience, so they become irrelevant. I think Biffy are bigger among the target audience, and they have a far larger back catalogue. When was the last band to headline with two albums?

[rug568]

Razorlight, I think?

[Gucci Piggy]

And look what happened to them.

[rug568]

I wasn't backing him up, just answering your question. I don't think Mumfords should headline.

[Hucksy]

Want: Rage Against The Machine, Biffy Clyro, System Of A Down

Think:

Friday

Biffy Clyro

Mumford & Sons

Saturday

The Prodigy

Bloc Party

Sunday

Blur

Jack White

[thetime]

I wasn't backing him up, just answering your question. I don't think Mumfords should headline.

[VCK]

READING FRIDAY/LEEDS SATURDAY

MAIN STAGE

Biffy Clyro

Soundgarden

The Gaslight Anthem

Rise Against

Rancid

Steel Panther

Twin Atlantic

We Are The In Crowd

Pure Love

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

Friendly Fires

Howler

Cage The Elephant

Dry The River

DANCE STAGE

DJ Shadow

Benga

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE

Tegan And Sara

READING SATURDAY/LEEDS SUNDAY

MAIN STAGE

The Killers

Bon Iver

Noah & The Whale

White Lies

Miles Kane

Spector

The Joy Formidable

Patrick Wolf

Girls

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

Placebo

Bring Me The Horizon

Dog Is Dead

Super Furry Animals

LOCK-UP

Sublime With Rome

Pennywise

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE

Antlers

READING SUNDAY/LEEDS FRIDAY

MAIN STAGE

Blur

Jack White

Frank Turner

The Darkness

A Day To Remember

Tribes

Young Guns

The Skints

Silverstein

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

The XX

The Temper Trap

Jake Bugg

Alt-J

LOCK-UP

Dropkick Murphys

Sick Of It All

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE

Bush

Edited October 6, 2012 by VCK

[gazza_20]

But you forget that just because they have sold loads of albums and sold out the o2 doesn't mean they are big enough to headline Reading necessarily. The people who bought those albums and the tickets won't all be in R/L's target audience, so they become irrelevant. I think Biffy are bigger among the target audience, and they have a far larger back catalogue. When was the last band to headline with two albums?

[the wonderwhy]

READING FRIDAY/LEEDS SATURDAY

MAIN STAGE

Biffy Clyro

Soundgarden

The Gaslight Anthem

Rise Against

Rancid

Steel Panther

Twin Atlantic

We Are The In Crowd

Pure Love

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

Friendly Fires

Howler

Cage The Elephant

Dry The River

DANCE STAGE

DJ Shadow

Benga

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE

Tegan And Sara

READING SATURDAY/LEEDS SUNDAY

MAIN STAGE

The Killers

Bon Iver

Noah & The Whale

White Lies

Miles Kane

Spector

The Joy Formidable

Patrick Wolf

Girls

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

Placebo

Bring Me The Horizon

Dog Is Dead

Super Furry Animals

LOCK-UP

Sublime With Rome

Pennywise

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE

Antlers

READING SUNDAY/LEEDS FRIDAY

MAIN STAGE

Blur

Jack White

Frank Turner

The Darkness

A Day To Remember

Tribes

Young Guns

The Skints

Silverstein

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

The XX

The Temper Trap

Jake Bugg

Alt-J

LOCK-UP

Dropkick Murphys

Sick Of It All

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE

Bush

[rug568]

Yeah I know what you're saying about the target audience but if Mumford play, they play to a huge crowd. Loads of here were not wanting The Vaccines but their crowd was huge

[thetime]

I'm not denying they would get a big crowd. However the fact is whether you like it or not a lot of people buy tickets on the basis of the headliners, and I do not think there is demand for mumford to headline.

The Vaccines got a big crowd, so did the Hives and Kaiser Chiefs. Doesn't mean people would have been happy if the hives had headlined the NME or the Vaccines headlining the main stage.

[Chinaski_]

But you forget that just because they have sold loads of albums and sold out the o2 doesn't mean they are big enough to headline Reading necessarily. The people who bought those albums and the tickets won't all be in R/L's target audience, so they become irrelevant. I think Biffy are bigger among the target audience, and they have a far larger back catalogue. When was the last band to headline with two albums?

[rug568]

Looking back at previous headliners the likes of Razorlight, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Stereophonics, Linkin Park, Garbage, The Prodigy and even Nirvana have headlined off the back of two albums.The Strokes and The Darkness have headlined off one album!

Not that I want them to headline, but Mumford & Sons can easily headline and they would arguably be the biggest draw of the festival. I'd say they'd be no different to Linkin Park or The Killers headlining when they did.