Reading/Leeds line-up announced

The line-ups for the Reading and Leeds Festivals has been announced.

On the Main Stage there's Linkin Park and Blink 182 (Reading Friday; Leeds Saturday): Blur and The White Stripes (Reading Saturday; Leeds Sunday): Metallica and System of a Down (Reading Sunday; Leeds Friday).

As well as the above, the following list of bands are also appearing on one of the six stages over the three days: Sum 41, Beck, Placebo, Doves, The Streets, Elbow, The Music, Courtney Love, Good Charlotte, The Polyphonic Spree, The Datsuns, AFI, The Mars Volta, Hundred Reasons, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Cooper Temple Clause and many more (to be announced over the coming weeks). For the full list of confirmed bands, as well as rumours, click here for Reading and here for Leeds.

As you can see, the headline acts are just as we told you on Friday last week. Don't trust inferior websites that bring you the wrong information!

Reading Festival takes place as usual at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Rd, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Temple Newsam Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Both events happen between Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th August 2003.

To buy tickets for Reading Festival click here.

To buy tickets for Leeds Festival click here.

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