Carling Stage at Reading & Leeds

Ladytron, The Go! Team, Echo & the Bunnymen, and more

By Neil Greenway | Published: Tue 24th May 2005

Reading Festival 2005

Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August 2005
Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, England MAP
£125 for weekend (including camping) - SOLD OUT, £60 any day
Daily capacity: 55,000

The Carling Stage has been announced for this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals.

At Reading on the Friday, and Leeds on the Saturday are Ladytron, Charlotte Hatherley, Saul Williams, The National, Mando Diao, The Paddingtons, We Are Scientists, The Blood Arm, Cherubs, Two Gallants, and The Rogers Sisters.

At Reading on the Saturday, and Leeds on the Sunday are The Go! Team, The Raveonettes, Sleater Kinney, The Caesars, Yeti, Dogs, Arctic Monkeys, Mystery Jets, 747's, Clor, and Neon.

At Reading on the Sunday, and Leeds on the Friday are Echo and the Bunnymen, Adam Green, Dresden Dolls, Engineers, Amusement Parks On Fire, Komakino, Towers Of London, The Rifles, Battle, Every Move A Picture, Young Offenders Institute, Boy Kill Boy, and Forward Russia.

The line-ups for both festivals include the headliners of Pixies, Foo Fighters, and Iron Maiden, along with The Killers, Kings of Leon, Marilyn Manson, Queens of the Stone Age, Razorlight, Incubus, and many more. For the full confirmed line-ups to date, click here for Reading and here for Leeds. Many more bands will be announced over the coming weeks, for a total of six stages.

The Reading and Leeds Festivals both take place from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th August, with Reading festival at Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds festival at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Weekend tickets and day tickets for both Reading and Leeds Festival are sold out.



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