Lock Up Stage line-up announced for Reading and Leeds

The full line-up for the Lock Up Stage at the twin Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festivals has been announced.

The stage has now been expanded to cover two days and will host 20 bands. Sick of it all will headline the stage at Reading on the Friday and Leeds on the Saturday. Reel Big Fish will headline the second day, playing on the Saturday at Reading and the Sunday at Leeds.

Other acts confirmed to play the Lock Up Stage on the Friday at Reading/Saturday at Leeds include Thursday, Bouncing Souls, Rise Against, Boysetsfire, Bleeding Through, Lightyear, and Send More Paramedics.

Playing on the Saturday at Reading/Sunday at Leeds are Anti Flag, Millencolin, Alexisonfire, Hawthorne Heights, Against Me!, Capdown, The Bled, Paramore, Captain Everything!, and Adequate Seven.

Also newly confirmed to play the Main Stage are Bullet for my Valentine who will be playing Reading on the Sunday and Leeds on the Friday.

They join a line-up that includes Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Pearl Jam, Kaiser Chiefs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arctic Monkeys, The Streets, Feeder, Placebo, My Chemical Romance, Slayer, Primal Scream, The Raconteurs, Maximo Park, Dizzee Rascal, Coheed & Cambria, The Rakes, and loads more, with many more still to be confirmed. For the full line-up to date, click here for Reading or here for Leeds. There's much more still to be announced, with The Lock-up Stage to be announced on Tuesday 30th May.

Tickets are on sale, but all weekend tickets are sold out. Day tickets cost £60 for any day (no camping) at either Reading or Leeds. The Saturday at Reading and the Friday at Leeds have both sold out but there are still tickets available for the other days.

To buy, click here.

The Carling Weekend: Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and The Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Both festivals happen on Friday 25th to Sunday 27 August.

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