Marina & the Diamonds, Ash, British Sea Power, & more for Reading & Leeds

Reading Festival, happening at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival, at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, both happening on from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th August - have announced the acts for the Festival Republic Stage.

Playing at Reading on the Friday and at Leeds on the Sunday are: Marina and the Diamonds, The Sunshine Underground, Blood Red Shoes, Adam Green, Warpaint, Avi Buffalo, Egyptian Hip Hop, Pulled Apart By Horses, Summer Camp, Funeral Party, Harlem, The Cheek, and Gaggle.

Playing at Reading on the Saturday and at Leeds on the Friday are: Ash, Atari Teenage Riot, The Black Angels, Fight Like Apes, Giggs, Darwin Deez, Chapel Club, Villagers, Alberta Cross, I Blame Coco, Freelance Whales, Chief, Yuck, and The Crookes.

Playing at Reading on the Sunday and at Leeds on the Saturday are: British Sea Power, Caribou, One Night Only, Minus the Bear, Tame Impala, The Like, Free Energy, Fools Gold, General Fiasco, Sound Of Guns, Foxy Shazam, Goldhawks, and Kassidy.

Also newly confirmed are The Joy Formidable, who will perform on the Radio1/NME Stage, at Reading on the Sunday and at Leeds on the Saturday. Miike Snow have disappeared off the line-ups.

Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire, and Blink 182 headline both festivals. Also appearing on the main stage over the weekend are 'special guests' The Libertines - at Reading on the Saturday, and at Leeds on the Friday.

The line-up also includes Queens Of The Stone Age, Biffy Clyro, Lostprophets, Nofx, Gogol Bordello, Billy Talent, Dizzee Rascal, The Cribs, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem, Paramore, Weezer, Cypress Hill, Limp Bizkit, You Me At Six, All Time Low, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, Mumford & Sons, Delphic, Yeasayer, The Big Pink, Two Door Cinema Club, Pendulum, Enter Shikari, Crystal Castles, Frank Turner, Klaxons, We Are Scientists, Foals, Band Of Horses, Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), and The Drums.

The festivals will feature a full line-up of over 150 acts over the weekend on six stages. For the line-up details, stage splits, days where available, and the latest rumours please click here for Reading and here for Leeds.

There are still more names to be announced for the BBC Introducing Stage, and the Alternative Stage. More announcements will follow soon.

Tickets were priced at £180 for a weekend ticket and have sold out. Day tickets for Friday and Sunday at Leeds, and Friday at Reading are still available. There are also early bird Wednesday entry and coach tickets available. Day tickets are priced at £75.

To buy tickets - click here.

Festival organisers are warning ticket buyers to NOT use the site www.reading-leedsfestival.com it is a fake ticket seller. Make sure any tickets you buy are legitimate. eFestivals always links to official ticket outlets (and doesn't host adverts for unofficial outlets unlike other festival websites!) so you can be sure that any ticket bought via eFestivals will get you into the festival of your choice. Do not purchase tickets from unofficial or secondary ticket outlets or auction sites as they often are unable to supply the tickets, and might not even give you a refund - there's lots of dodgy operators out there!

Children under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note there is no separate children's area at this event, and eFestivals considers this an event not really suitable for small children.

As with previous years organisers Festival Republic are keen to encourage festival goers to respect the local residents and the environment, and to encourage everyone to leave their cars at home.

Reading Festival takes place on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th August at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, with the sister event, Leeds Festival, taking place the same weekend at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

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