more entertainment announced for Reading & Leeds

More acts and films have been announced for the line up for the The Alternative Stage at this year's Reading and Leeds festivals.

Joining the likes of Mark Thomas, Russell Kane, Tim Minchin, Henry Rollins, Lee Nelson, Mark Watson, Rubberbandits and Andrew O'Neill on the Alternative Stage bill are hip-hop rapper Dizraeli, and Tom Wrigglesworth appearing at Leeds on Friday, and Reading on Sunday, and Scots comic Rob Rouse appearing at Leeds on Friday and Reading on Saturday.

Confirmed to appear at Reading only on Friday is Stephen Williams, with Daniel Sloss appearing on Saturday.

Late night sleazy discotheque Future Disco will be coming to Leeds only to close Friday night with special guest DJs until the early hours. Also confirmed for Leeds on Friday is Mike Bubbins.

Leeds on Saturday hosts Dry The River, Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, Pete And The Pirates, Danny McLoughlin, and Deadcat Bounce.

Whilst on Sunday Abandoman, Gar Murran, Jimmy Mcghie, and Roisin Conaty will appear at Leeds.

A new collaboration from Future Cinema with Guillemots offers Leeds audiences on Thursday night a fusion of cinema and sound as the band play live to very special secret film. Ahead of the feature presentation, sister-organisation Future Shorts present a series of specially selected shorts from across the Globe including surreal Animations 'Bonefeather & Sam's Hot Dogs', music videos from REM & El Guincho, and much more.

Other films shown include 'Fight For Your Right Revisited' the Beastie Boys film showing at Leeds on Saturday and Reading on Sunday, the 'Nirvana 92 Live at Reading' film showing at Leeds on Friday, with the 'PJ Harvey Shorts' a series of films to accompany all 12 songs from her latest album 'Let England Shake' also showing at Leeds on Friday.

They join a line-up that includes headliners My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, and Pulp. Also confirmed are Thirty Seconds To Mars, The Offspring, Deftones, Rise Against, Bring Me The Horizon, New Found Glory, The National, Jimmy Eat World, Madness, Two Door Cinema Club, Seasick Steve, The Pigeon Detectives, The Joy Formidable, Elbow, Interpol, Friendly Fires, Enter Shikari, The View, Frank Turner, Taking Back Sunday, Beady Eye, White Lies, Noah and the Whale, The Vaccines, Metronomy, Patrick Wolf, The Naked & Famous, Jane's Addiction, Crystal Castles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Everything Everything, The Kills, 2manydjs, The Streets, Death From Above 1979, Panic At The Disco, Warpaint, Chapel Club, The Horrors, The Midnight Beast, and Peter Doherty, Mark Thomas, Tim Minchin, Henry Rollins, Lee Nelson, and more.

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, and rumours where available, please click here for Reading and here for Leeds.

Many more names are still to be announced as well as the full line-up for the BBC Introducing Stage.

The twin festivals take place on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August. Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

General sale tickets are now on sale, installment tickets have sold out. A weekend ticket is priced at £192.50, day tickets are priced at £82.50, Sunday at Reading has sold out. An early entry (Thursday) ticket is priced at £15, lockers are priced at £15, and a campervan pass is priced at £40. Over 18's wristband will be optional, but allow those that look young to not have to carry ID around all the time.

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Coach travel with combined festival tickets can also be purchased. To buy coach tickets for Reading, or Leeds, click here.

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!

Note: Tickets will not be on sale at the gate. There will be no box office of any kind. All tickets will be sent out to customers. Overseas customers will need to pick up tickets from The Hexagon.

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.

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