more acts announced for Reading and Leeds

A swathe of new names have been unveiled for this summer's Reading & Leeds Festivals taking place over the weekend of the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th August.

The latest line-up additions include the new Rock Stage acts with Enter Shikari's Shikari Sound System making its world debut headlining, plus support from Funeral For A Friend, Gallows, And So I Watch You From Afar, Crossfaith, Arcane Roots, and Heavens Basement.

The stage, which for two days hosts the more familiar Lock Up, sees Alkaline Trio headline alongside the previously announced Tomahawk, with The Living End, RX Bandits, Quicksand, Sick of it All, The Bronx, King Prawn, The Computers, and Cerebral Ballzy also confirmed.

The first acts for Festival Republic Stage with Crystal Fighters, British Sea Power, and Spector headlining, a supporting cast of Chvrches, Lucy Rose, Pure Love, The Jim Jones Revue, Tim Burgess, Merchandise, Splashh, Parquet Courts, California X making their UK debut performance, Chapel Club, Kate Nash, Drenge, Skaters, Balthazar, Nico Vega, To Kill A King, Twenty | One | Pilots, The Family Rain, Mo, MS MR, Half Moon Run, Findlay, and MMX.

There's also new additions to the Main Stage line-up with Skindred, Lower Than Atlantis, We Are The In Crowd, and Bury Tomorrow added.

New acts for the NME/Radio1 Stage are Frightened Rabbit, Fidlar, Kodaline, Tribes, and AlunaGeorge.

Completing the new additions are Fenech-Soler, A-Trak, Dillon Francis, Flux Pavilion, Charli XCX, Friction, Redlight, Fred V and Grafix, Clean Bandit, Jagwar Ma, Is Tropical, Willy Moon, Bondax, Big Black Delta, Jacob Plant, Robert DeLong feat Majestic, and Night Works who will all take to the Dance Stage.

For the line-up details, and stage splits, where available, please click here for Reading and here for Leeds.

Also previously announced are Foals, Jake Bugg, Bring Me The Horizon, System of a Down, Fall Out Boy, Alt-J, Deftones, Skrillex, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Knife Party, Wiley, Devlin, Frank Turner, A$AP Rocky, The Strypes, Alex Clare, Disclosure, The Lumineers, Swim Deep, Azealia Banks, Editors, Johnny Marr, Magnetic Man, Baauer, Major Lazer, Tame Impala, Bastille, Mallory Knox, Temples, Modestep, The 1975, The Blackout, New Found Glory, Theme Park, Brand New, Tomahawk, Hadouken!, Palma Violets, Twin Atlantic, Chase & Status, Haim, Peace, While She Sleeps, City and Colour, Iggy Azalea, White Lies, Deap Vally, Imagine Dragons, and Sub Focus. There are still around 50 more acts to be confirmed as well the line-ups for the BBC Introducing Stage and the Alternative Stage.

Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Weekend tickets are priced at £202.50, with day tickets priced at £90.

Early entry tickets enabling festival goers to get into the site on the Wednesday are priced at £15, car park passes £5, with campervan passes priced at £60, and lockers £15.

Tickets can also be secured with a £67.50 deposit. The last day you can participate in the scheme will be on Friday 31 May.

Tickets are limited to a maximum of four per person and per credit card for those booking online. U16s (15 & under) must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

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.

To buy tickets, click here.

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