two headliners booked for Reading & Leeds Festivals 2014

Reading Festival 2014

Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th August 2014
Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8EQ, England MAP
£205 - SOLD OUT

Daily capacity: 90,000

Reading and Leeds Festivals boss Melvin Benn, has told the NME, (here), that he has booked two of the three headline acts for next year's festival.

There are no acts confirmed yet for 2014, expect a line-up of big names from the rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal scenes.

Benn said, "We have headliners in mind and booked actually. Two of the three are done, the last one we are giving due consideration to. Both of the headliners have played before....They are bands actually. They are American and English."

He then added, "They may even be bands with members from both sides of the pond in them. Two of the three are booked and I'm very happy with them. It's great to be in that position in September. We'll hope to have the third name booked by the end of October but we haven't made an offer yet."

Benn also felt the addition of two more stages at both of the twin festivals this year worked well adding, "The core change was the addition of the two new stages, the 1Xtra Stage and the Radio 1 Dance Stage. The 1xtra Stage was the thing I was most pleased about. The reaction to the idea of 1Xtra being involved was negative from a small amount of people and I think we countered that negativity with the programming and the atmospheres in there."

Tickets will be available at the price of £202.50 and postage fees will apply per order.

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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.

All other ticket types will be available later in the year when the general sale happens.

Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire with both events happening over the weekend of Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th August 2014.

eFestivals was at last weekend's twin festivals and will be bringing you reviews and photos of the events shortly.

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