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Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

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Artists: Blur, Linkin Park, Metallica
Words: Ollie Appleby
Posted: 07 Apr '03, 14:42
Headliners have been announced for the August bank holiday weekend festival known unofficially as Reading & Leeds, officially as The Carling Weekender.

Headliners are as follows:

Friday 22nd Reading, Saturday 23rd Leeds:
Linkin Park & Blink 182.

Saturday 23rd Reading, Sunday 24th Leeds:
Blur & White Stripes.

Sunday 24th Reading, 22nd Leeds:
Metallica & System Of A Down.

Also announced this afternoon were 16 more bands, but their day, slot and stage times are still to be announced, as are the rest of the bands that will make up the festival. Those bands so far officially confirmed are: Sum 41, Beck, Placebo, Doves, The Streets, Elbow, The Music, Courtney Love, Good Charlotte, Polyphonic Spree, The Datsuns, AFI, The Mars Volta, Hundred Reasons, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and The Cooper Temple Clause.

As previously announced, tickets are on sale now, and at £95 + plus booking fee for a weekend pass will be getting towards that big £100 level. Both the Reading and Leeds sites have still to gain an event licence, with the Leeds site being touted at Bramham Park as well as last year's Temple Newsam 'riot' troubles.

For hits of last year's festival as and how DiS saw it, check here for last year's previews and here for our reviews.

As usual bands will be confirmed over the next few months leading up to the festival, with the final lineup changing to the very last second, so make sure you keep checking back here for further updates when we get them...

DiScuss: Glasto's sold out, so Reading to follow? Do you know who else will be playing? Will Courtney Love have another fight on her way to the UK? Are you in any way excited about this lineup?

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Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

That line up is pants. More than pants infact.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Apr '03, 20:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

everyone always says that at this stage.. and then in a month or two when they announce the rest of the bands everyone will go "woo its amazing"..
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Apr '03, 20:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

yep. he's right.
and as IF you're going to have a bad time.
quit yer moaning woman
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Apr '03, 21:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

This does look like it could be the first year in about 5 where the line-up doesn't improve on the previous year. I know it is early days, but even the early line-up last year looked good, and the final bill was fantastic.

I see the 'stop moaning' side of the argument as well, because I know I'll be going and I know I'll enjoy it, but you take my point... so far, so average. And how come the rock day has spread to the Friday as well? Linkin Sodding Park? I like tradition - give me indie schmindie on Friday, poppy rock on Saturday and raaaaaaaaawk! on Sunday.

Cheers,
Damian.

PS. Seriously though, Linkin Park, what did we do to deserve that? Can they REALLY hate us that much?
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Apr '03, 21:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

Arab Strap, that's what Reading is about for me, another Bobby Conn hit would be good too, but where can they go from headlining the new bands (ha) tent? mid afternoon 2nd stage suits neither of them well

ollie.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Apr '03, 21:33 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

yeah, where's the goddamn indie?
WHERE ARE THE CARTER USMs AND INSPIRALs, DAMMIT?
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Apr '03, 21:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

We've got Courtney Love

I don't care about anything else. She will be most followed...
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Apr '03, 21:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Old_Anonymous_Comments | 8 Apr '03, 09:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

mars volta. METALLICA. courtney. coopers. blur.*mumble*the music*/mumble*.

it's looking ok so far to me. :)

x
gen
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 8 Apr '03, 11:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

Well last year's Reading was one of my favourite festivals that i've attended, and thats a fair few over the years. It had a great line up, but more to the point I had a great time. Met up with a bunch of old mates that all hadn't seen one another for quite a while and we got wasted and had a laugh. We're all up for it again this year. There maybe hipper festivals out there, but Reading always does it for me and I'll happily shell out the £100 for the pleasure.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 7 Apr '03, 23:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

this years line ups are rubbish they shud have betta bands
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 17 Feb '04, 16:22 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

you're commenting on last years line-up.
sean | 17 Feb '04, 16:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

This line up is severely poor.
Courtney will be fantastic, however.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 8 Apr '03, 09:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading NEARLY SOLD OUT!!

yes already its nearly sold out, must be all those dissapointed glasto fans. i give it till this evening.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 8 Apr '03, 10:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Reading NEARLY SOLD OUT!!

didn't realise they'd put the rest of the tickets onsale...

good thing i bought mine in january. :)

x
gen
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 8 Apr '03, 11:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

Grr... why do all the *internal* DiS page links in this article link to *external* browser windows. Very, very, very annoying!!!
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 8 Apr '03, 15:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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So that you dont get moved to a different page half way through reading the article. Tis standard practise y'see.

KPxx
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 8 Apr '03, 16:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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'tis shit practise, and not at all standard for *internal* site links.

People are capable of pressing 'back', y'know. If they want a link to be opened elsewhere, they can right click on it, or just hold Shift as they click. You should only force people's links to open in new windows when they're straying from DiS, to make sure they come back. No need to do that for internal links - it's as if DiS is fighting with itself. 'Tis silly.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 10 Apr '03, 02:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Reading & Leeds Lineup announced

God that line-up is rather lack-lustre isn't it?
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 9 Apr '03, 04:10 | Send note | Report this | Reply

is anyone excited by this lineup?

nope. how many of the same bands are they going to get back, year in year out? The lineup over the last few years has read like a revolving door. Blink 182 as headliners may make sense from a commercial viewpoint but come on... maybe i'm just getting too old for this festival but it seems like the organisers need to get some balls and put smaller, newer and ultimately more exciting bands on the main stage to make things more interesting instead of dullards like blur - quite frankly, who cares about them anymore?
tzeism | 11 Apr '03, 14:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply