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Leeds Festival 2016 | ||
25th - 28th Aug 2016 Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6ND, United Kingdom |
Tickets for adults (with camping) from £205.00 |
Nas, Frank Turner, Kano, Good Charlotte, Coheed and Cambria and Mastodon are among the latest wave of acts added to this year's line up for Leeds and Reading Festivals. Leeds & Reading Festival takes place from 25th - 28th August at Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire and Little John's Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading
Frank Turner said “I'm very happy to be making my tenth annual return to Reading and Leeds Festival this summer. That's the record, by miles, and I'm proud of it. They've always been supportive of my career, loyal to me, and I'm more than happy to repay that in kind. It's the best festival in the UK.”
The BBC Radio 1/NME Stage sees 5 additions: Tonight Alive, Spring King, Sunset Sons, Haelos and Black Foxxes.
Jenna McDougall of Tonight Alive said of their UK Festival Exclusive performance: "We're over the moon to be returning to our favourite rock festival this year! We're coming back for our second round of Reading and Leeds, introducing the 'Limitless’ era.”
Added to the Festival Republic Stage are: The Temper Trap, Brian Fallon, BØRNS, Eagulls, Clean Cut Kid, Pulled Apart By Horses, Ezra Furman, VANT, The Magic Gang, Blaenavon, The Hunna, LANY, The Sherlocks, Rationale, Beach Baby, Transviolet, Isaac Gracie, Lewis Del Mar, Otherkin, Anteros, The Beach, The Vryll Society, Area 52 and Tibet.
Leeds locals Pulled Apart By Horses said:"We're pretty god damn excited about coming back this year. We're geared up with new album material to play and can't think of a better place to road-test it than at Leeds and Reading Festival!"
The Pit/Lock Up Stage sees: Thrice, Hacktivist, Nothing More, Milk Teeth, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, MGK, Heck, ROAM, Beach Slang, SWMRS, Superheaven, Big Spring and Waterparks added to its bill.
Thrice drummer Riley Breckenridge said: “It’s always an honour to be a part of a festival as steeped in tradition as Reading and Leeds. We’ve had some memorable shows in front of some incredible (and massive) crowds at both sites over the span of our career, and we can’t wait to get over there and do it all over again.”
Over on the BBC 1XTRA Stage; Yung Lean, Hoodie Allen, Maverick Sabre, Metro Boomin, Little Simz, Fekky, Geko, Bugzy Malone, Logic, K.Flay, Franko Fraize and Clara Amfo have been added to the line up.
Franko Fraize said: "Absolutely buzzin’ to be part of Reading and Leeds this year! I've always had a proper good do as a punter so I'm proper excited to be the other side now and be the one bringing the party!"
The Radio 1 Dance Stage will see: SOPHIE, Danny L Harle, Rag’n’Bone Man, Friction, Fred V & Grafix, Delta Heavy, The Japanese House, 99 Souls, Redlight, Lion Babe, Zac Samuel, Tkay Maidza, Hermitude, Lemaitre, Low Steppa, Draper and James Organ added to the bill.
Redlight commented: "Love playing at Reading and Leeds. Always a sick one. Can't wait to come and have a party..."
Artists already announced for Leeds and Reading Festival 2016 include: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foals, Disclosure, Biffy Clyro, Fall Out Boy, The 1975, Slaves, Courteeners, Boy Better Know, Twenty One Pilots, Eagles Of Death Metal, Slaves, Hinds, Ratboy, DJ EZ, Jack Ü, Imagine Dragons, Two Door Cinema Club, Fetty Wap, Crystal Castles, Parkway Drive, The Internet, Nothing But Thieves, Oliver Heldens, Hannah Wants, Kurupt Fm: Champagne Steam Rooms and Cassetteboy Vs DJ Rubbish, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Sleeping With Sirens, Asking Alexandria, FVK, Creeper, Citizen, Dillinger Escape Plan, Wakrat ,Dead!, Chvrches, The Vaccines, A$AP Rocky, HAIM, Jack Garratt, The Wombats, Lower Than Atlantis, Travi$ Scott, G-Eazy, Skindred, Five Finger Death Punch, The Neighbourhood, State Champs