BBC Radio 1

Reading and Leeds 2011

Radio 1 will be returning to Reading and Leeds Festival which takes place on Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th August.

Radio 1 will be bringing you all of the highlights, backstage gossip and interviews with some of the biggest artists in the world.

Main Stage (Reading Friday/Leeds Saturday)

• My Chemical Romance (Headline)
• 30 Seconds To Mars
• The Offspring
• Deftones
• Rise Against
• Bring Me The Horizon
• New Found Glory
• The Blackout
• Architects

Main Stage (Reading Saturday/Leeds Sunday)

• The Strokes (Headline at Reading)
• Pulp (Headline at Leeds)
• The National
• Jimmy Eat World
• Madness
• Two Door Cinema Club
• Seasick Steve
• Pigeon Detectives
• The Joy Formidable

Main Stage (Reading Sunday/Leeds Friday)

• Muse (Headline)
• Elbow
• Interpol
• Friendly Fires
• Enter Shikari
• The View
• Frank Turner
• Taking Back Sunday
• We Are The Ocean

Radio 1 / NME Stage (Reading Friday / Leeds Saturday)

• Beady Eye
• White Lies
• Noah And The Whale
• The Vaccines
• Metronomy
• Patrick Wolf
• The Naked And Famous
• Mona
• Miles Kane
• Frankie and the Heartstrings
• Pulled Apart By Horses

Radio 1 / NME Stage (Reading Saturday / Leeds Sunday)

• Jane's Addiction
• Crystal Castles
• Bombay Bicycle Club
• Glassjaw
• Everything Everything
• The Kills
• OFWGKTA
• Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
• Yuck
• Funeral Party

Radio 1 / NME Stage (Reading Sunday / Leeds Friday)

• 2 Many DJs
• The Streets
• Death From Above 1979
• Panic! at the Disco
• Warpaint
• Chapel Club
• Cage The Elephant
• Best Coast
• F***** Up
• Dananananaykroyd

Dance / Lock Up Stage (Reading Friday / Leeds Saturday)

• UNKLE Sounds (Co-headliners)
• Simian Mobile Disco live (Co-headliners)
• Sub Focus (live)
• Nero (DJ set)
• SBTRKT (DJ set)
• Devlin
• Crystal Fighters
• Mount Kimbie
• Does It Offend You, Yeah?
• Cold Cave
• D/R/U/G/S
• Panic! at the Disco
• Warpaint
• Chapel Club
• Cage The Elephant
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Descendents
• King Blues
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Descendents
• King Blues
• Flogging Molly
• The Bronx
• Capdown
• Face to Face
• Leftover Crack
• Hot Water Music
• Comeback Kid
• Bedouin Soundclash
• Boysetsfire
• Off!
• Street Dogs
• The Black Pacific
• The Menzingers
• Teenage Bottlerocket
• Your Demise
• Title Fight
• Spy Catcher
• Sharks
• Mouthwash

Festival Republic Stage

• The Horrors (Reading Friday, Leeds Saturday)
• The Midnight Beast (Reading Saturday, Leeds Sunday)
• Peter Doherty (Reading Sunday, Leeds Friday)

The Alternative Stage

• Tim Minchin (Sunday Reading, Saturday Leeds)
• Lee Nelson (Saturday Reading, Friday Leeds)
• Russell Kane (Sunday Leeds)
• Henry Rollins (Friday Reading, Saturday Leeds)
• Mark Thomas (Saturday Reading, Friday Leeds)

There are many more acts still to be announced on these stages plus Lock Up, Dance, Festival Republic, BBC Introducing and Alternative stages.

For details on Reading and Leeds Festival please go to www.readingfestival.com and www.leedsfestival.com

You can also check out what Radio 1 got up to at Reading and Leeds 2010