Reading and Leeds Festivals 2006

The Reading festival is taking place over the Bank Holiday weekend - Friday August 25 - Sunday the 27th and this looks like one of the best festivals of the year. Like the V Festival, there are two locations with most of the acts playing both in Reading and Leeds over the weekend which makes things easy for those closer to each town, and a very busy weekend for the bands. Tickets are sold out - if you want to go to this festival, you have to plan early!

A few of my favorite bands of the year are playing which include: Franz Ferdinand, Guillemots, Muse, Dirty Pretty Things, (Wolfmother - one to watch) The Raconteurs and Goldie Lookin' Chain (Dave loves them). There are a few bands on the line up that I haven't heard yet and I'm sure I'm not the only one which means that this festival will give many people the opportunity to introduce themselves to a lot of most likely good music with all the different stages and bands throughout the weekend. Here is the line up as listed on the official Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals' website:

FRIDAY 25TH - READING / SATURDAY 26TH - LEEDS

MAIN STAGE
Franz Ferdinand
Kaiser Chiefs
YEAH YEAH YEAHS
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
FALL OUT BOY
THE SUBWAYS
PANIC! AT THE DISCO
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL
FIGHTSTAR
TOWERS OF LONDON

RADIO 1 / NME STAGE

PRIMAL SCREAM
DIZZEE RASCAL
THE VINES
SECRET MACHINES
MYSTERY JETS
PEACHES
GOGOL BORDELLO
GUILLEMOTS
THE LONG BLONDES
FIELDS
DUELS
comperes/DJs
BETHAN ELFYN & THE VINYL VENDETTAS - READING
PHELUM O’NEILL - LEEDS

CARLING STAGE

BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH
TWILIGHT SINGERS
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
HOWLING BELLS
BROMHEADS JACKET
THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND
LITTLE MAN TATE
GET CAPE, WEAR CAPE, FLY
FIELD MUSIC
SCISSORS FOR LEFTY
PIGEON DETECTIVES
ZOX
MUMM RA

RADIO 1 LOCK UP STAGE

SICK OF IT ALL
THURSDAY
BODY COUNT featuring ICE-T
HUNDRED REASONS
BOUNCING SOULS
RISE AGAINST
BOYSETSFIRE
LIGHTYEAR
MUNICIPAL WASTE
SEND MORE PARAMEDICS
KING BLUES

COMEDY & CABARET STAGE

SATURDAY 26TH - READING / SUNDAY 27TH - LEEDS

MAIN STAGE

Muse
Arctic Monkeys
THE STREETS
FEEDER
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
THE FUTUREHEADS
THE CRIBS
WOLFMOTHER
FLOGGING MOLLY
AIDEN

RADIO 1 / NME STAGE

THE RACONTEURS
COHEED AND CAMBRIA
JET
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
THE FALL
THE AUTOMATIC
BE YOUR OWN PET
MILBURN
PLAN B
GIANT DRAG
747s
BETHAN ELFYN & THE VINYL VENDETTAS - READING
PHELUM O’NEILL - LEEDS

CARLING STAGE

NOUVELLE VAGUE
THE FRATELLIS
TV ON THE RADIO
THE ORGAN
THE LIKE
THE SPINTO BAND
THE NOISETTES
GOODBOOKS
TILLY AND THE WALL
RUMBLE STRIPS
SERENA MANEESH
THE MACCABEES
THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS

RADIO 1 LOCK UP STAGE

REEL BIG FISH
ANTI FLAG
MILLENCOLIN
FLOGGING MOLLY
ALEXISONFIRE
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS
AGAINST ME!
CAPDOWN
THE BLED
PARAMORE
CAPTAIN EVERYTHING!*
ADEQUATE SEVEN*

*please note: at the Leeds Site, Captain Everything will open the stage to be followed by Adequate Seven

COMEDY & CABARET STAGE

SUNDAY 27TH - READING / FRIDAY 25TH - LEEDS

MAIN STAGE

Pearl Jam
Placebo
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
SLAYER
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
LESS THAN JAKE
TAKING BACK SUNDAY
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
MASTODON
plus more to be announced

RADIO 1 / NME STAGE

MAXIMO PARK
THE RAKES
THE KOOKS
BOY KILL BOY
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN
HOPE OF THE STATES
THE DRESDEN DOLLS
¡FORWARD, RUSSIA!
TAPES ‘N TAPES
METRIC
THE MARSHALS
BETHAN ELFYN & THE VINYL VENDETTAS - READING
PHELUM O’NEILL - LEEDS

CARLING STAGE

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
HOT CHIP
LARRIKIN LOVE
THE KLAXONS
LETHAL BIZZLE
STATIK (DJ)
THE RESEARCH
GOOD SHOES
SEMIFINALISTS
YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE!
HUMANZI
SWITCHES
THE ON OFFS
KHARMA 45

THE DANCE STAGE

RADIO SOULWAX PRESENTS:
SOULWAX - NITE VERSIONS SET (live)
VITALIC (live)
GOOSE (live)
2 MANDY DJ’s
HEADMAN DJ Set (Reading only)
EROL ALKAN (Leeds only)

ALSO APPEARING:
COLDCUT
LADY SOVEREIGN
SWAY
SPANK ROCK
SHITDISCO
SUPERTHRILLER

DAVE BEER - DJ
(Leeds only - between early live sets)
READING DJs to be announced

COMEDY & CABARET STAGE

MANY MORE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

For any changes and a much more detailed list of acts please refer to the Reading and Leeds Festival Official website.

By: Jenny May

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