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The organisers of Reading and Leeds are lining-up The Last Shadow Puppets for a surprise appearance on this year’s bill, well-placed sources tell us.

Alex Turner and Miles Kane – and, perhaps, producer and live drummer James Ford and string arranger Owen Pallett – will apparently sit in between The Cribs and Conor Oberst on the NME/Radio 1 Stage.

If so, that would mean The Last Shadow Puppets appearing in Reading on Sunday (24 Aug) and Leeds on the Friday (22 Aug).

The duo have bad form when it comes to surprise festival appearances, however, failing to transpire at this year’s Camden Crawl after not getting the chance to soundcheck at the Dublin Castle.