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Reading & Leeds '09: Radiohead, Bloc Party, A.Monkeys, Deftones, Prodge, KoL, YYYs, Friendly Fir
sean by Sean Adams March 30th, 2009

The festival no-longer-known-as-the-Carling-Weekend has confirmed a rather impressive list of names for 2009.

Without further ado, here are the names confirmed so far, including some of DiS' favourites, such as Deftones, Friendly Fires, Bloc Party, The Maccabees and Radiohead... wowee zowee!

Friday 28th August Leeds / Saturday 29th August Reading

  • Arctic Monkeys
  • The Prodigy
  • Maximo Park
  • Ian Brown
  • The Courteeners
  • Enter Shikari
  • Eagles Of Death Metal

Saturday 29th August Leeds/ Sunday 30th August Reading

  • Radiohead
  • Bloc Party
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Brand New

Sunday 30th August Leeds/ Friday 28th August Reading

  • Kings Of Leon
  • Kaiser Chiefs
  • Placebo
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Deftones
  • Funeral For A Friend

Radio 1 Stage

  • The Gossip
  • Glasvegas
  • Jamie T
  • AFI
  • White Lies
  • Friendly Fires (pictured)
  • The Maccabees
  • Gallows
  • The Gaslight Anthem
  • Florence And The Machine

Weekend tickets cost £175 plus booking fees, day tickets are £70 plus booking fee. Weekend tickets include camping.

Tickets are available online by clicking here for Reading or here for Leeds or they can be purchased in person from select HMV stores from Tuesday March 31st at 8.30am. Tickets are limited to a maximum of four per person.

Also, jumping the shark somewhat, Rock Sound has heard reports that Blink-182 and Greenday may play the 2010 edition of the festival.



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